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 \v 2 Yahweh replied, "The men of the tribe of Judah must attack first. I will enable the tribe of Judah to defeat the Canaanites."
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-\v 3 The men of Judah went to their fellow Israelites, the men from the tribe of Simeon, and said to them, "Come and help us to fight the Canaanites in order that we can take from them the land that Yahweh allotted to us. If you do that, we will go with you and help you conquer the people in the land that Yahweh promised to give to you." So the men from the tribe of Simeon went with the men of the tribe of Judah.
+\v 3 The men of Judah went to their fellow Israelites, the men from the tribe of Simeon, and said to them, "Come and help us to fight the Canaanites so that we can take from them the land that Yahweh allotted to us. If you do that, we will go with you and help you conquer the people in the land that Yahweh promised to give to you." So the men from the tribe of Simeon went with the men of the tribe of Judah.
 
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-\v 8 The army of Judah fought against the men of Jerusalem, and they captured the city. With their swords they killed the people who lived there and they burned the houses in the city.
+\v 8 The army of Judah fought against the men of Jerusalem, and they captured the city. With their swords they killed the people who lived there, and they burned the houses in the city.
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 \v 9 Later, the men of Judah went down to fight the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, in the southern Judean wilderness, and in the foothills to the west.
 \v 10 The men of Judah also went to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the city of Hebron (which used to be named Kiriath Arba). They defeated the armies of kings Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
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-\v 14 After Aksah married Othniel, she asked him to request her father to give him a field. Then she rode back to her father Caleb's house on her donkey. When she got off the donkey, Caleb asked her, "What do you want?"
+\v 14 After Aksah married Othniel, she asked him to ask her father to give him a field. Then she rode back to her father Caleb's house on her donkey. When she got off the donkey, Caleb asked her, "What do you want?"
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-\v 15 She replied, "I want you to do a favor for me. You have given me the land of the southern Judean wilderness, but it is very dry there. So please also give me some land that has springs of water." So Caleb gave her some land on higher ground that had a spring, and some land on lower ground that had a spring in it.
+\v 15 She replied, "I want you to do a favor for me. You have given me the land of the southern Judean wilderness, but it is very dry there. So please also give me some land that has springs of water." So Caleb gave her some land on higher ground that had a spring in it and some land on lower ground that had a spring in it.
 
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 \v 17 The men of Judah and their fellow Israelites from the tribe of Simeon defeated the Canaanites who lived in the city of Zephath. They completely destroyed the city and gave it a new name, Hormah, which means "complete destruction."
 
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-\v 18 The men of Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron cities and all the land that is near those cities.
-\v 19 Yahweh helped the men of Judah to capture the hill country, but they could not force the people who were living in the plains to leave, because they had better weapons—they had iron chariots.
+\v 18 The men of Judah also captured the cities of Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron and all the land that is near those cities.
+\v 19 Yahweh helped the men of Judah to capture the hill country, but they could not force the people who were living in the plains to leave because they had better weapons—they had iron chariots.
 
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 \v 20 The city of Hebron was given to Caleb because Moses had promised him that he could have that city. And Caleb forced the three clans descended from Anak to leave that area.
-\v 21 But the tribe of Benjamin could not force the Jebusites to leave Jerusalem. So, since that time the Jebusites have lived in Jerusalem with of the tribe of Benjamin.
+\v 21 But the tribe of Benjamin could not force the Jebusites to leave Jerusalem. So, since that time the Jebusites have lived in Jerusalem with the tribe of Benjamin.
 
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-\v 22 The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh went to fight against the men of city of Bethel, and Yahweh helped them.
+\v 22 The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh went to fight against the men of the city of Bethel, and Yahweh helped them.
 \v 23 They sent some spies to find out everything that they could find out about Bethel, which was previously called Luz.
 \v 24 The spies saw a man who was coming out of the city. They said to him, "If you show us a way to get into the city, we will be kind to you and we will not kill you."
 
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-\v 27 There were Canaanites who lived in Beth Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, and Megiddo cities and in the surrounding villages. The men of the tribe of Manasseh did not force them to leave those towns, because the Canaanites were determined to stay there.
+\v 27 There were Canaanites who lived in the cities of Beth Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, and Megiddo and in the surrounding villages. The men of the tribe of Manasseh did not force them to leave those towns because the Canaanites were determined to stay there.
 \v 28 Later, the Israelites became stronger, and they forced the Canaanites to work for them as their slaves, but they did not force all the Canaanites to leave their land.
 
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 \v 30 The men of the tribe of Zebulun did not force the Canaanites who were living in the cities of Kitron and Nahalol to leave. They stayed there and lived with the tribe of Zebulun, but the people of Zebulun forced them to work for them as their slaves.
 
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-\v 31 The men of the tribe of Asher did not force the Canaanites who lived in Akko, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphek and Rehob cities to leave.
-\v 32 So the tribe of Asher lived with the Canaanites (those who were still there), and did not make them leave.
+\v 31 The men of the tribe of Asher did not force the Canaanites who lived in the cities of Akko, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphek, and Rehob to leave.
+\v 32 So the tribe of Asher lived with the Canaanites (those who were still there) and did not make them leave.
 
