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-\v 1 These were the sons of Jacob (they all went to the land of Egypt with Jacob, their father, and with their own households). The sons' names were:
+\v 1 These were the sons of Jacob (they all went to the land of Egypt with their father Jacob and with their own households). The sons' names were:
 \v 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
 \v 3 Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
 \v 4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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 \v 12 So the Israelite people went all over Egypt to find straw.
 \v 13 The slave bosses kept telling them, "Do all the work you are assigned each day. Make the same number of bricks as you did before when we gave you straw!"
-\v 14 When they were not able to make enough bricks, the slave bosses working for Pharaoh beat the Israelite assistants with sticks. They asked them, "Why have all the men you are in charge of not been able to make the same number of bricks today as they did before?"
+\v 14 When they were not able to make enough bricks, the slave bosses working for the king beat the Israelite assistants with sticks. They asked them, "Why have all the men you are in charge of not been able to make the same number of bricks today as they did before?"
 
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-\v 23 Aaron married Elisheba. She was the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon. Elisheba gave birth to four sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
+\v 23 Aaron married Elisheba. She was the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon. Elisheba gave birth to four sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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 \v 24 The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. They were the ancestors of the Korahite people.
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 \v 4 But I, Yahweh, will not treat the livestock that belongs to the Israelite people the same as yours. You will see that none of the livestock that belongs to the Israelite people will die."
 
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-\v 5 Tell Pharaoh that I will do this thing in the land tomorrow."'"
+\v 5 Tell the king that I will do this thing in the land tomorrow."'"
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 \v 6 The next day Yahweh did what he said that he would do. A terrible disease came upon all of the Egyptians' livestock, and all of the livestock died. But none of the Israelite livestock died.
 \v 7 The king sent men to look at what happened, and they were surprised to see that none of the Israelite animals had died. But after they told that to the king, he continued to be stubborn, and he did not let the Israelite people go.
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 \v 4 If there are not enough people in his family to eat a whole cooked lamb, then his family and the family that lives next door may share one animal. Decide how many lambs you need according to the number of people in each family and according to how much each person can eat.
 
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-\v 5 The lambs or goats that you choose must be males, one year olds, and they must not have any defects.
+\v 5 The lambs or goats that you choose must be males, one year old, and they must not have any defects.
 \v 6 You must take special care of these animals until the fourteenth day of the month. On that day, all the Israelite people must kill the lambs or goats in the evening.
 \v 7 Then they must take some of the blood from the lambs or goats, and they must smear it on the two doorposts and on the tops of the doorframes of the houses in which they will eat the meat.
 \v 8 They must roast the animals immediately and eat the meat that night. They must eat it with bitter herbs and with bread that is baked without yeast.
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 \v 4 So Moses prayed to Yahweh. He said, "How shall I deal with these people? They are almost ready to kill me by throwing stones at me!"
 \v 5 Yahweh said to Moses, "Lead the people and walk in front of them. Take some of the elders of the Israelite people with you. Carry in your hand the staff you used to strike the Nile River.
 \v 6 Listen to me! I will stand in front of you on top of a large rock at the foot of Mount Sinai. Strike the rock with your stick. When you do that, water for the people to drink will flow out of the rock." Moses did what God had said, and the elders were there with him when the water flowed out of the rock.
-\v 7 Moses gave that place two names in the Hebrew language—Masseh, which means 'testing,' and Meribah, which means 'complaining.' He gave it the name Massah because the Israelite people were testing Yahweh, saying "Is Yahweh really among us and able to help us, or not?" and Moses gave it the name Meribah because they were complaining all the time to him.
+\v 7 Moses gave that place two names in the Hebrew language—Massah, which means 'testing,' and Meribah, which means 'complaining.' He gave it the name Massah because the Israelite people were testing Yahweh, saying, "Is Yahweh really among us and able to help us, or not?" and Moses gave it the name Meribah because they were complaining all the time to him.
 
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 \v 9 Jethro was happy when he heard all that Yahweh had done for the Israelite people.
-\v 10 He said, "Praise Yahweh, who has rescued you from the power of the Egyptian army, and out of the power of the king of the Egyptians (who is called Pharaoh), and has set the Israelites free from the control of the Egyptian people!
+\v 10 He said, "Praise Yahweh, who has rescued you from the power of the Egyptian army, and out of the power of the Egyptians' king (who is called Pharaoh), and has set the Israelites free from the control of the Egyptian people!
 \v 11 Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all other gods because he rescued you from the power of the proud Egyptians when they were causing you to suffer."
 
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 \v 7 Do not accuse people falsely. Do not decide that innocent and righteous people should be killed because I will punish people who do such an evil thing.
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-\v 8 Do not accept money that is a bribe because officials who accept bribes are not able to decide what is right to do, and they do not allow innocent people to be treated fairly.
+\v 8 Do not accept money that is a bribe, because officials who accept bribes are not able to decide what is right to do, and they do not allow innocent people to be treated fairly.
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 \v 9 Do not mistreat foreigners who live among you. You know how foreigners often feel because the Egyptians did not treat you well when you were foreigners there.
 
