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01-GEN.usfm

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 \v 2 The earth was without form and empty. Darkness was upon the surface of the deep. The Spirit of God was moving above the surface of the waters.
 
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 \v 3 God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
 \v 4 God saw the light, that it was good. He divided the light from the darkness.
 \v 5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." This was evening and morning, the first day. 
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 \v 10 God called the dry land "earth," and the gathered waters he called "seas." He saw that it was good.
 
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 \v 11 God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation: plants yielding seed and fruit trees bearing fruit whose seed is in the fruit, each according to its own kind." It was so.
 \v 12 The earth produced vegetation, plants producing seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit whose seed was in it, after their kind. God saw that it was good.
 \v 13 This was evening and morning, the third day.
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 \v 25 God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, the livestock after their kinds, and everything that creeps upon the ground after its kind. He saw that it was good.
 
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 \v 26 God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." \f + \ft Some ancient copies have: \fqa ... Over the livestock, over all the animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth \fqa* . \f*
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 \v 27 God created man in his own image. In his own image he created him. Male and female he created them.
 
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 \v 28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply. Fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."
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 \v 29 God said, "See, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the surface of all the earth, and every tree with fruit which has seed in it. They will be food to you.
 
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 \v 30 To every beast of the earth, to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creeps upon the earth, and to every creature that has the breath of life I have given every green plant for food." It was so.
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 \v 31 God saw everything that he had made. Behold, it was very good. This was evening and morning, the sixth day.
 
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 \v 1 Then the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the living things that filled them.
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 \v 2 On the seventh day God came to the end of his work which he had done, and so he rested on the seventh day from all his work.
 \v 3 God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it he rested from all his work which he had done in his creation.
 
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 \v 4 These were the events concerning the heavens and the earth, when they were created, on the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.
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 \v 5 No bush of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
 \v 6 But a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
 
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 \v 24 Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, he will be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
 \v 25 They were both naked, the man and his wife, but were not ashamed.
 
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 \v 16 To the woman he said,
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 \v 17 To Adam he said,
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 \q and have eaten from the tree, concerning which I commanded you,
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 \v 20 The man called his wife's name Eve because she was the mother of all the living.
 \v 21 Yahweh God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.
 
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 \v 25 Adam knew his wife again, and she bore another son. She called his name Seth and said, "God has given me another son in the place of Abel, for Cain killed him."
 \v 26 A son was born to Seth and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of Yahweh.
 
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 \v 6 Whoever sheds man's blood, by man will his blood be shed,
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 \v 7 As for you, be fruitful and multiply, spread throughout the earth and multiply on it."
 
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 \q May he be a servant to his brothers' servants."
 
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 \v 26 He also said,
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 \q and may Canaan be his servant.
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 \v 2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
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 \v 3 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
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 \v 4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
 \v 5 From these the coastland peoples separated and went into their lands, every one with its own language, according to their clans, by their nations.
 
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 \v 6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
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 \v 7 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteka. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
 
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 \v 8 Cush became the father of Nimrod, who was the first conqueror on the earth.
 \v 9 He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. That is why it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."
 \v 10 The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad, and Kalneh, in the land of Shinar.
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 \v 21 Sons also were born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth. Shem was also the ancestor of all the people of Eber.
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 \v 22 The sons of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
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 \v 23 The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
 
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 \v 24 Arphaxad became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became the father of Eber.
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 \v 25 Eber had two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother's name was Joktan.
 
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 \v 26 Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
 \v 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
 \v 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
 \v 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
 
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 \v 30 Their territory was from Mesha, all the way to Sephar, the mountain of the east.
 \v 31 These were the sons of Shem, according to their clans and their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.
 
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 \v 1 Now Yahweh said to Abram, "Go from your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's household, to the land that I will show you.
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 \v 2 I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
 \v 3 I will bless those who bless you, but whoever dishonors you I will curse. Through you will all the families of the earth be blessed."
 
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 \v 4 So Abram went, as Yahweh had told him to do, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
 \v 5 Abram took Sarai, his wife, Lot, his brother's son, all their possessions that they had accumulated, and the people that they had acquired in Haran. They left to go into the land of Canaan, and came to the land of Canaan.
 
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 \v 1 After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and your very great reward."
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 \v 2 Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"
 \v 3 Abram said, "Since you have given me no descendant, see, one born in my house will be my heir!"
 
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 \v 13 Then she gave this name to Yahweh who spoke to her, "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "Do I really continue to see, even after he has seen me?"
 \v 14 Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
 
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 \v 12 Now these were the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham.
 
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 \v 13 These were the names of Ishmael's sons, according to their birth order: Nebaioth—the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
 \v 14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
 \v 15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
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 \v 23 His sons by Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
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 \v 24 His sons by Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
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 \v 25 His sons by Bilhah, Rachel's female servant, were Dan and Naphtali.
 
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 \v 26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah's female servant, were Gad and Asher. All these were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
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 \v 27 Jacob came to Isaac, his father, in Mamre in Kiriath Arba (the same as Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had lived.
 
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 \v 1 These were the descendants of Esau (also called Edom).
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 \v 2 Esau took his wives from the Canaanites. These were his wives: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
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 \v 9 These were the descendants of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.
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 \v 10 These were the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz son of Adah, the wife of Esau; Reuel son of Basemath, the wife of Esau.
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 \v 11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
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 \v 12 Timna, a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau's son, bore Amalek. These were the grandsons of Adah, Esau's wife.
 
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 \v 13 These were the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the grandsons of Basemath, Esau's wife.
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 \v 14 These were the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife, who was the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon. She bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
 
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 \v 16 Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These were the clans descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom. They were the grandsons of Adah.
 
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 \v 17 These were the clans from Reuel, Esau's son: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, Mizzah. These were the clans descended from Reuel in the land of Edom. They were the grandsons of Basemath, Esau's wife.
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 \v 18 These were the clans of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: Jeush, Jalam, Korah. These are the clans that descended from Esau's wife Oholibamah, daughter of Anah.
 \v 19 These were the sons of Esau (who was known as Edom), and these were their chiefs.
 
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 \v 20 These were the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
 \v 21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the clans of the Horites, the inhabitants of Seir in the land of Edom.
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 \v 22 The sons of Lotan were Hori and Heman, and Timna was Lotan's sister.
 
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 \v 23 These were the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
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 \v 24 These were the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he was pasturing donkeys of Zibeon his father.
 
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 \v 25 These were the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
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 \v 26 These were the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.
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 \v 27 These were the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
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 \v 28 These were the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
 
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 \v 29 These were the clans of the Horites: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, and Anah,
 \v 30 Dishon, Ezer, Dishan: These were clans of the Horites, according to their clan lists in the land of Seir.
 
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 \v 31 These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the sons of Israel:
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 \v 32 Bela son of Beor, reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
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 \v 33 When Bela died, then Jobab son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place.
 
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 \v 34 When Jobab died, Husham who was of the land of the Temanites, reigned in his place.
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 \v 35 When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad who defeated the Midianites in the land of Moab, reigned in his place. The name of his city was Avith.
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 \v 36 When Hadad died, then Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
 
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 \v 37 When Samlah died, then Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his place.
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 \v 38 When Shaul died, then Baal-Hanan son of Akbor reigned in his place.
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 \v 39 When Baal-Hanan son of Akbor, died, then Hadar reigned in his place. The name of his city was Pau. His wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the granddaughter of Me Zahab.
 
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 \v 1 Jacob lived in the land where his father was staying, in the land of Canaan.
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 \v 2 These were the events concerning Jacob. Joseph, who was a young man seventeen years old, was guarding the flock with his brothers. He was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an unfavorable report about them to their father.
 
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 \v 8 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt: Jacob and his descendants, Reuben, Jacob's firstborn;
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 \v 9 the sons of Reuben, Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi;
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 \v 10 the sons of Simeon, Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman;
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 \v 11 and the sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
 
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 \v 12 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah, (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
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 \v 13 The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Lob, and Shimron;
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 \v 14 The sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel
 \v 15 These were the sons of Leah whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, along with his daughter Dinah. His sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three.
 
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 \v 16 The sons of Gad were Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
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 \v 17 The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; and Serah was their sister. The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malkiel
 \v 18 These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban had given to Leah his daughter. These sons she bore to Jacob—sixteen in all.
 
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 \v 19 The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
 \v 20 In Egypt Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On.
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 \v 21 The sons of Benjamin were Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
 \v 22 These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob—fourteen in all.
 
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 \v 23 The son of Dan was Hushim.
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 \v 24 The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
 \v 25 These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter—seven in all.
 
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 \v 26 All those who went to Egypt with Jacob, who were his descendants, not counting Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six in all.
 \v 27 With the two sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, the members of his family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
 
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 \v 17 When Joseph saw his father place his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He took his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
 \v 18 Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand upon his head."
 
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 \v 19 Gad—raiders will attack him, 
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 \v 20 Asher's food will be rich, 
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 \v 21 Naphtali is a doe let loose; 
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02-EXO.usfm

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 \v 15 God also said to Moses, "You must say to the Israelites, 'Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is how I will be kept in mind for all generations.'
 
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 \v 16 Go and gather the elders of Israel together. Say to them, 'Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me and said, "I have indeed observed you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
 \v 17 I have promised to bring you up from the oppression in Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, a land flowing with milk and honey."'
 \v 18 They will listen to you. You and the elders of Israel must go to the king of Egypt, and you must tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, in order that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.'
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 \v 49 This same law will apply to both the native born and to the foreigner who lives among you."
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 \v 50 So all the Israelites did exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron.
 \v 51 It came about that very day that Yahweh brought Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armed groups.
 
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 \v 1 God spoke all these words:
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 \v 2 "I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
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03-LEV.usfm

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 \v 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
 \v 2 "Tell the people of Israel, 'When anyone sins without wanting to sin, doing any of the things that Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and if he does something that is prohibited, the following must be done.
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 \v 3 If it is the high priest who sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin which he has committed a young bull without blemish to Yahweh as a sin offering.
 
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04-NUM.usfm

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 \v 5 These are the names of the leaders who must fight with you:
 \q1 From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
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 \v 6 from the tribe of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
 
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 \v 7 from the tribe of Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
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 \v 8 from the tribe of Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;
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 \v 9 from the tribe of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
 
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 \v 10 from the tribe of Ephraim son of Joseph, Elishama son of Ammihud;
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 \v 11 from the tribe of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
 
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 \v 12 from the tribe of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
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 \v 13 from the tribe of Asher, Pagiel son of Okran;
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 \v 14 from the tribe of Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
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 \v 15 and from the tribe of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan."
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 \v 16 These were the men appointed from the people. They led their ancestors' tribes. They were the leaders of the clans in Israel.
 
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 \v 33 But he Levites were not counted along with the people of Israel, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
 
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 \v 34 The people of Israel did everything that Yahweh commanded Moses. They camped by their banners. They went out from the camp by their clans, in the order of their ancestor's families.
 
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 \v 16 Moses counted them, following the word of Yahweh, just as he was commanded to do.
 
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 \v 17 The names of Levi's sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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 \v 18 The clans coming from Gershon's sons were Libni and Shimei.
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 \v 19 The clans coming from Kohath's sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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 \v 20 The clans coming from Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, listed clan by clan.
 
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 \v 38 Moses and Aaron and his sons must camp on the east side of the tabernacle, in front of the tent of meeting, toward the sunrise. They are responsible for the fulfillment of the duties of the sanctuary and the duties of the people of Israel. Any foreigner who approaches the sanctuary must be put to death.
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 \v 39 Moses and Aaron counted all the males in the clans of Levi who were aged one month old and older, just as Yahweh commanded. They counted twenty-two thousand men.
 
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 \v 12 On the first day, Nahshon son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah, offered his sacrifice.
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 \v 13 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
 \v 14 He gave one gold dish that weighed ten shekels and was full of incense.
 
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 \v 18 On the second day, Nethanel son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, offered his sacrifice.
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 \v 19 He offered as his sacrifice one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
 
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 \v 24 On the third day, Eliab son of Helon, leader of the descendants of Zebulun, offered his sacrifice.
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 \v 25 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
 \v 26 He also gave one gold dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense.
 
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 \v 30 On the fourth day, Elizur son of Shedeur, leader of the descendants of Reuben, offered his sacrifice.
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 \v 31 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
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 \v 36 On the fifth day, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, leader of the descendants of Simeon, offered his sacrifice.
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 \v 37 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
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 \v 42 On the sixth day, Eliasaph son of Deuel, leader of the descendants of Gad, offered his sacrifice.
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 \v 43 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
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 \v 48 On the seventh day, Elishama son of Ammihud, leader of the descendants of Ephraim, offered his sacrifice.
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 \v 49 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
 \v 50 He also gave one gold dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense.
 
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 \v 54 On the eighth day, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, leader of the descendants of Manasseh, offered his sacrifice.
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 \v 55 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
 \v 56 He also gave one gold dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense.
 
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 \v 60 On the ninth day, Abidan son of Gideoni, leader of the descendants of Benjamin, offered his sacrifice.
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 \v 61 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain offering.
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 \v 66 On the tenth day, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, leader of the descendants of Dan, offered his sacrifice.
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 \v 67 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
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 \v 72 On the eleventh day, Pagiel son of Okran, leader of the descendants of Asher, offered his sacrifice.
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 \v 73 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain offering.
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 \v 78 On the twelfth day, Ahira son of Enan, leader of the descendants of Naphtali, offered his sacrifice.
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 \v 79 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
 \v 80 He also gave one gold dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense.
 
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 \v 35 Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, "Rise up, Yahweh. Scatter your enemies. Make those who hate you run from you."
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 \v 36 Whenever the ark stopped, Moses would say, "Return, Yahweh, to Israel's many tens of thousands."
 
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 \v 4 These were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
 
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 \v 5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
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 \v 6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
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 \v 7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
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 \v 8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
 
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 \v 9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
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 \v 10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
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 \v 11 from the tribe of Joseph (that is to say, from the tribe Manasseh), Gaddi son of Susi;
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 \v 12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
 
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 \v 13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
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 \v 14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;
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 \v 15 from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.
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 \v 16 These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to examine the land. Moses called Hoshea son of Nun by the name of Joshua.
 
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 \v 17 I am asking you to let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or vineyard, nor will we drink the water in your wells. We will go along the king's highway. We will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed your border."
 
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 \v 18 But the king of Edom replied to him, "You may not pass through here. If you do, I will come with the sword to attack you."
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 \v 19 Then the people of Israel said to him, "We will go along the highway. If we or our livestock drink your water, we will pay for it. Just let us walk through on foot, without doing anything else."
 
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 \v 20 But the king of Edom replied, "You may not pass through." So the king of Edom came against Israel with a strong hand with many soldiers.
 \v 21 The king of Edom refused to allow Israel to cross over their border. Because of this, Israel turned away from the land of Edom.
 
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 \v 21 Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites saying,
 \v 22 "Let us pass through your land. We will not turn into any field or vineyard. We will not drink the water from your wells. We will travel by the king's highway until we have crossed your border."
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 \v 23 But King Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through their border. Instead, Sihon gathered all his army together and attacked Israel in the wilderness. He came to Jahaz, where he fought against Israel.
 
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 \v 1 The people of Israel traveled on until they camped in the plains of Moab near Jericho, on the other side of the Jordan River from the city.
 
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 \v 17 because I will pay you extremely well and give you great honor, and I will do whatever you tell me to do. So please come and curse this people for me.'"
 
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 \v 18 Balaam answered and said to Balak's men, "Even if Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Yahweh, my God, and do less or more than what he tells me.
 \v 19 Now then, please wait here tonight too, so that I may learn anything further that Yahweh says to me."
 \v 20 God came to Balaam at night and said to him, "Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them. But only do what I tell you to do."
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 \v 11 Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but look, you have blessed them."
 \v 12 Balaam answered and said, "Should I not be careful to say only what Yahweh puts in my mouth?"
 
