Ch 11-15 minor corrections

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 \v 2 "Tell the people that this is what I say: 'Of all the animals that live on the land, these are the ones that you are permitted to eat.
 
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-\v 3 The ones that have hooves that are completely split and that chew their cuds—you may eat these animals.
+\v 3 The ones that have hooves that are completely split and that chew their cud—you may eat these animals.
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-\v 4 There are some animals that chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, and some animals that have split hooves but do not chew their cuds. You must not eat any of those animals. For example, camels chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
+\v 4 There are some animals that chew their cud but do not have split hooves, and some animals that have split hooves but do not chew their cud. You must not eat any of those animals. For example, camels chew their cud but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
 
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-\v 5 Rock badgers chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
-\v 6 Rabbits chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
-\v 7 Pigs have completely split hooves but they do not chew their cuds, so they are not acceptable for you to eat.
+\v 5 Rock badgers chew their cud but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
+\v 6 Rabbits chew their cud but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
+\v 7 Pigs have completely split hooves but they do not chew their cud, so they are not acceptable for you to eat.
 \v 8 All of those animals are unacceptable for you, so you must not eat their meat or even touch their carcasses.
 
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 \v 9 Of all the creatures that live in the oceans and the streams, you are permitted to eat any that have fins and scales.
-\v 10 But you must detest and not eat those that do not have fins and scales. That include creatures that are very small.
+\v 10 But you must detest and not eat those that do not have fins and scales. That includes creatures that are very small.
 
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 \v 11 You must despise them, and you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.
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 \v 16 horned owls, screech owls, seagulls, and any kind of hawk.
 
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-\v 17 Also small owls, large owls, cormorants,
+\v 17 They also include small owls, large owls, cormorants,
 \v 18 white owls, barn owls, ospreys,
 \v 19 storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes, and bats.
 
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 \v 33 the person must shave the hair near the sore but not the hair on the sore. And the priest will keep the person away from other people for seven more days.
 
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-\v 34 On the seventh day, the priest must examine that spot again. If it has not spread and it appears to be only on the surface of the skin, the priest will declare that the person is fit to be with people again. The person must wash his clothes, and then he join with other people.
+\v 34 On the seventh day, the priest must examine that spot again. If it has not spread and it appears to be only on the surface of the skin, the priest will declare that the person is fit to be with people again. The person must wash his clothes, and then he can be with other people.
 
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 \v 35 But if the sore later spreads,
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 \v 3 Other people must tell the priest about that person. The priest will go outside the camp and examine him. If the skin disease has been healed,
 \v 4 the priest will say that someone must bring two live birds that are acceptable to Yahweh, along with some cedar wood, some scarlet yarn, and some hyssop.
-\v 5 Then the priest will command that one of the birds be killed while it is being held over a clay pot containing water from a spring, that is, fresh water.
+\v 5 Then the priest will command that one of the birds be killed while it is being held over a clay pot containing water from a spring; that is, fresh water.
 
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 \v 6 Then the priest will dip the other bird, along with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, into that water, which now has blood from the bird that was killed.
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 \v 13 Then the priest must slaughter the lamb in the special place where the priests kill the other sacrifices as well. Like the offering to enable people to be forgiven, God considers this guilt offering to be very special, and so the meat from it belongs to the priest.
 
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-\v 14 The priest must take some of that animal's blood and put it on person's right earlobe, on his right thumb, and on his right big toe.
+\v 14 The priest must take some of that animal's blood and put it on the person's right earlobe, on his right thumb, and on his right big toe.
 \v 15 Then the priest must take some of the olive oil and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.
 \v 16 Then he must dip his right forefinger into that oil and sprinkle it in front of Yahweh seven times.
 
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-\v 21 But if the person has gotten well is poor and cannot afford to bring all those animals, he must bring to the priest one male lamb for the priest to lift it up and offer it to Yahweh. This will be a sacrifice because the sick person was not able to give to Yahweh the things that he was required to give him. He must also bring about two liters of flour offering mixed with about one-third liter of olive oil; this will be an offering made from flour. He must also bring about one-third liter of olive oil.
-\v 22 He must also bring doves or two pigeons, one for Yahweh to as to offer for his sins, and one for the priest to burn completely on the altar.
+\v 21 But if the person who has gotten well is poor and cannot afford to bring all those animals, he must bring to the priest one male lamb for the priest to lift it up and offer it to Yahweh. This will be a sacrifice because the sick person was not able to give to Yahweh the things that he was required to give him. He must also bring about two liters of flour offering mixed with about one-third liter of olive oil; this will be an offering made from flour. He must also bring about one-third liter of olive oil.
+\v 22 He must also bring doves or two pigeons, one to offer to Yahweh for his sins, and one for the priest to burn completely on the altar.
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 \v 23 On that same day, the eighth day, that person must take those things to the priest at the entrance to the sacred tent, to offer them to Yahweh.
 
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 \v 39 On the seventh day, he must go into the house and inspect it again. If the mildew on the walls has spread,
-\v 40 the priest will tell someone to tear out all the stones in the walls that have mildew on them and throw in the dump outside the town.
+\v 40 the priest will tell someone to tear out all the stones in the walls that have mildew on them and throw them in the dump outside the town.
 
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 \v 41 Then the owner must scrape all the walls inside the house, and everything that is scraped off must be thrown into a dump outside the town.
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 \v 49 But before people are allowed to live in it, the priest must take two birds, some cedar wood, some red yarn, and some hyssop.
 \v 50 He must kill one of the birds while holding it over a clay pot containing water taken from a spring.
-\v 51 Then he must take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the red bird, and dip them into the blood of the dead bird, and sprinkle some of that blood and water on the house seven times.
+\v 51 Then he must take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the red yarn, and the living bird, and dip them into the blood of the dead bird, and sprinkle some of that blood and water on the house seven times.
 
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 \v 52 By doing all those things he will enable the house to be fit for the owner to live in again.
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-\v 32 Those are the regulations for a man who has a discharge from his body, or who has an emission of semen, when that happens he is unclean;
+\v 32 Those are the regulations for a man who has a discharge from his body, and for a man who has an emission of semen—when that happens he is unclean,
 \v 33 and for any woman during her menstrual period, and for any man who sleeps with a woman during her menstrual period.'"
 
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