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 \s5
 \v 3 The man lived in the tombs. No one could restrain him any more, not even with a chain.
-\v 4 He had been bound many times with chains and shackles on his feet. He tore the chains apart, and his shackles were shattered. No one had the strength to subdue him.
+\v 4 He had been bound many times with chains and shackles on his feet. He tore the chains apart and his shackles were shattered. No one had the strength to subdue him.
 
 \s5
 \v 5 Every night and day in the tombs and in the mountains, he cried out and cut himself with sharp stones.