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 \v 21 He has not looked upon disaster in Jacob,
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 \v 25 Then Balak said to Balaam, "Do not curse them or bless them at all."
 \v 26 But Balaam answered and said to Balak, "Did I not tell you that I must say all that Yahweh tells me to say?"
 \v 27 So Balak replied to Balaam, "Come now, I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God for you to curse them there for me."
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 \v 1 When Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel, he did not go, as at the other times, to use sorcery. Instead, he looked toward the wilderness.
 
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 \v 25 Then Balaam got up and left. He returned to his home, and Balak also went away.
 
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 \v 5 Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. From his son Hanok came the clan of the Hanokites. From Pallu came the clan of the Palluites.
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 \v 6 From Hezron came the clan of the Hezronites. From Karmi came the clan of the Karmites.
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 \v 7 These were the clans of Reuben, who numbered 43,730 men.
 
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 \q1 through Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites,
 \q1 through Jakin, the clan of the Jakinites,
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 \v 13 through Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites,
 \q1 through Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites.
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 \v 14 These were the clans of Simeon's descendants, who numbered 22,200 men.
 
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 \q1 through Haggi, the clan of the Haggites,
 \q1 through Shuni, the clan of the Shunites,
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 \v 16 through Ozni, the clan of the Oznites,
 \q1 through Eri, the clan of the Erites,
 \q1
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 \v 17 through Arod, the clan of the Arodites,
 \q1 through Areli, the clan of the Arelites.
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 \v 18 These were the clans of Gad's descendants, who numbered 40,500 men.
 
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 \v 19 Judah's sons were Er and Onan, but these men died in the land of Canaan.
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 \v 20 The clans of Judah's other descendants were these:
 \q1 through Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites,
 \q1 through Perez, the clan of the Perezites, and
 \q1 through Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites.
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 \v 21 The descendants of Perez were these:
 \q1 Through Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites,
 \q1 through Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites.
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 \v 23 The clans of Issachar's descendants were these:
 \q1 Through Tola, the clan of the Tolaites,
 \q1 through Puah, the clan of the Puites,
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 \v 24 through Jashub, the clan of the Jashubites,
 \q1 through Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites.
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 \q1 Through Sered, the clan of the Seredites,
 \q1 through Elon, the clan of the Elonites,
 \q1 through Jahleel, the clan of the Jahleelites.
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 \v 27 These were the clans of the Zebulunites, who numbered 60,500 men.
 
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 \v 28 The clans of Joseph's descendants were Manasseh and Ephraim.
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 \v 29 The descendants of Manasseh were these:
 \q1 through Makir, the clan of the Makirites (Makir was Gilead's father),
 \q1 through Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites.
 
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 \v 30 Gilead's descendants were these:
 \q1 Through Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites,
 \q1 through Helek, the clan of the Helekites,
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 \v 31 through Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites,
 \q1 through Shechem, the clan of the Shechemites,
 \q1
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 \v 32 through Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaites,
 \q1 through Hepher, the clan of the Hepherites.
 
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 \v 33 Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirzah.
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 \v 34 These were the clans of Manasseh, who numbered 52,700 men.
 
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 \q1 Through Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites,
 \q1 through Beker, the clan of the Bekerites,
 \q1 through Tahan, the clan of the Tahanites.
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 \v 36 The descendants of Shuthelah were, by Eran, the clan of the Eranites.
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 \v 37 These were the clans of Ephraim's descendants, who numbered 32,500 men. These were Joseph's descendants, counted in each of their clans.
 
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 \q1 through Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites,
 \q1 through Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites,
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 \v 39 through Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites,
 \q1 through Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites.
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 \v 40 The descendants of Bela were Ard and Naaman. From Ard came the clan of the Ardites, and from Naaman came the clan of the Naamites.
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 \v 41 These were the clans of Benjamin's descendants. They numbered 45,600 men.
 
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 \q1 through Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites,
 \q1 through Beriah, the clan of the Beriites.
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 \v 45 The descendants of Beriah were these:
 \q1 Through Heber, the clan of the Heberites,
 \q1 through Malkiel, the clan of the Malkielites.
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 \v 46 The name of Asher's daughter was Serah.
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 \v 47 These were the clans of Asher's descendants, who numbered 53,400 men.
 
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 \q1 Through Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites,
 \q1 through Guni, the clan of the Gunites,
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 \v 49 through Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites,
 \q1 through Shillem, the clan of the Shillemites.
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 \v 50 These were the clans of Naphtali's descendants, who numbered 45,400 men.
 
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 \q1 through Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites,
 \q1 through Merari, the clan of the Merarites.
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 \v 58 The clans of Levi were these:
 \q1 the clan of the Libnites,
 \q1 the clan of the Hebronites,
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 \v 60 To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
 \v 61 Nadab and Abihu died when they offered before Yahweh unacceptable fire.
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 \v 62 The males who were counted among them numbered twenty-three thousand, all males one month old and up. But they were not counted among Israel's descendants because no inheritance was given to them among the people of Israel.
 
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 \v 36 The half that was kept for the soldiers numbered 337,000 sheep,
 \v 37 from which Yahweh's part of the sheep was 675.
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 \v 38 The cattle were thirty-six thousand from which Yahweh's part was seventy-two.
 
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 \v 39 The donkeys were 30,500 from which Yahweh's part was sixty-one.
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 \v 40 The persons were sixteen thousand women from which Yahweh's part was thirty-two.
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 \v 41 Moses took the tax that was to be an offering presented to Yahweh. He gave it to Eleazar the priest, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
 
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 \v 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
 \v 2 "Command the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land of Canaan, the land that will belong to you, the land of Canaan and its borders,
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 \v 3 your southern border will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. The eastern end of the southern border will be on a line that ends at the southern end of the Salt Sea.
 
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 \v 19 These are the names of the men:
 \q1 From the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh.
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 \v 20 From the tribe of the descendants of Simeon, Shemuel son of Ammihud.
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 \v 21 From the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Kislon.
 \q1
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 \v 22 From of the tribe of the descendants of Dan a leader, Bukki son of Jogli.
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 \v 23 From the descendants of Joseph, of the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh a leader, Hanniel son of Ephod.
 
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 \v 24 From the tribe of the descendants of Ephraim a leader, Kemuel son of Shiphtan.
 \q1
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 \v 25 From the tribe of the descendants of Zebulun a leader, Elizaphan son of Parnak.
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 \v 26 From the tribe of the descendants of Issachar a leader, Paltiel son of Azzan.
 
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 \v 27 From the tribe of the descendants of Asher a leader, Ahihud son of Shelomi.
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 \v 28 From the tribe of the descendants of Naphtali a leader, Pedahel son of Ammihud."
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 \v 6 "Yahweh our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, 'You have lived long enough in this hill country.
 
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 \v 9 Therefore know that Yahweh your God—he is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenants and faithfulness for a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commandments,
 \v 10 but repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them; he will not be lenient on whoever hates him; he will repay him to his face.
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 \v 26 Then Joshua commanded them at that time with an oath, and he said, "Cursed is the man in Yahweh's sight who rebuilds this city, Jericho. At the cost of his firstborn son, he will lay the foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son, he will set up its gates."
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 \v 27 So Yahweh was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land.
 
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 \v 5 He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salekah, and all Bashan, to the border of the people of Geshur and the Maacathites, and half of Gilead, to the border of Sihon, king of Heshbon.
 
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 \v 6 Moses the servant of Yahweh, and the people of Israel had defeated them, and Moses the servant of Yahweh, gave the land as a possession to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
 
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 \v 1 Now Joshua was very old when Yahweh said to him, "You are very old, but there is still very much land to capture.
 
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 \v 2 This is the land that still remains: All the regions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites,
 \v 3 from Shihor, which is east of Egypt, and northward to the border of Ekron, which is considered property of the Canaanites; the five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron—the territory of the Avvites.
 
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 \v 5 the land of the Gebalites, all of Lebanon toward the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath.
 
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 \v 6 Also, all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon as far as Misrephoth Maim, including all the people of Sidon. I will drive them out before the army of Israel. Be sure to assign the land to Israel as an inheritance, as I commanded you.
 \v 7 Divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and to the half tribe of Manasseh."
 
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 \v 8 With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh, the Reubenites and the Gadites had received their inheritance that Moses gave them on the east side of the Jordan,
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 \v 9 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Arnon river gorge (including the city that is in the middle of the gorge), to all the plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon;
 
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 \v 13 But the people of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. Instead, Geshur and Maacath live among Israel to this day.
 
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 \v 14 To the tribe of Levi alone Moses gave no inheritance. The offerings of Yahweh, the God of Israel, made by fire, are their inheritance, as God said to Moses.
 
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 \v 15 Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of Reuben, clan by clan.
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 \v 24 This is what Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, clan by clan:
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 \v 25 Their territory was Jazer, all the cities of Gilead and half the land of the Ammonites, to Aroer, which is east of Rabbah,
 \v 26 from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir.
 
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 \v 29 Moses gave an inheritance to the half tribe of Manasseh. It was assigned to the half tribe of the descendants of Manasseh, clan by clan.
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 \v 30 Their territory was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities;
 \v 31 half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth and Edrei (the royal cities of Og in Bashan). These were assigned to the descendants of Makir son of Manasseh—half of the people of Makir, clan by clan.
 
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 \v 3 Then it went down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of Lower Beth Horon, and then on to Gezer; it ended at the sea.
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 \v 9 together with the cities that were chosen for the tribe of Ephraim within the inheritance of the tribe of Manasseh—all the cities, including their villages.
 
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 \v 14 The border made a turn to the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El.
 \v 15 This region included the cities of Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, including their villages.
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 \v 22 Their border also touched Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen cities, including their villages.
 
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 \v 23 This was the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar, according to their clans—the cities, including their villages.
 
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 \v 30 Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob. There were twenty-two cities, including their villages.
 
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 \v 47 When the territory of the tribe of Dan was lost to them, Dan attacked Leshem, fought against it, capturing it and striking it with the sword; taking possession of it and settled in it. They renamed Leshem, calling it Dan after their ancestor.
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 \v 48 This was the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, clan by clan—the cities, including their villages.
 
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 \v 8 So the people of Israel gave, by casting lots, these cities (including their pasturelands) to the Levites, just as Yahweh had commanded by the hand of Moses.
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 \v 9 From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they assigned land to the following cities, here listed by name.
 \v 10 These cities were given to the descendants of Aaron, who were among the clans of the Kohathites, who in turn were from the tribe of Levi. For the first casting of lots had fallen to them.
 
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 \v 17 From the tribe of Benjamin were given Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,
 \v 18 Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its suburbs—four cities.
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 \v 25 From the half tribe of Manasseh, the clan of Kohath was given Taanach with its pasturelands and Gath Rimmon with its pasturelands—two cities.
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 \v 27 From the half tribe of Manasseh, to clans of Gershon, these were other Levite clans, and they gave Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands—a city of refuge for anyone who killed another unintentionally, along with Be Eshterah with its pasturelands—two cities in all.
 
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 \v 28 To the clans of Gershon they also gave Kishion from the tribe of Issachar, along with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,
 \v 29 Jarmuth with its pasturelands, and En Gannim with its pasturelands—four cities.
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 \v 30 From the tribe of Asher, they gave Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,
 \v 31 Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands—four cities in all.
 
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 \v 32 From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave the clans of Gershon Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands—a city of refuge for anyone who killed another unintentionally; Hammoth Dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three cities in all.
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 \v 33 There were thirteen cities in all, out of the clans of Gershon, including their pasturelands.
 
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 \v 35 Dimnah with its pasturelands, and Nahalal with its pasturelands—four cities in all.
 
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 \v 36 To the clans of Merari were given from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahaz with its pasturelands,
 \v 37 Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands—four cities.
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 \v 38 Out of the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands—a city of refuge for anyone who killed another unintentionally—and Mahanaim with its pasturelands.
 
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 \v 39 The clans of Merari were also given Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands. These were four cities in all.
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 \v 40 All these were the cities of the several clans of Merari, who were from the tribe of Levi—twelve cities in all were given to them by the casting of lots.
 
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 \v 26 While Israel lived for three hundred years in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities that are along the banks of the Arnon—why then did you not take them back during that time?
 \v 27 I have not done you wrong, but you are doing me wrong by attacking me. Yahweh, the judge, will decide today between the people of Israel and the people of Ammon."
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 \v 28 But the king of the people of Ammon rejected the warning Jephthah sent him.
 
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 \v 25 When they were celebrating, they said, "Call for Samson, that he may make us laugh." They called for Samson out of the prison and he made them laugh. They made him stand between the pillars.
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 \v 18 Now these were the descendants of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,
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 \v 2 Sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam from Jezreel.
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 \v 1 There also happened to be at the same place a troublemaker whose name was Sheba son of Bikri, a Benjamite. He blew the trumpet and said, "We have no part in David, neither have we any inheritance in the son of Jesse. Let every man go back to his home, Israel."
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 \v 24 The thirty included the following men: Asahel brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,
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 \v 27 Abiezer the Anathothite, Sibbekai \f + \ft Some copies of the ancient Greek translation taken from the ancient Hebrew copies, have the name \fqa Sibbekai,\fqa* see also 2 Samuel 21:18 and 1 Chronicles 11:29. Come of the copies have \fqa Mebunnai \fqa* . \f* the Hushathite,
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 \v 1 King Solomon was king over all Israel.
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 \v 9 My servants will bring the trees down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you direct me. I will have them broken up there, and you will take them away. You will do what I desire by giving food for my household."
 
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 \v 10 So Hiram gave Solomon all the timber of cedar and fir that he desired.
 \v 11 Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat for food to his household and twenty thousand baths of pure oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year. \f + \ft Some ancient Hebrew manuscripts have: \fqa twenty thousand cors ... twenty thousand cors \fqa* . Other ancient manuscripts read: \fqa twenty thousand cors ... twenty thousand baths \fqa* , which we are following here. \f*
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 \v 50 Solomon also had made the cups, lamp trimmers, basins, spoons, and incense burners, all of which were made of pure gold; he had sockets of gold made for the doors of the inner room (which was the most holy place), and for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
 
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 \v 1 Elisha said, "Hear the word of Yahweh. This is what Yahweh says: 'Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.'"
 \v 2 Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, "See, even if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, can this thing happen?" Elisha replied, "See, you will watch it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it."
 
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 \v 1 It happened that in the ninth year of the reign of King Zedekiah, in the tenth month, and on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem. He camped opposite it, and they built a siege wall around it.
 \v 2 So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah's reign.
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 \v 2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,
 \v 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech.
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 \v 8 The sons of Ham were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
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 \v 12 Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.
 
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 \v 38 The sons of Seir were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
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 \v 43 These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
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 \v 1 Now these are the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam from Jezreel; the second was Daniel, by Abigail from Carmel;
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 \v 10 Jabez called out to the God of Israel and said, "If only you would truly bless me, expand my territory, and your hand will be with me. When you do this you will keep me from harm, so that I may be free from pain!" So God granted him his prayer.
 
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 \v 12 Eshton became the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir Nahash. \f + \ft Some modern translations read \fqa who settled in the town of Nahash \fqa* . \f* These were men who lived in Rekah.
 