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 \v 33 The men of the tribe of Naphtali did not compel the people who lived in the cities of Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath to leave, so they continued to live with the Canaanites in those cities, but the Canaanites were forced to work as the slaves of Naphtali.
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 \v 6 After Joshua sent the people of Israel away, each group went to possess the land that had been permanently assigned to the people.
-\v 7 They obeyed Yahweh as long as Joshua was alive, and as long as the elders, those who had seen all the great things that Yahweh had done for Israel, were alive.
+\v 7 They obeyed Yahweh as long as Joshua was alive and as long as the elders—those who had seen all the great things that Yahweh had done for Israel—were alive.
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 \v 8 Then Yahweh's servant Joshua died. He was 110 years old when he died.
 
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 \v 16 Then Yahweh brought leaders to them. These leaders rescued the Israelites from the people who were attacking them.
-\v 17 But the Israelites still would not obey their leaders. Instead, they betrayed Yahweh for idols, like prostitutes to other gods and they worshiped those idols. They were not like their ancestors. Their ancestors obeyed what Yahweh commanded, but these new people quickly stopped behaving as their ancestors had behaved.
+\v 17 But the Israelites still would not obey their leaders. Instead, they betrayed Yahweh for idols, like prostitutes to other gods, and they worshiped those idols. They were not like their ancestors. Their ancestors obeyed what Yahweh commanded, but these new people quickly stopped behaving as their ancestors had behaved.
 
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 \v 18 Whenever Yahweh brought a leader to them, he helped that leader and enabled him to rescue the people from their enemies. He did that as long as that leader was alive. Yahweh pitied them as they groaned because they were being oppressed and caused to suffer.
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-\v 1 At that time there were still many peoples in Canaan. Yahweh left them there to test the Israelite people because many of the Israelites in Canaan had not fought in any of the previous wars.
+\v 1 At that time there were still many peoples in Canaan. Yahweh left them there to test the Israelite people, because many of the Israelites in Canaan had not fought in any of the previous wars.
 \v 2 So Yahweh did this to teach the new generation of Israelites how to wage war.
-\v 3 This is a list of the peoples that Yahweh left there to test the Israelites: The Philistines and their five leaders, the people living in the area near the city of Sidon, the descendants of Canaan, and the Hivites who were living in the mountains of Lebanon between Mount Baal Hermon and Lebo Hamath ("the pass of Hamath").
+\v 3 This is a list of the peoples that Yahweh left there to test the Israelites: the Philistines and their five leaders, the people living in the area near the city of Sidon, the descendants of Canaan, and the Hivites who were living in the mountains of Lebanon between Mount Baal Hermon and Lebo Hamath ("the pass of Hamath").
 
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-\v 4 Yahweh left these peoples there to test the Israelites, to see if they would obey his commands which he had told Moses to give them.
-\v 5 The Israelites lived among the peoples of the Canaanites, the Hivites, the Amorites, the Perizites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
-\v 6 But the Israelites took the daughters of those people to be their own wives, and gave their own daughters to those men to marry them. And they worshiped the gods of those people.
+\v 4 Yahweh left these peoples there to test the Israelites to see if they would obey his commands that he had told Moses to give them.
+\v 5 The Israelites lived among the peoples of the Canaanites, the Hivites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
+\v 6 But the Israelites took the daughters of those people to be their own wives and gave their own daughters to those men to marry them. And they worshiped the gods of those people.
 
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-\v 7 The Israelites did things that Yahweh said were very evil. They forgot about Yahweh, their God, and they started to worship the idols that represented the god Baal and the goddess Asherah.
+\v 7 The Israelites did things that Yahweh said were very evil. They forgot about Yahweh their God, and they started to worship the idols that represented the god Baal and the goddess Asherah.
 \v 8 Therefore Yahweh was very angry with Israel, and he handed them over that they might live under the power of King Cushan-Rishathaim, who was king of Aram Naharaim in Mesopotamia. The people of Israel served Cushan-Rishathaim for eight years.
 
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-\v 9 But when they pleaded to Yahweh to help them, he brought a leader to rescue them. He was Othniel (the son of Caleb's younger brother, Kenaz).
+\v 9 But when they pleaded to Yahweh to help them, he brought a leader to rescue them. He was Othniel (the son of Caleb's younger brother Kenaz).
 \v 10 Yahweh's Spirit gave him power and insight, and he became their leader. He led an army that fought against the army of Cushan-Rishathaim, and Othniel defeated them.
 \v 11 After that, for forty years there was peace in the land, until Othniel died.
 
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-\v 28 He said to the men, "Yahweh is going to allow us to defeat your enemies, the people of Moab. So follow me!" So they followed him down to the river, and they stationed some of their men at the place where people can walk across the river, in order that they could kill any people from Moab who tried to cross the river to escape.
+\v 28 He said to the men, "Yahweh is going to allow us to defeat your enemies, the people of Moab. So follow me!" So they followed him down to the river, and they stationed some of their men at the place where people can walk across the river so that they could kill any people from Moab who tried to cross the river to escape.
 \v 29 At that time, the Israelites killed about ten thousand people from Moab. They were all strong and capable men, but not one of them escaped.
 \v 30 On that day, the Israelites conquered the people of Moab. Then there was peace in their land for eighty years.