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 \v 1 This is also what Yahweh the Lord declares: 'The east gateway of the inner courtyard must be shut during the six days you work each week, but on the Sabbath days and on the days when there is a new moon, the gateway must be open.
-\v 2 The ruler must enter the courtyard through the entry room of the gateway, and stand alongside the gateposts of the inner courtyard. Then the priests must sacrifice the animal that will be completely burned on the altar, and also his offering to promise friendship with me. The ruler must worship me at the entrance of the inner gateway, and then he must leave. But the gate will not be shut until that evening.
+\v 2 The ruler must enter the courtyard through the entry room of the gateway and stand alongside the gateposts of the inner courtyard. Then the priests must sacrifice the animal that will be completely burned on the altar and also his offering to promise friendship with me. The ruler must worship me at the entrance of the inner gateway, and then he must leave. But the gate will not be shut until that evening.
 
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 \v 3 On the Sabbath days and on the days when there is a new moon, the people also must worship me at the entrance of this gate.
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 \v 5 The offering that he gives with the ram is twenty-two liters of flour, and the flour that he offers with the lambs should be as much as he pleases, along with one liter of olive oil for every twenty-two liters of flour.
 
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-\v 6 Then each day that there is a new moon, he must offer a young bull, six lambs and a ram, all with no defects.
+\v 6 Then each day that there is a new moon, he must offer a young bull, six lambs, and a ram, all with no defects.
 \v 7 He must also provide twenty-two liters of flour with the bull, the same amount of flour with the ram, and as much flour as he wants with the lambs, along with one liter of olive oil with every twenty-two liters of flour.
 \v 8 When the ruler enters the temple area, he must enter through gate and its entry room, and he must go out by the same way.
 
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 \v 9 When the people come to worship me at the festivals that I, Yahweh, have commanded, those who enter the temple area through the north gateway must go out through the south gateway. And those who enter through the south gateway must go out through the north gateway. People must not go out through the gateway through which they entered; they must go out through the opposite gateway.
-\v 10 The ruler must go in when the other people go in, and go out when the people go out.
+\v 10 The ruler must go in when the other people go in and go out when they go out.
 
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-\v 11 During the festivals that you hold for me, the king must present twenty-two liters of flour along with a bull or a ram, and as much flour as he wants to with the lambs, along with one liter of olive oil with every twenty-two liters of flour.
-\v 12 When the ruler gives an offering that is not required, either one to be completely burned or an offering to celebrate fellowship with me, the gate on the east side must be opened for him. He must then present his offerings like he does on the Sabbath days. Then he will go out, and after he goes out, they must shut the gateway.
+\v 11 During the festivals that you hold for me, the king must present twenty-two liters of flour along with a bull or a ram and as much flour as he wants to with the lambs, along with one liter of olive oil with every twenty-two liters of flour.
+\v 12 When the ruler gives an offering that is not required, either one to be completely burned or an offering to celebrate fellowship with me, the gate on the east side must be opened for him. He must then present his offerings as he does on the Sabbath days. Then he will go out, and after he goes out, they must shut the gateway.
 
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-\v 13 In the morning of every day, someone must provide a one year old lamb with no defects to be an offering to me, one that the priests will completely burn.
+\v 13 In the morning of every day, someone must provide a one-year-old lamb with no defects to be an offering to me, one that the priests will completely burn.
 \v 14 Someone must also provide each morning an offering of flour. It must be three and one-half liters of flour mixed with one liter of olive oil. You must never stop presenting these offerings of flour and olive oil to me, Yahweh, each day.
 \v 15 The lamb and the offering of flour and olive oil must be presented to me every morning, to be completely burned on the altar.
 
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 \v 16 This is what Yahweh the Lord declares: If the ruler gives some of his land to one of his sons, to belong to him permanently, it will then eventually belong to his son's descendants.
 \v 17 However, if he gives some of his land to one of his servants, the servant is allowed to keep that land until the year of the celebration of Jubilee. Then the ruler must take possession of it again. But if the ruler gives land to his sons, that land will belong to them permanently.
-\v 18 The ruler must not take any land that the people own and force them to live somewhere else. The land that he gives to his sons must be from his own property, not from anyone else's property, in order that none of my people will be separated from his own property.'"
+\v 18 The ruler must not take any land that the people own and force them to live somewhere else. The land that he gives to his sons must be from his own property, not from anyone else's property, so that none of my people will be separated from his own property.'"
 
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 \v 3 As the man continued walking toward the east, I saw that he had a measuring line in his hand. He measured off 540 meters and then led me through water that covered my ankles.
 \v 4 Then he measured off another 540 meters and led me through water that was up to my knees. Then he measured off another 540 meters and led me through water that was up to my waist.
-\v 5 Then he measured off another 540 meters and led me through water that was now a river that I could not cross, because the water was so deep; to continue farther would have required me to swim.
+\v 5 Then he measured off another 540 meters and led me through water that was now a river that I could not cross because the water was so deep; to continue farther would have required me to swim.
 
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 \v 6 Then he asked me, "Son of man, think about this carefully." Then he led me onto the bank of the river
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 \v 7 and back along it toward in the direction from where we had come. There I saw many trees growing on each side of the river.
-\v 8 He said to me, "This water flows east and goes down into the Dead Sea. And when the water enters the Dead Sea, it stays fresh and restores the water of the Sea and makes it fresh again.
+\v 8 He said to me, "This water flows east and goes down into the Dead Sea. And when the water enters the Dead Sea, it stays fresh and restores the water of the sea and makes it fresh again.
 