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 \v 13 Kenaz's sons were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel's sons were Hathath and Meonothai. \f + \ft Most copies of the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew, and the ancient Latin translation of the Hebrew, insert: \fqa Meonothai \fqa* into this verse, believing that it was omitted through a copyist's mistake. \f*
 \v 14 Meonothai became the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah became the father of Joab, the originator of Ge Harashim, whose people were craftsmen.
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 \v 15 The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah and Naam. Elah's son was Kenaz.
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 \v 16 Jehallelel's sons were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
 
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 \v 17 Ezrah's sons were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered's Egyptian wife \f + \ft The Hebrew does not indicate here who the woman was. We understand from 4:18 that it was Mered's Egyptian wife. \f* bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, who became the father of Eshtemoa.
 \v 18 These were the sons of Bithiah, daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married. Mered's Judahite wife bore Jered, who became the father of Gedor; Heber, who became the father of Soko; and Jekuthiel, who became the father of Zanoah.
 
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 \v 19 Of the two sons of Hodiah's wife, sister of Naham, one became the father of Keilah the Garmite. The other was Eshtemoa the Maakathite.
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 \v 20 The sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. The descendants of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.
 
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 \v 21 The descendants of Shelah son of Judah, were Er father of Lekah, Laadah father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth Ashbea,
 \v 22 Jokim, the men of Kozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi Lehem. (This information is from ancient records.)
 \v 23 These were the potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah and worked for the king.
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 \v 24 Simeon's descendants were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
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 \v 25 Shallum was Shaul's son, Mibsam was Shallum's son, and Mishma was Mibsam's son.
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 \v 26 Mishma's descendants were Hammuel his son, Zakkur his grandson, and Shimei his great-grandson.
 
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 \v 33 together with the outlying villages as far as Baalath. These were their settlements, and they kept the genealogical records.
 
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 \v 34 Clan leaders were Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah,
 \v 35 Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah son of Seraiah son of Asiel,
 \v 36 Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,
 \v 37 and Ziza son of Shiphi son of Allon son of Jedaiah son of Shimri son of Shemaiah.
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 \v 38 These mentioned by name were leaders in their clans, and their clans increased greatly.
 
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 \v 3 the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel were Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi.
 
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 \v 4 The descendants of Joel were these: Joel's son was Shemaiah. Shemaiah's son was Gog. Gog's son was Shimei.
 \v 5 Shimei's son was Micah. Micah's son was Reaiah. Reaiah's son was Baal. 
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 \v 6 Baal's son was Beerah, whom Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria took into exile. Beerah was a leader in the tribe of Reuben.
 
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 \v 7 Beerah's relatives according to their clans, listed according to their genealogical records: Jeiel the leader, Zechariah, and
 \v 8 Bela son of Azaz son of Shema son of Joel. They lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal Meon,
 \v 9 and eastward to the start of the wilderness that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead.
 
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 \v 10 In the days of Saul, the tribe of Reuben attacked the Hagrites and defeated them. They lived in the Hagrites' tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.
 
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 \v 11 The members of the tribe of Gad lived near them, in the land of Bashan as far as Salekah.
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 \v 12 Joel was their leader; Shapham was second; and Janai and Shaphat in Bashan.
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 \v 13 Their relatives, by their fathers' families, were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakan, Zia, and Eber—seven in all.
 
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 \v 14 These persons named above were the descendants of Abihail, and Abihail was the son of Huri. Huri was the son of Jaroah. Jaroah was the son of Gilead. Gilead was the son of Michael. Michael was the son of Jeshishai. Jeshishai was the son of Jahdo. Jahdo was the son of Buz.
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 \v 15 Ahi son of Abdiel son of Guni, was head of their fathers' family.
 
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 \v 16 They lived in Gilead, in Bashan, in its towns, and in all the pasturelands of Sharon as far as its borders.
 \v 17 All these were listed by genealogical records in the days of Jotham king of Judah and of Jeroboam king of Israel.
 
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 \v 1 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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 \v 2 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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 \v 3 The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
 
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 \v 4 Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, and Phinehas became the father of Abishua.
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 \v 5 Abishua became the father of Bukki, and Bukki became the father of Uzzi.
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 \v 6 Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth.
 
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 \v 7 Meraioth became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub.
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 \v 8 Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz.
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 \v 9 Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah, and Azariah became the father of Johanan.
 
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 \v 10 Johanan became the father of Azariah, who served in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem.
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 \v 11 Azariah became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub.
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 \v 12 Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Shallum.
 
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 \v 13 Shallum became the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah became the father of Azariah.
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 \v 14 Azariah became the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah became the father of Jozadak.
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 \v 15 Jozadak went into captivity when Yahweh exiled Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
 
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 \v 16 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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 \v 18 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
 
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 \v 19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers.
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 \v 20 The descendants of Gershon: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 
 \v 21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.
 
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 \v 22 The descendants of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, 
 \v 23 Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son, 
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 \v 24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
  
 
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 \v 25 The descendants of Elkanah were Amasai, Ahimoth,
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 \v 26 Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son, 
 \v 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son. \f + \ft The ancient Greek translation taken from the Hebrew copies adds to the list \fqa Samuel his son \fqa* . \f*
 
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 \v 28 The sons of Samuel were the firstborn, Joel, and Abijah, the second-born.
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 \v 29 The descendants of Merari were Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
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 \v 30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.
 
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 \v 33 These were those who served with their sons. From the clans of the Kohathites came Heman the musician. Here were his ancestors, going back in time: Heman was the son of Joel. Joel was the son of Samuel.
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 \v 34 Samuel was the son of Elkanah. Elkanah was the son of Jeroham. Jeroham was the son of Eliel. Eliel was the son of Toah.
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 \v 35 Toah was the son of Zuph. Zuph was the son of Elkanah. Elkanah was the son of Mahath. Mahath was the son of Amasai. Amasai was son of Elkanah.
 
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 \v 36 Amasai was the son of Elkanah. Elkanah was the son of Joel. Joel was the son of Azariah. Azariah was the son of Zephaniah.
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 \v 37 Zephaniah was the son of Tahath. Tahath was the son of Assir. Assir was the son of Ebiasaph. Ebiasaph was the son of Korah.
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 \v 38 Korah was the son of Izhar. Izhar was the son of Kohath. Kohath was the son of Levi. Levi was the son of Israel.
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 \v 39 Heman's colleague was Asaph, who stood at his right hand. Asaph was the son of Berekiah. Berekiah was the son of Shimea. 
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 \v 40 Shimea was the son of Michael. Michael was the son of Baaseiah. Baaseiah was the son of Malkijah.
 \v 41 Malkijah was the son of Ethni. Ethni was the son of Zerah. Zerah was the son of Adaiah.
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 \v 42 Adaiah was the son of Ethan. Ethan was the son of Zimmah. Zimmah was the son of Shimei.
 \v 43 Shimei was the son of Jahath. Jahath was the son of Gershon. Gershon was the son of Levi.
 
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 \v 44 At Heman's left hand were his colleagues the sons of Merari. They included Ethan son of Kishi. Kishi was the son of Abdi. Abdi was the son of Malluk.
 \v 45 Malluk was the son of Hashabiah. Hashabiah was the son of Amaziah. Amaziah was the son of Hilkiah.
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 \v 46 Hilkiah was the son of Amzi. Amzi was the son of Bani. Bani was the son of Shemer.
 \v 47 Shemer was the son of Mahli. Mahli was the son of Mushi. Mushi was the son of Merari. Merari was the son of Levi.
 
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 \v 49 But Aaron and his descendants made the offerings on the altar for burnt offerings; and the offering on the incense altar for all the work on the most holy place. These offerings made atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
 
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 \v 50 Aaron's descendants are reckoned as follows: Aaron's son was Eleazar. Eleazar's son was Phinehas. Phinehas's son was Abishua.
 \v 51 Abishua's son was Bukki. Bukki's son was Uzzi. Uzzi's son was Zerahiah.
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 \v 52 Zerahiah's son was Meraioth. Meraioth's son was Amariah. Amariah's son was Ahitub.
 \v 53 Ahitub's son was Zadok. Zadok's son was Ahimaaz.
 
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 \v 54 These are the locations where Aaron's descendants were assigned to live, that is, for the descendants of Aaron who were from the clans of the Kohathites (the first lot was theirs).
 \v 55 To them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its pasturelands,
 \v 56 but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
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 \v 71 To Gershon's descendants out of the clans of the half tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands.
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 \v 72 The tribe of Issachar gave to Gershon's descendants Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,
 \v 73 Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands.
 
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 \v 74 Issachar received from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,
 \v 75 Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands.
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 \v 76 They received from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.
 
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 \v 77 The rest of Merari's descendants received from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah, \f + \ft The names \fqa Jokneam \fqa* and \fqa Kartah \fqa* are not found in the Hebrew copies but are found in the ancient Greek translation taken from the Hebrew copies. Compare the list in Joshua 21:34. \f* and Rimmono with its pasturelands and Tabor with its pasturelands; 
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 \v 78 and from the tribe of Reuben, across the Jordan on the east side of Jericho, they received Bezer in the desert, Jahzah, 
 \v 79 Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands.
 
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 \v 80 The Levites received from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,
 \v 81 Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands.
 
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 \v 1 Issachar's four sons were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.
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 \v 2 The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel. They were the heads of their fathers' houses, from the descendants of Tola and they were listed as mighty warriors among their generation. They numbered 22,600 in the days of David.
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 \v 5 Their relatives were fighting men from all the clans of Issachar, and they numbered in all, eighty-seven thousand fighting men, as listed in their genealogy.
 
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 \v 6 Benjamin's three sons were Bela, Beker, and Jediael.
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 \v 7 Bela's five sons were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were soldiers and heads of fathers' houses. Their people numbered 22,034 fighting men, according to the lists belonging to their ancestors' clans.
 
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 \v 8 Beker's sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were his sons.
 \v 9 The lists of their clans numbered 20,200 heads of their fathers' houses and fighting men.
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 \v 12 The Shuppites and the Huppites were descendants of Ir, and the Hushites were descendants of Aher.
 
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 \v 14 The descendants of Manasseh were Asriel, who was his descendant through his Aramean concubine. (She gave birth to Makir, the father of Gilead.
 \v 15 Then Makir took a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites, and his sister's name was Maakah.) The name of the second was Zelophehad, who had only daughters.
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 \v 16 Then Maakah, wife of Makir, bore a son and she called him Peresh, and his brother's name was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
 
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 \v 17 The son of Ulam was Bedan. These were the descendants of Gilead, who was the son of Makir, who was the son of Manasseh.
 \v 18 Gilead's sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
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 \v 19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
 
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 \v 24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah.
 
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 \v 25 Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son,
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 \v 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 
 \v 27 Nun his son, and Joshua was his son.
 
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 \v 30 Asher's sons were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Serah was their sister.
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 \v 31 Beriah's sons were Heber and Malkiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
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 \v 32 Heber's sons were Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham. Shua was their sister.
 
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 \v 33 Japhlet's sons were Pasak, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet's children.
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 \v 34 Shomer, Japhlet's brother, had these sons: Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.
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 \v 35 Shemer's brother, Helem, had these sons: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
 
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 \v 36 Zophah's sons were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,
 \v 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.
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 \v 38 Jether's sons were Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara.
 
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 \v 39 Ulla's sons were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.
 \v 40 All these were descendants of Asher. They were ancestors of the clans, heads of fathers' houses, distinguished men, fighting men, and chief among the leaders. There were twenty-six thousand men listed who were fit for military service, according to their numbered lists.
 
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 \v 1 Benjamin's five sons were Bela his firstborn, Ashbel, Aharah,
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 \v 2 Nohah, and Rapha.
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 \v 3 Bela's sons were Addar, Gera, Abihud,
 \v 4 Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,
 \v 5 Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.
 
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 \v 6 These were the descendants of Ehud who were heads of fathers' houses for the inhabitants of Geba, who were compelled to move to Manahath:
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 \v 7 Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera. The last, Gera, led them in their move. He was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.
 
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 \v 8 Shaharaim became the father of children in the land of Moab, after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.
 \v 9 By his wife Hodesh, Shaharaim became the father of Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam,
 \v 10 Jeuz, Sakia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' houses.
 \v 11 He had already become the father of Abitub and Elpaal by Hushim.
 
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 \v 12 Elpaal's sons were Eber, Misham, and Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its surrounding villages).
 \v 13 There were also Beriah and Shema. They were heads of the fathers' houses of those living in Aijalon, who drove out the inhabitants of Gath.
 
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 \v 14 Beriah had these sons: Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth,
 \v 15 Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,
 \v 16 Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah.
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 \v 17 Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,
 \v 18 Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.
 
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 \v 19 Jakim, Zikri, Zabdi,
 \v 20 Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,
 \v 21 Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.
 
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 \v 22 Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,
 \v 23 Abdon, Zikri, Hanan,
 \v 24 Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,
 \v 25 Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.
 
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 \v 26 Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,
 \v 27 Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zikri were the sons of Jeroham.
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 \v 35 The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melek, Tarea, and Ahaz.
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 \v 36 Ahaz became the father of Jehoaddah. Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza.
 \v 37 Moza was the father of Binea. Binea was the father of Raphah. Raphah was the father of Eleasah. Eleasah was the father of Azel.
 
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 \v 38 Azel had six sons: Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were sons of Azel.
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 \v 39 The sons of Eshek, his brother, were Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
 \v 40 Ulam's sons were fighting men and archers. They had many sons and grandsons, a total of 150. All these belonged to the descendants of Benjamin.
 
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 \v 4 The settlers included Uthai son of Ammihud son of Omri son of Imri son of Bani, one of the descendants of Perez son of Judah.
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 \v 5 Among the Shelanites were Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.
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 \v 7 Among the descendants of Benjamin were Sallu son of Meshullam son of Hodaviah son of Hassenuah.
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 \v 8 There were also Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi son of Mikri; and Meshullam son of Shephatiah son of Reuel son of Ibnijah.
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 \v 10 The priests were Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jakin.
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 \v 13 Their relatives, who were leaders for their fathers' houses, numbered 1,760. They were very capable men in the work in the house of God.
 
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 \v 39 Ner was the father of Kish. Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Esh-Baal.
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 \v 41 The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melek, Tahrea, and Ahaz.
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 \v 42 Ahaz was the father of Jadah. Jadah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza.
 \v 43 Moza was the father of Binea. Binea was the father of Rephaiah. Rephaiah was the father of Eleasah. Eleasah was the father of Azel.
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 \v 26 The mighty men were Asahel brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
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 \v 27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
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 \v 28 Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,
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 \v 29 Sibbekai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
 
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 \v 30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite,
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 \v 31 Ithai son of Ribai of Gibeah of Benjamin's descendants, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
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 \v 32 Hurai of the valleys of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
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 \v 34 the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan son of Shagee the Hararite,
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 \v 35 Ahiam son of Sakar the Hararite, Eliphal son of Ur,
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 \v 36 Hepher the Mekerathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
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 \v 37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai son of Ezbai,
 
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 \v 38 Joel brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Hagri,
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 \v 39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite (the armor bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah),
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 \v 40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
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 \v 41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai,
 
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 \v 42 Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite (a chief of the Reubenites) and thirty with him,
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 \v 43 Hanan son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
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 \v 44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel sons of Hotham the Aroerite,
 
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 \v 45 Jediael son of Shimri, Joha (his brother the Tizite),
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 \v 2 They were armed with bows and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow. They were Benjamites, Saul's fellow tribesmen.
 
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 \v 3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, both sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite. There were Jeziel and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth. There were also Berakah, Jehu the Anathothite,
 \v 4 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a soldier among the thirty (and in command of the thirty); Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite,
 
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 \v 8 Some Gadites joined David at the stronghold in the wilderness. They were fighting men, men trained for battle, who could handle shield and spear; whose faces were as fierce as the faces of lions. They were as swift as gazelles on the mountains.
 
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 \v 9 There were Ezer the leader, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
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 \v 10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
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 \v 11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
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 \v 12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
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 \v 13 Jeremiah the tenth, Makbannai the eleventh.
 
