diff --git a/16-NEH/08.usfm b/16-NEH/08.usfm
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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
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 \v 16 So the people went out and brought the branches back and made themselves tents, each on their own roofs, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, in the open place by the Water Gate, and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim.
-\v 17 All the assembly of those who had returned from captivity made tents and lived in them. For since the days of Joshua son of Nun to that day, the people of Israel had not celebrated this festival. And the joy was very great.
+\v 17 All the assembly of those who had returned from captivity made tents and lived in them. For since the days of Joshua son of Nun to that day, the people of Israel had not celebrated this festival, and so their joy was very great.
 
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 \v 18 Also day by day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from The Book of the Law of God. They kept the festival for seven days and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, in obedience to the decree.
diff --git a/17-EST/01.usfm b/17-EST/01.usfm
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--- a/17-EST/01.usfm
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 \v 10 On the seventh day, when the king's heart was feeling happy because of the wine, he told Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas (the seven officials who served before him),
 \v 11 to bring Queen Vashti before him with her royal crown. He wanted to show the people and the officials her beauty, for her features were stunning.
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-\v 12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king that has been brought to her by the officials. Then the king became very angry; his rage burned within him.
+\v 12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king that had been brought to her by the officials. Then the king became very angry; his rage burned within him.
 
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