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-\v 9 Swarms of fish will live in the water wherever the river flows. There will be many fish in the Dead Sea, because the water that flows into it will cause the salt water to become fresh water. Wherever the river flows, everything alongside it will flourish.
+\v 9 Swarms of fish will live in the water wherever the river flows. There will be many fish in the Dead Sea because the water that flows into it will cause the salt water to become fresh water. Wherever the river flows, everything alongside it will flourish.
 \v 10 Fishermen will stand along the riverbank to catch fish. From En Gedi on the western side to En Eglaim there will be places to spread fishing nets. There will be many kinds of fish, as there are in the Great Sea.
 
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 \v 11 But the swamps and marshes along the shore will not become fresh; they will be left to make salt.
-\v 12 Many kinds of fruit trees will grow on both sides of the river. Their leaves will not wither, and they will always have fruit. They will bear new fruit every month, because the water that comes from the temple flows continually to the trees. Their fruit will be good to eat and their leaves will be good for healing."
+\v 12 Many kinds of fruit trees will grow on both sides of the river. Their leaves will not wither, and they will always have fruit. They will bear new fruit every month because the water that comes from the temple flows continually to the trees. Their fruit will be good to eat and their leaves will be good for healing."
 
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 \v 15 These will be the boundaries of the land:
-\q On the north side, it will extend from the Mediterranean Sea east along the road to Hethlon, and then on to Zedad,
+\q On the north side, it will extend from the Mediterranean Sea east along the road to Hethlon and then on to Zedad,
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-\v 16 to Berothah, and then on to Sibraim, which is on the border between Damascus and Hamath. The boundary will run as far as Hazer Hattikon, which is on the border of the region of Hauran.
+\v 16 to Berothah and then on to Sibraim, which is on the border between Damascus and Hamath. The boundary will run as far as Hazer Hattikon, which is on the border of the region of Hauran.
 \v 17 So the boundary will extend from the Mediterranean Sea to Hazar Enan on the border between Hamath to the north and Damascus to the south. That will be the northern boundary.
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 \v 9 This special area will be thirteen kilometers long and five and four-tenths kilometers wide. This is what you will give to Yahweh.
 
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-\v 10 Within this special area, these will what you will assign to the priests: you will assign them an area of land measuring thirteen kilometers on the northern and southern side; and five and four-tenths kilometers on the western and eastern sides. The temple of Yahweh will be in the middle of this special area.
+\v 10 Within this special area, these will be what you will assign to the priests: You will assign them an area of land measuring thirteen kilometers on the northern and southern side and five and four-tenths kilometers on the western and eastern sides. The temple of Yahweh will be in the middle of this special area.
 \v 11 The temple area will be for the priests, those set apart for my honor, who are descendants of Zadok. They are ones who served me faithfully and did not turn away from Yahweh as the descendants of Levi did.
 \v 12 When the land is distributed, you will offer that special area to me, for it to be the priests' special portion; it is land that you will treat as very special to me. Next to the priests' territory will be where the other descendants of Levi will live.
 
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-\v 13 The land that you will assign to the descendants of Levi will be the same size as the land that the priests will receive. So together, these two portions of land will be thirteen kilometers long and about eleven kilometers wide.
+\v 13 The land that you will assign to the descendants of Levi will be the same size as the land that the priests will receive. So together, these two portions of land will be thirteen kilometers long and eleven kilometers wide.
 \v 14 None of this special land, this best land, may ever be sold or traded or used by other people, because it belongs to Yahweh. It is set apart for him.
 
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-\v 15 Another strip of land thirteen kilometers long and about two and seven-tenths kilometers wide will be allotted for other people iving in the special area to use. There they may build homes and have pasturelands, and there will be a city in the middle of this area.
+\v 15 Another strip of land thirteen kilometers long and about two and seven-tenths kilometers wide will be allotted for other people living in the special area to use. There they may build homes and have pasturelands, and there will be a city in the middle of this area.
 \v 16 The city will be square, two and four-tenths kilometers long on each side.
 
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-\v 17 There will be an open area around the city, within the special area, that will be about 130 meters deep in each direction.
+\v 17 There will be an open area around the city, within the special area, that will be 130 meters deep in each direction.
 \v 18 Outside the city there will be a farming area that will extend five and four-tenths kilometers on the east side and five and four-tenths kilometers on the west side. Men who work there will produce food for the people who work in the city.
 
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 \v 27 South of Zebulun's land will be the land for the tribe of Gad.
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-\v 28 The southern boundary of Gad's land will extend south from En Gedi to the springs at Meribah Kadesh, and then to the west along the brook of Egypt to the Great Sea.
+\v 28 The southern boundary of Gad's land will extend south from En Gedi to the springs at Meribah Kadesh and then to the west along the brook of Egypt to the Great Sea.
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 \v 29 This is a description of the land that you must assign to the tribes of Israel, for it to belong to them permanently.' That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare.
 
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 \v 34 On the west side, also two and four-tenths kilometers long, will be gates named for Gad, Asher, and Naphtali.
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-\v 35 The distance around the city would be nine and seven-tenths kilometers.
+\v 35 The distance around the city will be nine and seven-tenths kilometers.
 \p From that time on, the name of the city will be "Yahweh is there."