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 \v 23 This is the record of the armed soldiers for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, which carried out Yahweh's word.
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 \v 24 From Judah those who carried shield and spear were 6,800, armed for war.
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 \v 25 From the Simeonites there were 7,100 fighting men.
 
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 \v 26 From the Levites there were 4,600 fighting men.
 \v 27 Jehoiada was the leader of Aaron's descendants, and with him were 3,700.
 \v 28 With Zadok, a young, strong, and courageous man, were twenty-two leaders from his father's family.
 
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 \v 29 From Benjamin, Saul's tribe, were three thousand. Most of them had remained loyal to Saul until this time.
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 \v 30 From the Ephraimites there were 20,800 fighting men, men who were famous in their fathers' houses.
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 \v 31 From the half tribe of Manasseh there were eighteen thousand famous men who came to make David king.
 
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 \v 32 From Issachar, there were two hundred leaders who had understanding of the times and knew what Israel ought to do. All their relatives were under their command.
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 \v 33 From Zebulun there were fifty thousand fighting men, prepared for battle, with all the weapons of war, and ready to give undivided loyalty.
 
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 \v 34 From Naphtali there were one thousand officers, and with them thirty-seven thousand men with shields and spears.
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 \v 35 From the Danites there were 28,600 men prepared for battle.
 
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 \v 36 From Asher there were forty thousand men prepared for battle.
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 \v 37 From the other side of the Jordan, from the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 men armed with all kinds of weapons for battle.
 
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 \v 4 David gathered together Aaron's descendants and the Levites.
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 \v 5 From the descendants of Kohath, there was Uriel the leader and his relatives, 120 men.
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 \v 6 From the descendants of Merari, there was Asaiah the leader and his relatives, 220 men.
 
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 \v 7 From the descendants of Gershom, there was Joel the leader and his relatives, 130 men.
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 \v 8 From the descendants of Elizaphan, there was Shemaiah the leader and his relatives, 200 men.
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 \v 9 From the descendants of Hebron, there was Eliel the leader and his relatives, eighty men.
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 \v 10 From the descendants of Uzziel, there was Amminadab the leader and his relatives, 112 men.
 
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 \v 13 I will be a father to him, and he will be my son. I will not take my covenant faithfulness away from him, as I took it from Saul, who ruled before you.
 \v 14 I will set him over my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.'"
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 \v 15 Nathan spoke to David and reported to him all these words, and he told him about the entire vision.
 
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 \v 7 From the clans descended from Gershon, there were Ladan and Shimei.
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 \v 8 There were three of Ladan's sons: Jehiel the leader, Zetham, and Joel.
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 \v 9 There were three of Shimei's sons: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran. These were the leaders of the clans of Ladan.
 
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 \v 10 There were four of Shimei's sons: Jahath, Ziza, Jeush, and Beriah.
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 \v 11 Jahath was the oldest, and Ziza the second, but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were considered as one clan with the same duties.
 
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 \v 12 There were four of Kohath's sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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 \v 13 These were Amram's sons: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was chosen to set apart the most holy things, that he and his descendants would offer incense before Yahweh, to serve him and to give blessings in his name forever.
 \v 14 But as for Moses the man of God, his descendants were counted with the tribe of Levi.
 
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 \v 15 Moses's sons were Gershom and Eliezer.
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 \v 16 Gershom's descendant was Shubael the oldest.
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 \v 17 Eliezer's descendant was Rehabiah. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many descendants.
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 \v 18 Izhar's son was Shelomith the leader.
 
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 \v 19 Hebron's descendants were Jeriah, the oldest, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
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 \v 20 Uzziel's sons were Micah the oldest, and Ishijah the second.
 
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 \v 21 Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi. Mahli's sons were Eleazar and Kish.
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 \v 22 Eleazar died without having any sons. He had only daughters. The sons of Kish married them.
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 \v 23 Mushi's three sons were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.
 
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 \v 7 The first lot went to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
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 \v 8 the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
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 \v 9 the fifth to Malkijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
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 \v 10 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
 
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 \v 11 the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
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 \v 12 the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
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 \v 13 the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
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 \v 14 the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
 
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 \v 15 the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,
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 \v 16 the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,
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 \v 17 the twenty-first to Jakin, the twenty-second to Gamul,
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 \v 18 the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
 
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 \v 19 This was the order of their service, when they came into the house of Yahweh, following the procedure given to them by Aaron their ancestor, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had instructed him.
 
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 \v 20 These were the rest of the descendants of Levi: Of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
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 \v 21 As for Rehabiah, the sons of Rehabiah: Ishijah the leader.
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 \v 22 From the Izharites: Shelomoth; from the sons of Shelomoth: Jahath.
 
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 \v 23 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the leader, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
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 \v 24 The son of Uzziel: Micah; from the sons of Micah: Shamir.
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 \v 25 The brother of Micah: Ishijah. From the sons of Ishijah: Zechariah.
 
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 \v 26 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; from the son of Jaaziah: Beno.
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 \v 27 The sons of Merari from Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
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 \v 28 From Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
 
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 \v 29 From Kish: The son of Kish: Jerahmeel.
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 \v 30 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the Levites, listed by their families.
 \v 31 These men who were the head of each father's house and each of their younger brothers, cast lots in the presence of King David, and Zadok and Ahimelech, along with the leaders of the families of the priests and Levites. They cast lots just as Aaron's descendants had done.
 
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 \v 1 David and the leaders of the army selected some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with lutes and harps, and with cymbals. Here is the list of the men who performed this service:
+\p
 \v 2 From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah, \f + \ft This is the same person referred to in 1 Chronicles 25:14 as Jesarelah. \f* the sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the king's supervision.
+\p
 \v 3 From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, \f + \ft This is a variant of the name \fqa Izri \fqa* , which is found in 1 Chronicles 25:11, and refers to the same person. \f* Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six in all, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who played the harp for giving thanks and praising Yahweh. 
 
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 \v 4 From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, \f + \ft Uzziel is the same person referred to in 1 Chronicles 25:18 as Azarel. \f* Shubael, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
 \v 5 All these were the sons of Heman the king's prophet. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters to lift up his horn.
 
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 \v 6 All these were under the direction of their fathers. They were musicians in the house of Yahweh with cymbals, lutes and harps, as they served in the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the king's supervision.
 \v 7 They and their brothers who were skilled and trained to make music to Yahweh numbered 288.
 \v 8 They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the same for the young as well as the old, the teacher as well as the student.
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 \v 1 Here were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites, Meshelemiah son of Kore, a descendant of Asaph \f + \ft Asaph is the same person referred to as \fqa Ebiasaph \fqa* in 1 Chronicles 9:19. \f*.
+\p
 \v 2 Meshelemiah \f + \ft Meshelemiah is the same person referred to as \fqa Shelemiah \fqa* in 1 Chronicles 26:14. \f* had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
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 \v 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.
 
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 \v 4 Obed Edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sakar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,
+\p
 \v 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth, for God had blessed Obed Edom.
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 \v 6 To Shemaiah his son were born sons who ruled over their families; they were men with many abilities.
 
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 \v 7 The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. His relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also men with many abilities.
 \v 8 All these were descendants of Obed Edom. They and their sons and relatives were men capable of doing their duties in the tabernacle service. There were sixty-two of them related to Obed Edom.
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 \v 9 Meshelemiah had sons and relatives, capable men, eighteen in all.
 
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 \v 10 Hosah, a descendant of Merari, had sons: Shimri the leader (although he was not the firstborn, his father made him leader),
 \v 11 Hilkiah the second, Tabaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth. All of Hosah's sons and kinsmen were thirteen in number.
 
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 \v 23 From the clans of Amram, the clans of Izhar, the clans of Hebron, and the clans of Uzziel:
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 \v 24 Shubael, a descendant of Gershom son of Moses, was supervisor over the treasuries.
 \v 25 His relatives from the clan of Eliezer were his son Rehabiah, Rehabiah's son Jeshaiah, Jeshaiah's son Joram, Joram's son Zichri, and Zichri's son Shelomith.
 
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 \v 29 Of Izhar's descendants, Kenaniah and his sons were in charge of the civil affairs of Israel. They were officers and judges.
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 \v 30 Of Hebron's descendants, Hashabiah and his brothers, 1,700 capable men, were in charge of Yahweh's work and the king's work. They were on the west side of the Jordan.
 
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 \v 1 This is the list of the Israelite family leaders, commanders of thousands and hundreds, as well as army officers who served the king in various ways. Each military division served month by month throughout the year. Each division had twenty-four thousand men.
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 \v 2 Over the division for the first month was Jashobeam son of Zabdiel. In his division were twenty-four thousand men.
 \v 3 He was among the descendants of Perez and in charge of all the army officers for the first month.
 
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 \v 4 Over the division for the second month was Dodai, from the clan descended from Ahoah. Mikloth was second in rank. In his division were twenty-four thousand men.
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 \v 5 The commander of the army for the third month was Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a priest and leader. In his division were twenty-four thousand men.
 \v 6 This is the Benaiah who was the leader of the thirty, and over the thirty. Ammizabad his son was in his division.
 
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 \v 7 The commander for the fourth month was Asahel brother of Joab. Zebadiah his son became commander after him. In his division were twenty-four thousand men.
+\p
 \v 8 The commander for the fifth month was Shamhuth, a descendant of Izrah. In his division were twenty-four thousand men.
+\p
 \v 9 The commander for the sixth month was Ira son of Ikkesh, from Tekoa. In his division were twenty-four thousand men.
 
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 \v 10 The commander for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, from the people of Ephraim. In his division were twenty-four thousand men.
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 \v 11 The commander for the eighth month was Sibbekai the Hushathite, from the clan descended from Zerah. In his division were twenty-four thousand men.
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 \v 12 The commander for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, from the tribe of Benjamin. In his division were twenty-four thousand men.
 
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 \v 13 The commander for the tenth month was Maharai from the city of Netophah, from the clan descended from Zerah. In his division were twenty-four thousand men.
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 \v 14 The commander for the eleventh month was Benaiah from the city of Pirathon, from the tribe of Ephraim. In his division were twenty-four thousand men.
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 \v 15 The commander for the twelfth month was Heldai from the city of Netophah, from the clan descended from Othniel. In his division were twenty-four thousand men.
 
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 \v 16 These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel: For the tribe of Reuben, Eliezer son of Zichri was the leader. For the tribe of Simeon, Shephatiah son of Maacah was the leader.
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 \v 17 For the tribe of Levi, Hashabiah son of Kemuel was the leader, and Zadok led Aaron's descendants.
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 \v 18 For the tribe of Judah, Elihu, one of David's brothers, was the leader. For the tribe of Issachar, Omri son of Michael was the leader.
 
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 \v 19 For the tribe of Zebulun, Ishmaiah son of Obadiah was the leader. For the tribe of Naphtali, Jerimoth son of Azriel was the leader.
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 \v 20 For the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Azaziah was the leader. For the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel son of Pedaiah was the leader.
+\p
 \v 21 For the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo son of Zechariah was the leader. For the tribe of Benjamin, Jaasiel son of Abner was the leader.
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 \v 22 For the tribe of Dan, Azarel son of Jeroham was the leader. These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel.
 
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 \v 23 David did not count those twenty years old or younger, because Yahweh had promised to increase Israel like the stars of heaven.
 \v 24 Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men, but did not finish. Wrath fell on Israel for this. This number was not written down in the Chronicles of King David.
 
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 \v 13 Now then, our God, we thank you and praise your glorious name.
 
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 \v 14 But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly these things? Indeed, all things come from you, and we have simply given back to you what is yours.
 \v 15 For we are strangers and travelers before you, as all our ancestors were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope of remaining on earth.
 

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 \v 11 Then Hiram, the king of Tyre, answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon: "Because Yahweh loves his people, he has made you king over them."
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 \v 12 In addition, Hiram said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, gifted with prudence and understanding, who will build a house for Yahweh and a palace for himself.
 
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 \v 11 Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the sprinkling bowls.
 \p So Huram finished the work that he did for King Solomon in the house of God:
 \v 12 the two pillars, the bowl-like capitals that were on top of the two pillars, and the two sets of decorative latticework to cover the two bowl-like capitals that were on top of the pillars.
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 \v 13 He had made the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of decorative latticework: two rows of pomegranates for each set of latticework to cover the two bowl-like capitals that were on the pillars.
 
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 \v 14 He also made the stands and the basins to go on the stands;
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 \v 15 one sea and the twelve bulls under it,
+\p
 \v 16 also the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other implements that Huram-Abi made of polished bronze for King Solomon, for the house of Yahweh. \f + \ft Instead of \fqa meat forks \fqa* , some modern translations have \fqa bowls \fqa* , which follows 1 Kings 7:45. \f*
 
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 \v 19 Solomon made all the furnishings that were in the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables on which the bread of the presence was to be placed;
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 \v 20 the lampstands with their lamps, that were designed to burn before the inner room—these were made of pure gold;
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 \v 21 and the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, pure gold.
 
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 \v 22 Also the lamp trimmers, basins, spoons, and incense burners were all made of pure gold. As for the entrance into the house, its inner doors into the most holy place and the doors of the house, that is, of the temple, were made of gold.
 
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 \v 40 Now, my God, I beg you, let your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
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 \v 41 Now then arise, Yahweh God, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength. Let your priests, Yahweh God, be clothed with salvation, and let your faithful ones rejoice in your goodness.
 \v 42 Yahweh God, do not turn the face of your anointed away from you. Keep in mind your acts of covenant loyalty for David, your servant."
 
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 \v 15 next to him Jehohanan the commander, and with him 280,000 men;
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 \v 16 next to him Amasiah son of Zichri, who willingly offered to serve Yahweh; and with him 200,000 fighting men.
 
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 \v 17 From Benjamin: Eliada, a powerful man of courage, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;
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 \v 18 next to him Jehozabad, and with him 180,000 ready prepared for war.
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 \v 19 These were those who served the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
 
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 \v 12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power against this great army that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you."
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 \v 13 All Judah stood before Yahweh, with their little ones, wives, and children.
 
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 \v 21 After he consulted with the people, he appointed those who sang to Yahweh and who praised him for his majestic splendor as they went out before the army, saying, "Give thanks to Yahweh, for his covenant faithfulness endures forever."
 
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 \v 22 When they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set men in ambush against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who were coming against Judah. They were defeated.
 \v 23 For the people of Ammon and Moab rose to fight the inhabitants of Mount Seir, in order to completely kill them and destroy them. When they had finished with the inhabitants of Mount Seir, they all helped to destroy each other.
 
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 \v 12 Then the Levites arose: Mahath son of Amasai, and Joel son of Azariah, of the people of the Kohathites; and of the people of Merari, Kish son of Abdi, and Azariah son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah son of Zimmah, and Eden son of Joah;
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 \v 13 of the descendants of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the descendants of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;
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 \v 14 of the descendants of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the descendants of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.
 
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 \v 15 Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you or persuade you in this way. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people out of my hand, or out of the hand of my ancestors. How much less will your God rescue you from my hand?"
 
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 \v 16 Sennacherib's servants spoke even more against Yahweh God and against his servant Hezekiah.
 \v 17 Sennacherib also wrote letters in order to mock Yahweh, the God of Israel, and to speak against him. He said, "As the gods of the nations of the lands have not rescued their people out of my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not rescue his people out of my hand."
 
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 \v 22 Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, so that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be carried out, Yahweh motivated the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing. He said,
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 \v 23 "This is what Cyrus, king of Persia, says: Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has commanded me to build a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you from all his people, may Yahweh your God, be with you. Let him go up to the land."

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 \v 1 In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, Yahweh fulfilled his word that came from the mouth of Jeremiah, and stirred Cyrus's spirit. Cyrus's voice went out over his entire kingdom. This is what was written and spoken:
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 \v 2 "Cyrus, king of Persia, says: Yahweh, God of Heaven, gave me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he appointed me to build for him a house in Jerusalem in Judea.
 