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 \v 14 Every year you must travel to three festivals to honor me.
-\v 15 The first one is the Festival of Bread with no Yeast. Celebrate it in the month of Aviv, which is the month in which you left Egypt. Celebrate it in the way that I commanded you; eat the bread for seven days. Always bring an offering when you come to worship me. Do not come empty-handed.
+\v 15 The first one is the Festival of Bread with No Yeast. Celebrate it in the month of Aviv, which is the month in which you left Egypt. Celebrate it in the way that I commanded you; eat the bread for seven days. Always bring an offering when you come to worship me. Do not come empty-handed.
 
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 \v 16 The second festival is the Festival of Harvest. During that festival you must offer to me the first parts of your crops that grow from the seeds that you planted. The third festival is the Festival of Finished Harvest. That will be after you finish harvesting your grain, your grapes, and your fruit.
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 \v 20 "I am going to send an angel ahead of you to guard you as you travel and to bring you safely to the place that I have prepared for you.
-\v 21 Pay attention to what he says and obey him. Do not rebel against him because he will have my authority and he will punish you if you rebel against him.
+\v 21 Pay attention to what he says and obey him. Do not rebel against him, because he will have my authority and he will punish you if you rebel against him.
 \v 22 But if you pay attention to what he says and if you do all that I tell you to do, I will fight against all of your enemies.
 
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-\v 9 Around the sacred tent there is to be a courtyard. To form the courtyard, tell them to make curtains of fine linen. On the south side, the curtain is to be 44 meters long.
+\v 9 Around the sacred tent there is to be a courtyard. To form the courtyard, tell them to make curtains of fine linen. On the south side, the curtain is to be forty-four meters long.
 \v 10 To support the curtain, tell them to make twenty bronze posts, and one bronze base for each post. To fasten the curtains to the posts, they must make silver hooks, and metal rods covered with silver to fasten the curtains to the hooks.
 
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 \v 13 The settings for the stones must be made from gold.
-\v 14 Tell them to make two chains of gold that are braided like cords and to fasten the chains to the settings."
+\v 14 Tell them to make two chains of gold that are braided like cords and to fasten the chains to the settings.
 
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 \v 29 In that way, Aaron will have the names of the twelve tribes of Israel in the sacred pouch close to his chest for making decisions when he enters the holy place.
-\v 30 Put into the sacred pouch the two things—named Urim and Thummim—that the priest will use to determine my answers to the questions he asks. In that way, they will be close to his chest when he enters the holy place to talk to me. He will use them to determine what my will is for the Israelite people."
+\v 30 Put into the sacred pouch the two things—named Urim and Thummim—that the priest will use to determine my answers to the questions he asks. In that way, they will be close to his chest when he enters the holy place to talk to me. He will use them to determine what my will is for the Israelite people.
 
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-\v 31 "Tell the workmen to weave only purple cloth for the robe that is to be worn underneath the priest's sacred apron.
+\v 31 Tell the workmen to weave only purple cloth for the robe that is to be worn underneath the priest's sacred apron.
 \v 32 It is to have an opening through which the priest can put his head. They must sew a border around this opening to keep the material from tearing.
 
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-\v 34 Yahweh also said to Moses, "Have an expert perfumer take equal parts of several sweet spices: Stacte—a resin from certain gum plants, onycha—from certain shellfish or mollusks, galbanum—another kind of gum resin, and pure frankincense—yet another sort of gum resin.
+\v 34 Yahweh also said to Moses, "Have an expert perfumer take equal parts of several sweet spices: stacte—a resin from certain gum plants, onycha—from certain shellfish or mollusks, galbanum—another kind of gum resin, and pure frankincense—yet another sort of gum resin.
 \v 35 Have him mix them together to make some perfume and add some salt to keep it pure and special for me.
 \v 36 Have him beat some of it into a fine powder. Then I want you to take some of it into the sacred tent and sprinkle it in front of the sacred chest. You all must consider this incense to be completely reserved for me.
 
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 \v 5 He can cut jewels and enclose them in tiny gold settings. He can carve things from wood and do other skilled work.
 
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-\v 6 I have also appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, to work with him. I have given special ability to other men also in order that they can make all the things that I have commanded you to be made.
-\v 7 Those things include: The sacred tent, the sacred chest and its lid, all the other things that will be inside the sacred tent,
+\v 6 I have also appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamak, from the tribe of Dan, to work with him. I have given special ability to other men also in order that they can make all the things that I have commanded you to be made.
+\v 7 Those things include the sacred tent, the sacred chest and its lid, all the other things that will be inside the sacred tent,
 \v 8 the table and all the things that are used with it, the pure gold lampstand and all the things that are used to take care of it, the altar for burning incense,
 \v 9 the altar for offering sacrifices that will be burned and all the things that will be used with it, and the washbasin and its base.
 
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-\v 18 Each year, during the month of Aviv, celebrate the Festival of Bread with no Yeast. During that festival, for seven days you must not eat bread made with yeast, as I commanded you, because it was in that month that you left Egypt.
+\v 18 Each year, during the month of Aviv, celebrate the Festival of Bread with No Yeast. During that festival, for seven days you must not eat bread made with yeast, as I commanded you, because it was in that month that you left Egypt.
 
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