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 \v 9 This was their number: thirty gold basins, one thousand silver basins, twenty-nine other basins,
 \v 10 thirty gold bowls, 410 small silver bowls, and one thousand additional objects.
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 \v 11 There were 5,400 gold and silver items in all. Sheshbazzar brought all of them when the exiles went from Babylon to Jerusalem.
 
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 \v 40 The Levites: descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, descendants of Hodaviah: seventy-four.
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 \v 41 The temple singers, descendants of Asaph: 128.
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 \v 42 The descendants of the gatekeepers: descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai: 139 total.
 
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 \v 60 included 652 descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda.
 
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 \v 61 Also, from the priest's descendants: the descendants of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai (who took his wife from the daughters of Barzillai of Gilead and was called by their name).
 \v 62 They searched for their genealogical records, but could not find them, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. 
 \v 63 So the governor told them they must not eat any of the holy sacrifices until a priest with Urim and Thummim approved.
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 \v 8 Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote this way to Artaxerxes about Jerusalem.
 
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 \v 9 Then Rehum, Shimshai, and their companions, who were judges and other officers in the government, the Persians, men from Erech and Babylon, and the men from Susa (that is, the Elamites)—they wrote a letter—
 \v 10 and they were joined by the people whom the great and noble Ashurbanipal forced to settle in Samaria, along with the rest who were in the Province Beyond the River.
 
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 \v 11 This is a copy of the letter that they sent to Artaxerxes: "Your servants, men of the Province Beyond the River, write this:
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 \v 12 Let the king know that the Jews who went from you have come against us in Jerusalem to build a rebellious city. They have completed the walls and repaired the foundations.
 
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 \v 17 So the king sent out a reply to Rehum and Shimshai and their companions in Samaria and the rest who were in the Province Beyond the River: "May peace be yours.
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 \v 18 The letter that you sent me has been translated and read to me.
 \v 19 So I ordered an investigation and discovered that in previous days they had rebelled and revolted against kings.
 
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 \v 23 When King Artaxerxes's decree was read before Rehum, Shimshai, and their companions, they went out quickly to Jerusalem and forced the Jews to stop building.
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 \v 24 So the work on the house of God in Jerusalem stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
 
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 \v 7 They sent a report, writing this to King Darius, "May all peace be yours.
 
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 \v 8 Let the king know that we went to Judah to the house of the great God. It is being built with large stones and timbers set in the walls. This work is being done thoroughly and is going forward well in their hands.
 \v 9 We asked the elders, 'Who gave you a decree to build this house and these walls?'
 \v 10 We also asked them their names so you might know the name of each man who led them.
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 \v 16 Then this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation for the house of God in Jerusalem; and it is being constructed, but is not yet complete.'
 
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 \v 17 Now if it pleases the king, may it be investigated in the house of archives in Babylon if a judgment from King Cyrus exists there to build this house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send his decision to us.
 
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 \v 2 In the fortified city of Ecbatana in Media a scroll was found; this was its record:
 
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 \v 3 "In the first year of King Cyrus, Cyrus issued a decree about the house of God in Jerusalem: 'Let the house be rebuilt as a place for sacrifice, let its foundations be laid, let its height be sixty cubits, and its width sixty cubits,
 \v 4 with three rows of large stones and a row of new timber, and let the cost be paid by the king's house.
 \v 5 Now bring back the gold and silver objects belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar brought to Babylon from the temple in Jerusalem and send them back to the temple in Jerusalem. You are to put them in the house of God.'
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 \v 11 This was the decree that King Artaxerxes gave Ezra the priest and scribe of Yahweh's commandments and statutes for Israel:
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 \v 12 "The King of kings Artaxerxes, to the priest Ezra, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven:
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 \v 13 I am ordering that anyone from Israel in my kingdom along with their priests and Levites who desires to go to Jerusalem, may go with you.
 
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 \v 1 These are the leaders of their ancestors' families who left Babylon with me during the reign of King Artaxerxes.
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 \v 2 Of the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the descendants of David, Hattush.
 \v 3 Of the descendants of Shecaniah, who was from the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him there were 150 males listed in the record of his genealogy.
 
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 \v 4 Of the descendants of Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah and with him were two hundred males.
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 \v 5 Of the descendants of Zattu, Ben Jahaziel and with him were three hundred males.
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 \v 6 Of the descendants of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan and with him were listed fifty males.
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 \v 7 Of the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah and with him were listed seventy males.
 
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 \v 8 Of the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael and with him were listed eighty males.
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 \v 9 Of the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel and with him were listed 218 males.
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 \v 10 Of the descendants of Bani, \f + \ft The name \fqa Bani \fqa* was missing in the ancient Hebrew copies, but was restored from the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew copies. \f* Shelomith son of Josiphiah and with him were listed 160 males.
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 \v 11 Of the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai and with him were listed twenty-eight males.
 
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 \v 12 Of the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan and with him were listed 110 males.
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 \v 13 Those of the descendants of Adonikam came later. These were their names: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah and with them came sixty males.
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 \v 14 Of the descendants of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur and with him were listed seventy males.
 
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 \v 20 Among the descendants of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.
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 \v 21 Among the descendants of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
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 \v 22 Among the descendants of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
 
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 \v 23 Among the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah—that is, Kelita, Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
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 \v 24 Among the singers: Eliashib. Among the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
+\p
 \v 25 Among the rest of the Israelites—among the descendants of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malkijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malkijah, and Benaiah. \f + \ft Instead of the second occurrence of \fqa Malkijah \fqa* , some modern translations substitute \fqa Hashabiah \fqa* . \f*
 
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 \v 26 Among the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
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 \v 27 Among the descendants of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
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 \v 28 Among the descendants of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
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 \v 29 Among the descendants of Bani: Meshullam, Malluk, Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal Jeremoth. \f + \ft Instead of \fqa Bani \fqa* , some modern translations have \fqa Bigvai \fqa* . \f*
 
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 \v 30 Among the descendants of Pahath-Moab: Adna, Kelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
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 \v 31 Among the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
 \v 32 Benjamin, Malluk, and Shemariah.
 
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 \v 33 Among the descendants of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
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 \v 34 Among the descendants of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel,
 \v 35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Keluhi,
 \v 36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
 
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 \v 38 Among the descendants of Binnui: Shimei, \f + \ft Instead of \fqa Among the descendants of Binnui: Shimei \fqa* , some modern translations have \fqa Bani, Binnui, Shimei \fqa* . \f*
 \v 39 Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
 \v 40 Maknadebai, Shashai, Sharai, \f + \ft Instead of \fqa Maknadebai \fqa* , some modern translations have \fqa Among the descendants of Zaccai \fqa* . \f*
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 \v 42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
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 \v 43 Among the descendants of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.
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 \v 44 All of these had taken foreign wives and had children with some of them. \f + \ft Instead of \fqa and had children with some of them \fqa* , some modern translations have \fqa but sent them away with their children \fqa* . \f*

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 \v 2 Next to him the men of Jericho worked, and next to them Zaccur son of Imri worked.
 
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 \v 3 The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They made beams for it, and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
 \v 4 Meremoth repaired the next section. He is the son of Uriah son of Hakkoz. Next to them Meshullam repaired. He is the son of Berechiah son of Meshezabel. Next to them Zadok repaired. He is the son of Baana.
 \v 5 Next to them the Tekoites repaired, but their leaders refused to do the work ordered by their supervisors.
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 \v 3 Tobiah the Ammonite was with him, and he said, "If only a fox went up on what they are building, it would break down their stone wall!"
 
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 \v 4 Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn back their taunts on their own heads and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are prisoners.
 \v 5 Do not cover over their iniquity and do not erase their sin from before you, for they have provoked the builders to anger.
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 \v 6 So we built the wall and all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a desire to work.
 
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 \v 12 I realized that it was not God who sent him, but that he had prophesied against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
 \v 13 They hired him to make me afraid, so that I might do what he said and sin, so they could give me a bad name in order to humiliate me.
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 \v 14 Call to mind Tobiah and Sanballat, my God, and all that they did. Also call to mind the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who tried to make me be afraid.
 
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 \v 43 The Levites: The descendants of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of Binnui, and of Hodevah, 74. \f + \ft Instead of \fqa of Binnui, and of Hodevah \fqa* , some modern translations have \fqa the descendants of Hodevah \fqa* . \f*
+\p
 \v 44 The singers: The descendants of Asaph, 148.
+\p
 \v 45 The gatekeepers of the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, the descendants of Shobai, 138.
 
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 \v 61 These were the people who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer. But they could not prove that they or their ancestors' families were descendants from Israel:
 \v 62 the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642.
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 \v 63 Those who were from the priests: the descendants of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai (who took his wife from the daughters of Barzillai of Gilead and was called by their name).
 
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 \v 1 On the sealed documents were Nehemiah, the governor, son of Hakaliah and Zedekiah,
 \v 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
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 \v 3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malkijah,
 
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 \v 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluk,
+\p
 \v 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
+\p
 \v 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
+\p
 \v 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
+\p
 \v 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.
 
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 \v 9 The Levites were:
  Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the family of Henadad, Kadmiel,
+\p
 \v 10 and their fellow Levites, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
+\p
 \v 11 Mika, Rehob, Hashabiah,
+\p
 \v 12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
+\p
 \v 13 Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.
+\p
 \v 14 The leaders of the people were: Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
 
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 \v 15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
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 \v 16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
+\p
 \v 17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
+\p
 \v 18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
+\p
 \v 19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
+\p
 \v 20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
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 \v 21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
 
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 \v 22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
+\p
 \v 23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
+\p
 \v 24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
+\p
 \v 25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
+\p
 \v 26 Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
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 \v 27 Malluk, Harim, and Baanah.
 
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 \v 19 The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, 172 men.
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 \v 20 The remainder of Israel and of the priests and the Levites were in all the towns of Judah. Everyone lived on his own inherited property.
 \v 21 The temple workers lived in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of them.
 
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 \p
 \v 1 These were the priests and Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
+\p
 \v 2 Amariah, Malluk, Hattush,
+\p
 \v 3 Shecaniah, Rehum, and Meremoth.
 
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 \v 4 There were Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
+\p
 \v 5 Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,
+\p
 \v 6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
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 \v 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.
 
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 \v 12 In the days of Joiakim these were the priests, the leaders of the families: Meraiah was the leader of Seraiah, Hananiah was the leader of Jeremiah,
+\p
 \v 13 Meshullam was the leader of Ezra, Jehohanan was the leader of Amariah,
+\p
 \v 14 Jonathan was the leader of Malluk, and Joseph was the leader of Shebaniah. \f + \ft Many modern translations have \fqa Malluk \fqa* as a correction for \fqa Malluki \fqa* in the Hebrew text. The correct form of this name appears in Neh. 12:2. \f*
  
 
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 \v 15 Adna was the leader of Harim, Helkai the leader of Meremoth,
+\p
 \v 16 Zechariah was the leader of Iddo, Meshullam was the leader of Ginnethon, and
+\p
 \v 17 Zichri was the leader of Abijah. ... of Miniamin. Piltai was the leader of Moadiah. \f + \ft The expression \fqa ... of Miniamin \fqa* is incomplete, because no leader of that family is named in the Hebrew text. \f*
+\p
 \v 18 Shammua was the leader of Bilgah, Jehonathan was the leader of Shemaiah,
+\p
 \v 19 Mattenai was the leader of Joiarib, Uzzi was the leader of Jedaiah,
+\p
 \v 20 Kallai was the leader of Sallu, Eber was the leader of Amok,
+\p
 \v 21 Hashabiah was the leader of Hilkiah, and Nethanel was the leader of Jedaiah.
  
 
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 \v 12 Then all Judah brought in the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the storerooms.
 \v 13 I appointed as treasurers over the storehouses Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and from the Levites, Pedaiah. Next to them was Hanan son of Zaccur son of Mattaniah, for they were counted as trustworthy. Their duties were to distribute the supplies to their associates.
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 \v 14 Call me to mind, my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out the good deeds that I have done for the house of my God and its services.
 
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 \v 20 Then Job rose, tore his robe, shaved his head, lay facedown on the ground, and worshiped God.
 \v 21 He said, "I was naked when I came out of my mother's womb, and I will be naked when I will return there. It is Yahweh who gave, and it is Yahweh who has taken away. May the name of Yahweh be blessed."
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 \q but envy rots the bones.
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 \v 1 These are the words of the Teacher, the descendant of David and king in Jerusalem.
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 \v 2 "Meaningless! Meaningless! says the Teacher.
 \q1 "Absolutely meaningless! 
 \q2 Everything is meaningless!"
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 \v 13 I applied my mind to study and to search out by wisdom everything that is done under heaven. That search is a burdensome task that God has given to the children of mankind to be busy with.
 \v 14 I have seen all the deeds that are done under the sun, and look, they all are meaningless and chasing the wind.
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 \v 15 The twisted cannot be straightened!
 \q1 The missing cannot be counted!
 
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 \v 16 I have spoken to my heart, saying, "Look, I have acquired greater wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My mind has seen great wisdom and knowledge."
 \v 17 So I applied my heart to know wisdom and also madness and folly. I came to understand that this also was an attempt to shepherd the wind.
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 \v 9 So I became greater and wealthier than all who were before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom remained with me.
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 \v 10 Whatever my eyes desired,
 \q2 I did not withhold from them.
 \q1 I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure,
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 \q1 but again, everything was meaningless—like chasing the wind.
 \q2 There was no profit under the sun in it.
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 \v 12 Then I turned to consider wisdom,
 \q2 and also madness and folly.
 \q1 For what more can the man who becomes the next king do
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 \v 15 Then I said in my heart,
 \q2 "What happens to the fool,
 \q2 will also happen to me.
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 \v 8 There is a time to love and a time to hate,
 \q1 a time for war and a time for peace.
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 \v 9 What profit does the worker gain in his labor?
 \v 10 I have seen the work that God has given to human beings to complete.
 
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 \v 14 I know that whatever God does lasts forever. Nothing can be added to it or taken away, because it is God who has done it so that people will approach him with honor.
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 \v 15 Whatever exists has already existed;
 \q2 whatever will exist has already existed.
 \q1 God makes human beings seek hidden things. \f + \ft Instead of \fqa God makes human beings seek hidden things \fqa* , other modern translations interpret this line in different ways. \f*
 
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 \v 16 I have seen the wickedness that is under the sun, where there should be justice, and in place of righteousness, wickedness was there.
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 \v 17 I said in my heart, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked at the right time for every matter and every deed."
 
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 \q2 the one who has not seen any of the evil acts that are done under the sun.
 
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 \v 4 Then I saw that every act of labor and every skillful work became the envy of one's neighbor. This also is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
 
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 \v 5 The fool folds his hands and does not work,
 \q2 so his food is his own flesh.
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 \q2 than two handfuls with the work that tries to shepherd the wind.
 
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 \v 7 I returned and I saw something meaningless under the sun. 
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 \v 8 There is the kind of man who is alone.
 \q2 He does not have a person, no son or brother,
 \q1 and yet there is no end to all his work,
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 \v 9 Two people work better than one;
 \q2 together they can earn a good pay for their labor.
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 \v 2 Do not be too quick to speak with your mouth,
 \q2 and do not let your heart be too quick to bring any matter up before God.
 \q1 God is in heaven, but you are on earth,
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 \q2 The more words you speak, the more foolish things you will probably say.
 
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 \v 4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay to do it, for God has no pleasure in fools. Do what you vow you will do.
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 \v 10 Whoever loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, 
 \q2 and whoever loves wealth always wants more. 
 \q1 This, too, is meaningless. 
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 \v 11 As prosperity increases, so also do the people who consume it.
 \q1 What advantage in wealth is there to the owner
 \q2 except to watch it with his eyes?
 
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 \v 12 The sleep of a working man is sweet,
 \q2 whether he eats little or a lot,
 \q1 but the wealth of a rich person does not allow him to sleep well.
 
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 \v 13 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun:
 \q1 riches hoarded by the owner, resulting in his own misery.
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 \v 15 As a man comes from his mother's womb,
 \q2 so also he will leave naked.
 \q1 He can take none of the fruits of his labor in his hand.
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 \v 16 Another evil is
 \q1 that as a person comes, so he goes away.
 \q1 So what profit is there for him who works for the wind?
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 \v 18 Look, what I have seen to be good and suitable is to eat and drink and to enjoy the gain from all our work, as we labor under the sun during the days of this life that God has given us. For this is man's assignment.
 
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 \v 7 All a man's work is for his mouth,
 \q2 yet his appetite is not satisfied.
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 \v 9 What the eye sees is better than what the soul wanders after.
 \q1 This also is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
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 \v 10 Whatever has existed has already been given its name, and what mankind is like has already been known. So it has become useless to dispute with the one who is the mighty judge of all.
 
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 \v 11 The more words there are, the more meaningless they become.
 \q1 What advantage is that to a man?
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 \v 12 For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few and meaningless days he passes through like a shadow? 
 \q1 Who can tell a person what will happen under the sun after he is gone? 
 
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 \v 7 Extortion certainly makes a wise man foolish,
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 \v 8 Better is the end of a matter than the beginning;
 \q2 and the people patient in spirit are better than the proud in spirit.
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 \v 11 Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good.
 \q2 It benefits those who see the sun.
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 \v 13 Consider the deeds of God:
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 \v 15 In my meaningless life I have seen everything.
 \q1 There is a righteous person who perishes in spite of his righteousness,
 \q1 and there is a wicked person who lives a long life in spite of his evil deeds.
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 \v 19 Wisdom is powerful in the wise man,
 \q2 more than ten rulers in a city.
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 \v 20 There is not a righteous man on earth
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 \v 21 Do not listen to every word that is spoken,
 \q2 because you might hear your servant curse you.
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 \v 23 All this have I proven by wisdom. I said,
 \q1 "I will be wise,"
 \q2 but it was more than I could be.
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 \v 26 I found that more bitter than death is any woman
 \q2 whose heart is full of snares and nets,
 \q2 and whose hands are chains.
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 \v 27 "Consider what I have discovered," says the Teacher. "I have been adding one discovery to another in order to find an explanation of reality.
 \v 28 This is what I am still looking for, but I have not found it. I did find one righteous man among a thousand, but a woman among all those I did not find.
 
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 \v 5 Whoever keeps the king's commands avoids harm.
 \q2 A wise man's heart recognizes the proper course and time of action.
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 \v 6 For every matter there is a correct response and a time to respond,
 \q2 because the troubles of man are great.
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 \v 7 No one knows what is coming next.
 \q2 Who can tell him what is coming?
 
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 \v 3 There is an evil fate for everything that is done under the sun, the same event happens to them all. The hearts of human beings are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live. So after that they go to the dead.
 
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 \v 5 For those who are alive know they will die,
 \q2 but the dead do not know anything.
 \q1 They no longer have any reward
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 \q2 have vanished long ago.
 \q1 They will never have a place again
 \q2 in anything done under the sun.
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 \v 7 Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, for God approves of celebrating good works.
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 \v 11 I have seen some interesting things under the sun:
 \q2 The race does not belong to swift people.
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 \v 20 Do not curse the king, not even in your mind,
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 \v 2 Share it with seven, even eight people,
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 \v 3 If the clouds are full of rain,
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 \v 5 As you do not know the path of the wind,
 \q2 nor how a baby's bones grow in the pregnant womb, \f + \ft Some modern translations have \fqa As you do not know the path of the spirit to the baby's bones in the pregnant womb \fqa* . \f*
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 \v 6 In the morning plant your seed;
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 \q2 whether morning or evening, or this or that,
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 \v 18 "Come now, and let us reason together," says Yahweh;
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 \v 24 Therefore this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel:
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 \v 27 Zion will be redeemed by justice, and her repentant ones by righteousness.
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 \v 2 It will be in the last days 
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 \v 6 For you have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob,
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 \v 10 Go into the rocky places and hide in the ground
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 \v 12 For there will be a day of Yahweh of hosts
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 \v 19 Men will go into the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground,
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 \v 21 The people will go into the crevices in the rocks and into the clefts of the ragged rocks,
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 \v 22 Stop trusting in man, whose life-breath is in his nostrils,
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 \v 12 My people—children are their oppressors, and women rule over them.
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 \v 13 Yahweh stands up for an accusation; he is standing to accuse the people.
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 \v 18 On that day the Lord will remove their beautiful ankle jewelry, head bands, the crescent ornaments,
 \v 19 the ear pendants, the bracelets, and the veils;
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 \v 7 For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts is the house of Israel,
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 \v 9 Yahweh of hosts told me,
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 \v 18 Woe to those who pull along iniquity with useless cords and who pull along sin as if it were with a cart rope.
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 \v 20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
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 \v 26 He will lift up a signal flag for far away nations and will whistle for those at the end of the earth.
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 \v 1 The gloom will be dispelled from her who was in anguish.
 \q1 In an earlier time he humiliated
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 \v 2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;
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 \v 20 On that day, the remnant of Israel, the family of Jacob that has escaped, will no longer rely on the one who defeated them, but will indeed depend on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
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 \v 1 A declaration about Babylon, that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
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 \v 2 On the bare mountain set up a signal flag, cry aloud to them,
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 \v 6 Gleanings will be left, however, as when the olive tree is shaken:
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 \v 7 At that time tribute will be brought to Yahweh of hosts from a people tall and smooth,
 \q1 from a people feared far and near, a nation strong and trampling down, whose land the rivers divide,
 \q1 to the place of the name of Yahweh of hosts, to Mount Zion.
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 \q1 See, Yahweh rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt;
 \q1 the idols of Egypt quake before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt within themselves.
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 \v 2 "I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians: A man will fight against his brother, and a man against his neighbor;
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 \v 5 The waters of the sea will dry up, and the river will dry up and become empty.
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 \v 11 The princes of Zoan are completely foolish. The advice of the wisest advisors of Pharaoh has become senseless.
 \q1 How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am the son of wise men, a son of ancient kings?"
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 \v 12 Where then are your wise men?
 \q1 Let them tell you and make known what Yahweh of hosts plans concerning Egypt.
 
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 \v 15 There is nothing anyone can do for Egypt, whether head or tail, palm branch or reed.
 
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 \v 16 In that day, the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because of the upraised hand of Yahweh of hosts that he raises over them.
 \v 17 The land of Judah will become a cause of staggering to Egypt. Whenever anyone reminds them of her, they will be afraid, because of the plan of Yahweh, that he is planning against them.
 
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 \q1 Like stormwinds sweeping through the Negev it comes
 \q1 passing through from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
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 \v 2 A distressing vision has been given to me:
 \q1 the treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys.
 \q1 Go up and attack, Elam; besiege, Media;
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 \v 3 Therefore my loins are filled with pain;
 \q1 pains like the pains of a woman in labor have taken hold of me;
 \q1 I am bowed down by what I heard; I am disturbed by what I saw.
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 \v 5 They prepare the table, they spread rugs and eat and drink;
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 \v 6 For this is what the Lord said to me,
 \q1 "Go, post a watchman; he must report what he sees.
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 \v 8 The watchman cries out, \f + \ft Instead of \fqa The watchman cries out \fqa* which is attested by ancient Hebrew copies, but there are some ancient Hebrew copies that have \fqa A lion cries out \fqa* . The second reading, \fqa lion \fqa* , appears to be a misspelling of the Hebrew for \fqa watchman \fqa* . \f*
 \q1 "Lord, on the watchtower I stand all day, every day,
 \q1 and at my post I stand all night long."
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 \v 10 My threshed and winnowed ones, children of my threshing floor!
 \q1 What I have heard from Yahweh of hosts,
 \q1 the God of Israel, I have declared to you.
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 \q1 from the bent bow, and from the weight of war.
 
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 \v 16 For this is what the Lord said to me, "Within a year, as a laborer hired for a year would see it, all the glory of Kedar will end.
 \v 17 Only a few of the archers, the warriors of Kedar will remain," for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken.
 
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 \v 5 For there is a day of tumult, treading down, and confusion for the Lord Yahweh of hosts,
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 \v 8 He took away the protection of Judah;
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 \v 12 The Lord Yahweh of hosts called on that day
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 \q1 eating meat and drinking wine; let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.
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 \v 14 This was revealed in my ears by Yahweh of hosts:
 \q1 "Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you, even when you die," says the Lord Yahweh of hosts.
 
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 \v 15 The Lord Yahweh of hosts, says this, "Go to this administrator, to Shebna, who is over the house, and say,
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 \v 17 See, Yahweh is about to throw you, a mighty man, about to throw you down; he will grasp you tightly.
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 \v 20 It will come about on that day that I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
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 \v 21 I will clothe him with your tunic and put on him your sash, and I will transfer your authority into his hand.
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 \q1 every small container from the cups to all the jugs.
 
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 \v 25 On that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—the peg driven in a firm place will give way, break off, and fall, and the weight that was on it will be cut off—for Yahweh has spoken.
 
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 \q1 Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for there is neither home nor harbor;
 \q1 from the land of Cyprus it has been revealed to them. \f + \ft Instead of \fqa Cyprus \fqa* , some modern translations keep \fqa Kittim \fqa* , the Hebrew name for this island. \f*
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 \v 2 Be silent, you inhabitants of the coast; the merchant of Sidon,
 \q1 who travels over the sea, has filled you. \f + \ft Some ancient and modern translations have \fqa Be silent, you inhabitants of the coast; the merchants of Sidon, who travel over the sea, have filled you \fqa* or \fqa Be silent, you inhabitants of the coast and you merchants of Sidon, whom those who travel over the sea have filled \fqa* . \f*
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 \q1 "I have not labored nor given birth,
 \q1 nor have I raised young men nor brought up young women."
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 \v 10 Plow your land, as one plows the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no longer a marketplace in Tyre. \f + \ft The Hebrew is difficult here. Instead of ULB, \fqa Plow your land \fqa* , some scholars have translated the Hebrew to mean \fqa Cross over your land \fqa* or \fqa Flood your land \fqa* . \f*
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 \v 11 Yahweh has reached out with his hand over the sea, and he has shaken the kingdoms;
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 \v 13 See the land of the Chaldeans. This people has ceased to be; the Assyrians have made it a wilderness for wild animals.
 \q1 They set up their siege towers; they demolished its palaces; they made it a heap of ruins.
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 \v 15 In that day, Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, like the days of a king. After the end of seventy years there will happen in Tyre something like in the song of the prostitute.
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 \v 16 Take a harp, go about the city, you forgotten prostitute;
 \q1 play it well, sing many songs, so that you may be remembered.
 
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 \v 18 Her profits and earnings will be set apart to Yahweh. They will not be stored up or kept in the treasury, for her profits will be given to those who live in Yahweh's presence and will be used to supply them with abundant food and so they can have the best quality clothing.
 
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 \v 3 The earth will be completely devastated and completely stripped;
 \q1 for Yahweh has spoken this word.
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 \v 4 The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and fades away,
 \q1 the prominent people of the earth waste away.
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 \v 14 They will lift up their voices and shout the majesty of Yahweh,
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 \v 21 On that day Yahweh will punish the host of the heaven in the heavens,
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 \v 6 On this mountain Yahweh of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of fat things,
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 \v 9 It will be said on that day, "Look, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us.
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 \v 10 For on this mountain the hand of Yahweh will rest;
 \q1 and Moab will be trampled down in his place, even as straw is trampled down in a pit filled with manure.
 
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 \v 7 The path of the righteous is level, Righteous One; the path of the righteous you make straight.
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 \v 8 Yes, in the path of your judgments, Yahweh, we wait for you;
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 \v 11 Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, but they do not notice.
 \q1 But they will see your zeal for the people and be put to shame, because fire of your adversaries will devour them.
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 \v 12 Yahweh, you will bring about peace for us; for indeed, you have also accomplished all our works for us.
 
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 \v 16 Yahweh, in trouble have they looked to you; they whispered prayers when your discipline was on them. \f + \ft This is a difficult verse and is translated in several ways by different modern English translations. \f*
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 \v 17 As a pregnant woman nears the time for her to give birth, 
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 \v 19 Your dead will live; their dead bodies will arise. Awake and sing for joy, you who live in the dust;
 \q1 for your dew is the dew of light, and the earth will bring forth its dead.
 
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 \v 20 Go, my people, enter into your rooms and shut your doors behind you;
 \q1 hide for a little while, until the indignation has passed by.
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 \v 1 On that day Yahweh with his hard, great and fierce sword
 \q1 will punish Leviathan the slithering serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent,
 \q1 and he will kill the monster that is in the sea.
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 \v 2 In that day: A vineyard of wine, sing of it.
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 \v 3 "I, Yahweh, am its protector; I water it every moment.
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 \v 6 In the coming day, Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and bud;
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 \v 7 Has Yahweh attacked Jacob and Israel as he attacked those nations who attacked them? Have Jacob and Israel been killed as in the slaughter of those nations that were killed by them?
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 \v 8 In exact measure you have contended, sending Jacob and Israel away; he drove them away with his fierce breath in the day of the east wind. \f + \ft Instead of \fqa In exact measure \fqa* , many modern translations have an idea similar to \fqa By driving them away \fqa* . \f*
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 \v 12 It will come about on that day
 \q1 that Yahweh will thresh from the Euphrates River to the Wadi of Egypt
 \q1 and you, the people of Israel, will be gathered together one by one.
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 \v 5 In that day Yahweh of hosts will become a beautiful crown and a diadem of beauty for the remainder of his people,
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 \v 6 a spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment, and strength for those who turn back their enemies at their gates.
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 \v 7 But even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink.
 \q1 The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, and they are swallowed up by wine.
 \q1 They stagger with strong drink, staggering in vision and reeling in decision.
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 \v 9 To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message?
 \q1 To those who are weaned from milk or to those just taken from the breasts?
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 \v 11 Indeed, with mocking lips and a foreign tongue he will speak to this people.
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 \v 12 In the past he said to them "This is the rest, give rest to him who is weary;
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 \v 14 So listen to the word of Yahweh, you who mock,
 \q1 you who rule over this people who are in Jerusalem.
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 \v 16 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says,
 \q1 "See, I will lay in Zion a foundation stone, a tried stone,
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 \v 23 Pay attention and listen to my voice; be attentive and listen to my words.
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 \v 24 Does a farmer who plows all day to sow, only plow the ground? Does he continually break up and harrow the field?
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 \v 27 Moreover, the caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge, 
 \q1 nor is a cartwheel rolled over the cumin;
 \q1 but caraway is beaten with a stick, and cumin with a rod.
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 \v 5 The great number of your invaders will become like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones as chaff that passes away.
 \q1 It will happen suddenly, in an instant.
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 \v 9 Astonish yourselves and be astonished; blind yourselves and be blind!
 \q1 Be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not with beer.
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 \q1 He has closed your eyes, the prophets, and has covered your heads, the seers.
 
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 \v 11 All revelation has become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men might give to one who is learned, saying, "Read this." He also says, "I cannot, for it is sealed."
 \v 12 If the book is given to one who cannot read, saying, "Read this," he says, "I cannot read."
 
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 \v 13 The Lord said, "This people comes close to me with their mouths
 \q1 and honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
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 \v 17 In just a little while,
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 \v 22 Therefore this is what Yahweh says concerning the house of Jacob—Yahweh, who redeemed Abraham,
 \q1 "Jacob will no longer be ashamed, nor will his face be pale.
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 \v 8 Now go, write it in their presence on a tablet, and inscribe it on a scroll,
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 \v 12 Therefore the Holy One of Israel says,
 \q1 "Because you reject this word
 \q1 and trust in oppression and deceit and lean on it,
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 \v 15 For this is what the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel says,
 \q1 "In returning and resting you will be saved; in quietness and in trust will be your strength.
 \q1 But you were not willing.
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 \v 18 Yet Yahweh is waiting to be gracious to you, therefore he is ready to show you mercy. 
 \q1 For Yahweh is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him. 
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 \v 19 For a people will live in Zion, in Jerusalem, and you will weep no more.
 \q1 He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. When he hears it, he will answer you.
 
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 \v 23 He will give the rain for your seed when you sow the ground,
 \q1 and bread with abundance from the ground, and the crops will be abundant.
 \q1 In that day your cattle will graze in broad pastures.
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 \v 27 Look, the name of Yahweh comes from a distant place, burning with his anger and in dense smoke.
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 \v 4 This is what Yahweh says to me,
 \q1 "As a lion, even a young lion, growls over its torn prey,
 \q1 when a group of shepherds is called out against it,
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 \v 5 Like birds in flight, so Yahweh of hosts will protect Jerusalem;
 \q1 he will protect and rescue as he passes over it and preserves it.
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 \v 6 Return to him from whom you have deeply turned away, people of Israel.
 \v 7 For in that day each one will get rid of his idols of silver 
 \q1 and his idols of gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
 
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 \v 8 Assyria will fall by the sword; a sword not wielded by man will consume him.
 \q1 He will flee from the sword, and his young men will be forced to do hard labor.
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 \v 2 Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm,
 \q1 like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a land of weariness.
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 \v 3 Then the eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will hear attentively.
 
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 \v 9 Rise up, you women who are at ease, and listen to my voice;
 \q1 you carefree daughters, listen to me.
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 \v 2 Yahweh, be gracious to us; we wait for you;
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 \v 5 Yahweh is exalted. He lives in a high place. He will fill Zion with justice and righteousness.
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 \v 6 He will be the stability in your times,
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 \v 7 Look, their envoys cry in the streets; the diplomats hoping for peace weep bitterly.
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 \v 8 The highways are deserted; there are no more travelers.
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 \v 10 "Now will I arise," says Yahweh; "now I will be lifted up; now I will be elevated.
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 \v 13 You who are far away, hear what I have done; and, you who are near, acknowledge my might."
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 \v 17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty; they will see a land off in the distance.
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 \v 18 Your heart will recall the terror; where is the scribe, where is he who weighed the money? Where is he who counted the towers?
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 \v 20 Look at Zion, the city of our feasts;
 \q1 your eyes will see Jerusalem as a quiet habitation, a tent that will not be removed,
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 \v 23 Your riggings are slack; they cannot hold the mast in place; they cannot spread the sail;
 \q1 when the great spoil is divided, even the lame will drag off the spoil.
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 \v 5 For when my sword will have drunk its fill in heaven;
 \q1 look, it will now come down on Edom, on the people I am setting apart for destruction.
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 \v 8 For it will be a day of vengeance for Yahweh and a year when he will pay them back for the cause of Zion.
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 \v 9 The streams of Edom will be turned into pitch, her dust into sulfur,
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 \v 16 Search through the scroll of Yahweh; not one of these will be missing.
 \q1 None will lack for a mate; for his mouth has commanded it, and his spirit has gathered them.
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 \v 3 Strengthen the weak hands, and steady the knees that shake.
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 \v 4 Say to those with a fearful heart, "Be strong, do not fear!
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 \v 5 Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears of the deaf will hear.
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 \v 6 Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the mute tongue will sing,
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 \v 8 A highway will be there called The Holy Way.
 \q1 The unclean will not travel it. But it will be for him who walks in it.
 \q1 No fool will go on it.
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 \v 26 Have you not heard how I determined it long ago
 \q1 and worked it out in ancient times? Now I am bringing it to pass.
 \q1 You are here to reduce impregnable cities into heaps of ruins.
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 \v 28 But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against me.
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 \v 30 This will be the sign for you:
 \q1 This year you will eat what grows wild, and in the second year what grows from that.
 \q1 But in the third year you must plant and harvest, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
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 \v 33 Therefore Yahweh says this about the king of Assyria:
 \q1 "He will not come into this city and he will not shoot an arrow here.
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 \v 35 For I will defend this city and rescue it, for my own sake and for David my servant's sake."
 
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 \v 36 Then the angel of Yahweh went out and attacked the camp of the Assyrians, putting to death 185,000 soldiers. When the men arose early in the morning, dead bodies lay everywhere.
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 \v 9 This was the written prayer of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and then recovered:
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 \v 10 "I said that halfway through my life
 \q1 I will go through the gates of Sheol; I am sent there for the rest of my years.
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 \v 14 Like a swallow I chirp; I coo like a dove;
 \q1 my eyes grow tired with looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed; help me.
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 \v 15 What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, and has done it;
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 \v 20 Yahweh is about to save me, and we will celebrate with music
 \q1 all the days of our lives in the house of Yahweh."
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 \v 22 Hezekiah also had said, "What will be the sign that I should go up to the house of Yahweh?"
 
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 \v 3 A voice cries out,
 \q1 "In the wilderness prepare the way of Yahweh;
 \q1 make straight in the Arabah a highway for our God." \f + \ft Some older English translations have \fqa A voice cries out in the wilderness \fqa* which follows Matthew 3:3. \f*
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 \v 6 A voice says, "Cry." Another answers, "What should I cry?"
 \q1 "All flesh is grass, and all their covenant faithfulness is like the flower of the field.
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 \v 9 Go up on a high mountain, Zion, bearer of good news. \f + \ft Instead of \fqa Go up on a high mountain, Zion, bearer of good news \fqa* , some modern translations have \fqa You who are bearing good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain \fqa* . \f*
 \q1 Shout out loud, Jerusalem. You who bring good news, raise your voice, do not be afraid. \f + \ft Some modern translations have \fqa Jerusalem, proclaimer of good news \fqa* . Some other modern translations have \fqa proclaim good news to Jerusalem \fqa* . \f*
 \q1 Say to the cities of Judah, "Here is your God!"
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 \v 12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, measured the sky with the span of his hand,
 \q1 held the dust of the earth in a basket, weighed the mountains in scales,
 \q1 or the hills in a balance?
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 \v 15 Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded like the dust on the scales;
 \q1 see, he weighs the isles as a speck.
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 \v 18 To whom then will you compare God? To what idol will you liken him?
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 \v 19 An idol! A craftsman casts it: The goldsmith overlays it with gold
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 \v 21 Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning?
 \q1 Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
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 \v 25 "To whom then will you compare me, whom do I resemble?"
  says the Holy One.
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 \v 27 Why do you say, Jacob, and declare, Israel,
 \q1 "My way is hidden from Yahweh, and my God is not concerned about my vindication"?
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 \v 1 "Listen before me in silence, you coastlands; let the nations renew their strength;
 \q1 let them come near and speak; let us come near together to argue a dispute.
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 \v 2 Who has stirred up one from the east, calling him in righteousness to his service?
 \q1 He hands nations over to him and helps him subdue kings.
 \q1 He turns them to dust with his sword, like windblown stubble with his bow.
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 \v 5 The isles have seen and are afraid; the ends of the earth tremble;
 \q1 they approach and come.
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 \v 8 But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen,
 \q1 the descendants of Abraham my friend,
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 \v 11 See, they will be ashamed and disgraced, all who have been angry with you;
 \q1 they will be as nothing and will perish, those who oppose you.
 
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 \v 17 The oppressed and needy look for water, but there is none, and their tongues are parched for thirst;
 \q1 I, Yahweh, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
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 \v 21 "Present your case," says Yahweh,
 \q1 "present your best arguments for your idols," says the King of Jacob.
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 \v 25 I have raised up one from the north, and he comes; from the sun's rising I summon him who calls on my name,
 \q1 and he will trample the rulers like mud, like a potter who is treading on the clay.
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 \v 5 This is what God Yahweh says—
 \q1 the one who created the heavens and stretched them out, the one who made the earth and all that it produces,
 \q1 the one who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who live on it:
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 \v 8 I am Yahweh, that is my name;
 \q1 and my glory I will not share with another nor my praise with carved idols.
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 \v 10 Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth;
 \q1 you who go down to the sea, and all that is
  in it, the coastlands, and those who live there.
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 \v 14 I have kept quiet for a long time; I have been still and restrained myself;
 \q1 now I will cry out like a woman in labor; I will gasp and pant.
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 \v 18 Listen, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.
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 \v 19 Who is blind but my servant? Or deaf like my messenger I send?
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 \v 23 Who among you will listen to this? Who will listen and hear in the future?
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 \v 24 Who gave Jacob over to the robber, and Israel to the looters?
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 \v 8 Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, and the deaf, even though they have ears.
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 \v 9 All the nations gather together, and the peoples assemble.
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 \v 14 This is what Yahweh says, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
 \q1 "For your sake I send to Babylon and lead them all down as fugitives,
 \q1 turning the Babylonians' expressions of joy into songs of lamentation.
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 \v 16 This is what Yahweh says (who opened a way through the sea and a path in the mighty waters,
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 \v 17 who led out the chariot and the horse, the army and the warrior. They fell down together;
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 \v 22 But you have not called on me, Jacob; you have become tired of me, Israel.
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 \v 23 You have not brought me any of your sheep as burnt offerings,
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 \v 25 I, yes, I, am he who blots out your offenses for my own sake; and I will not call to mind your sins any longer.
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 \v 26 Remind me of what happened. Let us debate together; present your cause, that you may be proved innocent.
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 \v 6 This is what Yahweh says—the King of Israel and his Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts:
 \q1 "I am the first, and I am the last; and there is no God but me.
 
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 \v 9 All who fashion idols are nothing; the things they delight in are worthless;
 \q1 their witnesses cannot see or know anything, and they will be put to shame.
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 \v 12 The smith works with his tools, forming it, working over the coals.
 \q1 He shapes it with hammers and works it with his strong arm.
 \q1 He is hungry, and his strength wanes; he drinks no water and becomes faint.
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 \v 21 Think about these things, Jacob, and Israel, for you are my servant:
 \q1 I have formed you; you are my servant: Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
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 \v 23 Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done this; shout, you depths of the earth.
 \q1 Break out into singing, you mountains, you forest with every tree in it;
 \q1 for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will show his glory in Israel.
 
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 \v 24 This is what Yahweh says, your Redeemer, he who formed you from the womb:
 \q1 "I am Yahweh, who made everything,
 \q1 who alone stretched out the heavens, who alone fashioned the earth.
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 \v 7 I form the light and create darkness;
 \q1 I bring peace and create disaster; I am Yahweh, who does all these things.
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 \v 8 You heavens, rain down from above! Let the skies rain down righteousness.
 \q1 Let the earth absorb it, that salvation may sprout up,
 \q1 and righteousness spring up together with it. I, Yahweh, have created them both.
 
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 \v 9 Woe to anyone who argues with the one who formed him, to him who is like any other earthen pot among all the earthen pots in the ground!
 \q1 Does the clay say to the potter, 'What are you making?' or 'Your work has no handles on it'?
 
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 \v 11 This is what Yahweh says, the Holy One of Israel, his Maker:
 \q1 'Why do you ask questions about what I will do for my children? Do you tell me what to do concerning the work of my hands?'
 
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 \v 14 This is what Yahweh says,
 \q1 "The earnings of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush with the Sabeans, men of tall stature,
 \q1 will be brought to you. They will be yours. They will follow after you, coming in chains.
 \q1 They will bow down to you and plead with you saying,
 \q1 'Surely God is with you, and there is no other except him.'"
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 \v 15 Truly you are a God who hides yourself, God of Israel, Savior.
 
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 \v 18 This is what Yahweh says, who created the heavens, the true God
 \q1 who created the earth and made it, who established it.
 \q1 He created it, not as a waste, but designed it to be inhabited:
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 \v 20 Assemble yourselves and come! Gather together, you refugees from among the nations!
 \q1 They have no knowledge, those who carry carved images and pray to gods that cannot save.
 
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 \v 22 Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth;
 \q1 for I am God, and there is no other.
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 \v 3 Listen to me, house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel,
 \q1 who have been carried by me from before your birth, carried from the womb.
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 \v 5 To whom will you compare me? Who do you think I resemble, so that we may be compared?
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 \v 6 People pour out gold from the bag and weigh silver on the scale.
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 \v 8 Think about these things; never ignore them, you rebels!
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 \v 9 Think about the earlier things, those of times past,
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 \v 3 Your nakedness will be uncovered, yes, your shame will be seen:
 \q1 I will take vengeance and will not spare a man.
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 \v 4 Our Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
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 \v 5 Sit in silence and go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans;
 \q1 for you will no longer be called queen of kingdoms.
 
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 \v 8 So now hear this, you who love pleasure and sit securely;
 \q1 you who say in your heart, "I exist, and there is no one else like me;
 \q1 I will never sit as a widow, nor will I ever experience loss of children."
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 \v 12 Persist in casting your spells and your many sorceries
 \q1 which you have faithfully recited since your childhood;
 \q1 perhaps you will be successful, perhaps you will scare away disaster.
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 \v 12 Listen to me, Jacob, and Israel, whom I called:
 \q1 I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
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 \v 14 Assemble yourselves, all of you, and listen! Who among you has announced these things?
 \q1 Yahweh's ally will accomplish his purpose against Babylon. He will carry out Yahweh's will against the Chaldeans.
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 \v 16 Come near to me, listen to this:
 \q1 From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; when it happens, I am there."
 \q1 Now the Lord Yahweh has sent me, and his Spirit.
 
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 \v 17 This is what Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says,
 \q1 "I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you how to succeed,
 \q1 who leads you by the way that you should go.
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 \v 20 Come out from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans!
 \q1 With the sound of a ringing cry announce it! Make this known, make it go out to the ends of the earth!
 \q1 Say, 'Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob.'
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 \q1 he made the water to flow out of the rock for them;
 \q1 he split open the rock, and the waters gushed out.
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 \v 22 There is no peace for the wicked—says Yahweh."
 
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 \v 5 Now Yahweh has spoken—he who formed me from birth to be his servant,
 \q1 to restore Jacob again to himself, so that Israel would be gathered to him,
 \q1 for I am honored in the eyes of Yahweh, and my God has become my strength—
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 \v 7 This is what Yahweh says, the Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One,
 \q1 to the one whose life is despised, hated by the nations, and a slave of rulers,
 \q1 "Kings will see you and arise, and princes will see you and bow down,
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 \v 12 Look, these will come from far away, some from the north and the west; and others from the land of Sinim.
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 \v 13 Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth; break into singing, you mountains!
 \q1 For Yahweh comforts his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
 
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 \v 14 But Zion said, "Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me."
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 \v 15 "Can a woman forget her baby, nursing at her breast, so she does not have compassion on the son she has borne?
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 \v 19 Though you were a waste and desolate, a land that was in ruins,
 \q1 now you will be too small for the inhabitants, and those who devoured you will be far away.
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 \v 22 This is what the Lord Yahweh says,
 \q1 "Look, I will raise my hand to the nations; I will raise my signal flag to the peoples.
 \q1 They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
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 \v 24 Can the spoils be taken from the warrior, or captives be rescued from the fierce? \f + \ft Instead of \fqa from the fierce \fqa* , the copies of the ancient Hebrew text have \fqa from the righteous \fqa* , but most modern translations correct it to \fqa from the fierce \fqa* . \f*
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 \v 25 But this is what Yahweh says,
 \q1 "Yes, the captives will be taken away from the warrior, and spoils will be rescued;
 \q1 for I will oppose your adversary and save your children.
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 \v 1 This is what Yahweh says,
 \q1 "Where is the certificate of divorce with which I divorced your mother?
 \q1 To which of my creditors did I sell you?
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 \v 4 The Lord Yahweh has given me a tongue as one of those who are taught,
 \q1 so that I speak a sustaining word to the weary one;
 \q1 he wakes me morning by morning; he awakens my ear to hear like those who are taught.
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 \v 10 Who among you fears Yahweh? Who obeys the voice of his servant?
 \q1 Who walks in deep darkness without light?
 \q1 He should trust in the name of Yahweh and lean on his God.
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 \v 4 "Be attentive to me, my people; and listen to me, my people!
 \q1 For I will issue a decree, and I will make my justice to be a light for the nations.
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 \v 7 Listen to me, you who know what is right, you people who have my law in your heart:
 \q1 Do not fear the insults of men, nor be disheartened by their abuse.
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 \v 9 Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, arm of Yahweh.
 \q1 Awake as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times.
 \q1 Is it not you who crushed Rahab, you who pierced the monster?
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 \v 12 "I, I, am he who comforts you.
 \q1 Why are you afraid of men, who will die, the sons of mankind, who are made like grass?
 
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 \v 17 Awake, awake, stand up, Jerusalem,
 \q1 you who have drunk out of the hand of Yahweh from the bowl of his anger;
 \q1 you who have drunk out of the bowl, down to the dregs from the cup of staggering.
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 \v 21 But now hear this, you oppressed one and drunken one, but not drunk with wine:
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 \v 22 Your Lord Yahweh, your God, who pleads the cause of his people, says this,
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 \v 2 Shake yourself off from the dust; arise and sit, Jerusalem;
 \q1 take off the chain from your neck, captive, daughter of Zion.
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 \v 3 For this is what Yahweh says, "You were sold for nothing, and you will be redeemed without money."
 
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 \v 4 For this is what the Lord Yahweh says, "In the beginning my people went down to live temporarily in Egypt; and Assyria has oppressed them for no good reason.
 
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 \v 5 Now what do I have here—this is Yahweh's declaration—seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock—this is Yahweh's declaration—and my name is blasphemed continually all day long. \f + \ft Instead of the ULB \fqa mock \fqa* , which follows the Dead Sea Scrolls and the ancient Latin translation of the Hebrew copies; some ancient Hebrew copies have \fqa wail \fqa* . \f*
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 \v 6 Therefore my people will know my name;
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 \v 7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news,
 \q1 who announces peace, who bears good tidings, who announces salvation,
 \q1 who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!"
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 \v 11 Leave, leave, go out from there; touch nothing unclean;
 \q1 leave from her midst; purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of Yahweh.
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 \v 13 Look, my servant will act wisely;
 \q1 he will be high and lifted up, and he will be exalted.
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 \v 4 But surely he has borne our sicknesses and carried our sorrows;
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 \v 7 He was oppressed; yet when he humbled himself, he did not open his mouth;
 \q1 as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
 \q1 so he did not open his mouth.
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 \v 10 Yet it was Yahweh's will to crush him and make him ill. When he makes his life an offering for sin,
 \q1 he will see his offspring, he will prolong his days, and Yahweh's purpose will be accomplished through him.
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 \v 4 Do not fear for you will not be ashamed, nor be discouraged for you will not be disgraced;
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 \v 9 For this is like the waters of Noah to me:
 \q1 as I swore that the waters of Noah would never again pass over the earth,
 \q1 so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
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 \v 11 Afflicted one, storm-driven and uncomforted one,
 \q1 look, I will set your pavement in turquoise, and lay your foundations with sapphires.
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 \v 15 Look, if anyone stirs up trouble, it will not be from me; anyone who stirs up trouble with you will fall in defeat.
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 \v 16 See, I have created the craftsman, who blows the burning coals
 \q1 and forges weapons as his work, and I have created the destroyer to destroy.
 
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 \v 6 Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call on him while he is nearby.
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 \v 7 Let the wicked leave his path, and the man of sin his thoughts.
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 \v 8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways—this is Yahweh's declaration—
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 \v 9 for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
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 \v 1 This is what Yahweh says, "Observe what is right, do what is just;
 \q1 for my salvation is near, and my righteousness is about to be revealed.
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 \v 3 Let no foreigner who has become a follower of Yahweh say,
 \q1 "Yahweh will certainly exclude me from his people."
 \q1 The eunuch should not say, "See, I am a dry tree."
 
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 \v 4 For this is what Yahweh says, "To the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths
 \q1 and choose what pleases me, and hold fast my covenant,
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 \v 9 All you wild beasts of the field, come and devour, all you beasts in the forest!
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 \v 10 All their watchmen are blind, they do not understand.
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 \v 3 But come here, you sons of the sorceress,
 \q1 children of the adulterer and the woman who has prostituted herself.
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 \v 11 "Whom are you worried about? Whom do you fear so much that has caused you to act so deceitfully,
 \q1 so much that you would not remember me or think about me?
 \q1 Because I was silent for so long, you are no longer afraid of me.
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 \v 6 Is not this the fast that I choose:
 \q1 To release wicked bonds, to undo the ropes of the yoke,
 \q1 to set the crushed ones free, and to break every yoke?
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 \v 13 Suppose that you turn back your feet from traveling on the Sabbath day, and from doing your own pleasure on my holy day.
 \q1 Suppose that you call the Sabbath a delight, and that you call the matters of Yahweh holy and honored.
 \q1 Suppose that you honor the Sabbath by leaving your own business, and by not finding your own pleasure and by not speaking your own words.
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 \v 12 For our many transgressions are before you, and our sins testify against us;
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 \v 19 So they will fear the name of Yahweh from the west, and his glory from the sun's rising; for he will come as a rushing stream, driven by the breath of Yahweh.
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 \v 20 "A redeemer will come to Zion and to those who turn from their rebellious deeds in Jacob—this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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 \v 21 As for me, this is my covenant with them—says Yahweh—my spirit who is upon you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, will not leave your mouth, or go out of the mouth of your children, or go out of the mouths of your descendants—says Yahweh—from this time and forever."
 
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 \v 4 Look all around and see. They all gather themselves together and come to you.
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 \v 8 Who are these who fly along like a cloud, and like the doves to their shelters?
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 \v 10 Sons of foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you;
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 \v 13 The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the cypress tree, the fir, and the cypress box tree together,
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 \v 15 Instead of you remaining abandoned and hated, with no one passing through you,
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 \v 4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the former desolations.
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 \v 6 You will be called the priests of Yahweh; they will call you servants of our God.
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 \v 7 Instead of your shame you will have double; and instead of dishonor they will rejoice over their share.
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 \v 8 For I, Yahweh, love justice, and I hate robbery and violent injustice.
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 \v 10 I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh; in my God I will be very glad.
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 \v 8 Yahweh has sworn by his right hand and by the arm of his strength,
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 \v 10 Come through, come through the gates! Prepare the way for the people!
 \q1 Build it, build the highway! Gather out the stones!
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 \v 11 Look, Yahweh announces to the ends of the earth,
 \q1 "Say to the daughter of Zion: Look, your Savior is coming!
 \q1 See, his reward is with him, and his recompense is going before him."
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 \q1 Who is this, splendid in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength?
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 \v 2 Why are your clothes red, and why do they look like you have been treading grapes in a winepress?
 
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 \v 3 "I have trodden grapes in the winepress alone, and no one from the nations joined me.
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 \v 7 I will tell of the acts of Yahweh's covenant faithfulness, the praiseworthy deeds of Yahweh.
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 \v 11 His people thought about the ancient times of Moses.
 \q1 They said, "Where is God, who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock?
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 \v 15 Look down from heaven and take notice from your holy and glorious habitation.
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 \v 8 Yet, Yahweh, you are our father;
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 \v 6 Look, it is written before me:
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 \v 8 This is what Yahweh says, "As when juice is found in a cluster of grapes,
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 \v 11 But you who abandon Yahweh, who forget my holy mountain,
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 \v 20 Never again will an infant live there only a few days;
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 \v 1 This is what Yahweh says,
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 \v 5 Hear the word of Yahweh, you who tremble at his word,
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 \v 14 You will see this, and your heart will rejoice, and your bones will sprout like the tender grass.
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 \v 17 They consecrate themselves and make themselves pure, so they may enter the gardens, following the one in the middle of those who
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 \v 16 I will pronounce sentence against them for all their evil in forsaking me, in burning incense to other gods, and in worshiping what they made with their own hands.
 
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 \v 17 Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be shattered before them, or I will shatter you before them!
 \v 18 Behold! Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
 \v 19 They will fight against you, but they will not defeat you, for I will be with you to rescue you—this is Yahweh's declaration."
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 \v 9 Then it will happen in that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—that the hearts of the king and his officials will die. The priests will be appalled, and the prophets will be horrified.'"
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 \v 10 So I said, "Ah! Lord Yahweh. Surely you have completely deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, 'There will be peace for you.' Yet the sword is striking against their life."
 
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 \v 12 A wind far stronger than that will come at my command, and I will now pass sentence against them.
 
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 \v 13 See, he is attacking like clouds, and his chariots are like a storm. His horses are faster than eagles. Woe to us, for we will be devastated!
 \v 14 Cleanse your heart from wickedness, Jerusalem, so that you might be saved. How long will your deepest thoughts be about how to sin?
 \v 15 For a voice is bringing news from Dan, and the coming disaster is heard from the mountains of Ephraim.
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 \v 22 For the foolishness of my people—they do not know me. They are idiotic people and they have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.
 
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 \v 26 I looked. Behold, the orchards were a wilderness and all the cities had been pulled down before Yahweh, before the fury of his wrath."
 
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 \v 27 This is what Yahweh says, "All the land will become a devastation, but I will not completely destroy it.
 \v 28 For this reason, the land will mourn, and the heavens above will darken. For I have declared my intentions; I will not hold back; I will not turn from carrying them out.
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 \v 29 Every city will flee from the noise of the cavalry and the archers with a bow; they will run into the forests. Every city will climb up into the rocky places. The cities will be abandoned, for there will be no one to inhabit them.
 
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 \v 30 Now that you have been devastated, what will you do? For though you dress in scarlet, adorn yourself with gold jewelry, and make your eyes look bigger with paint, the men who lusted for you now reject you. Instead, they are trying to take away your life.
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 \v 31 So I hear the sound of anguish, distress as in the birth of a firstborn child, the sound of the daughter of Zion. She is gasping for breath. She spreads out her hands, 'Woe to me! I am fainting because of these murderers.'"
 
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 \v 18 But even in those days—this is Yahweh's declaration—I do not intend to destroy you completely.
 \v 19 When you, Israel and Judah, say, 'Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us?' then you, Jeremiah, will say to them, 'Just as you abandoned Yahweh and served foreign gods in your land, so you must also serve strangers in a land that is not your own.'
 
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 \v 17 For Yahweh of hosts, the one who planted you, has decreed disaster against you because of the wicked acts that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have committed—they have angered me by giving offerings to Baal.'"
 
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 \v 21 Therefore Yahweh says this concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life, "They say, 'You must not prophesy in the name of Yahweh, or you will die by our hand.'
 \v 22 Therefore Yahweh of hosts says this, 'See, I am about to punish them. Their vigorous young men will die by the sword. Their sons and their daughters will die by famine.
 \v 23 None of them will be left, because I am bringing disaster against the people of Anathoth, a year of their punishment.'"
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 \v 7 Even though our iniquities testify against us, Yahweh, act for the sake of your name.
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 \v 10 Yahweh says this to this people: "Since they love to wander, they have not held back their feet from doing so."
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 \v 11 Yahweh said to me, "Do not pray for good on behalf of this people.
 \v 12 For if they fast, I will not listen to their wailing, and if they offer up burnt offerings and food offerings, I will not take pleasure in them. For I will put an end to them by sword, famine, and plague."
 
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 \v 8 Then many nations will pass by this city. Each person will say to the next, "Why has Yahweh acted in this way toward this great city?"
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 \v 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all of Judah put him to death? Did he not fear Yahweh and appease the face of Yahweh so that Yahweh would relent concerning the disaster that he proclaimed to them? So will we do greater evil against our own lives?"
 
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 \v 16 After I gave the receipt of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to Yahweh and said,
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 \v 17 "Woe, Lord Yahweh! Look! You alone have made the heavens and the earth by your great strength and with your raised arm. Nothing you say is too difficult for you to do.
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 \v 15 In those days and in that time I will make a righteous branch to grow for David, and he will carry out justice and righteousness in the land.
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 \v 17 For Yahweh says this: 'A man from David's line will never be lacking to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,
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 \v 23 For all of your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans, and you yourself will not escape from their hand. You will be captured by the hand of the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned."
 
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 \v 1 This is the word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
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 \v 2 For Egypt: "This is about the army of Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt that was at Carchemish by the Euphrates river. This was the army that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:
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 \v 39 How it has been shattered! How they howl in their lamenting! Moab turns its back in shame! So Moab will become an object of derision and a terror to all those who are around him."
 
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 \v 17 Israel is a wandering sheep driven away by lions.
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 \v 15 That son does not eat upon the mountains, and he does not lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and he does not defile his neighbor's wife, what can be said about him?
 
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 \v 29 While prophets see empty visions for you, while they perform rituals to come up with lies for you, this sword will lie on the necks of the wicked who are about to be killed, whose day of punishment has come and whose time of iniquity is about to end.
 
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 \v 1 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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 \v 2 "Now you, son of man, will you judge? Will you judge the city of blood? Make her know all her abominations.
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 \v 35 Therefore, the Lord Yahweh says this, 'Because you have forgotten me and thrown me away behind your back, so also you will bear the consequences of your shameful behavior and acts of sexual immorality.'"
 
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 \v 7 For her blood is in the midst of her. She has set it on the smooth rock; she has not poured it out on the ground to cover it with dust,
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 \v 14 I, Yahweh, have declared it, and I will do it. I will not relent nor will I rest from it. As your ways were, and as your activities, they will judge you!—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration."
 
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 \v 25 The ships of Tarshish were the transporters of your merchandise!
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 \v 5 By great wisdom and by your trading, you have multiplied your wealth, so your heart is arrogant because of your wealth.
 
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 \v 24 Then there will no longer be pricking briars and painful thorns for the house of Israel from all those around her who despise her people, so they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh!'
 
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 \v 9 In that day messengers will go out from before me in ships to terrorize a secure Cush, and there will be anguish among them on the day of Egypt's doom. For behold! It is coming.
 
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 \v 17 So the boundary will go from the sea to Hazar Enan on the border with Damascus and Hamath to the north. This will be the north side.
 
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 \v 18 On the east side the boundary will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan River between Gilead and the land of Israel. You will measure from the border to the eastern sea. This will be the eastern border. \f + \ft The copies of the ancient Hebrew text read: \fqa You will measure from the border to the eastern sea \fqa* . However, the ancient Greek translations of the Hebrew copies, and many modern translations read \fqa to the eastern sea as far as Tamar \fqa* . \f*
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 \v 19 Then on the south side the boundary will run from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribah Kadesh, then along the brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the boundary on the south side.
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 \v 1 King Nebuchadnezzar sent this decree to all peoples, nations, and languages who lived on the earth: May your peace increase.
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 \v 2 It has seemed good to me to tell you about the signs and wonders that the Most High has done for me.
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 \v 3 How great are his signs,
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 \v 25 This is the writing that was done: 'Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Pharsin.'
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 \v 26 This is its meaning: 'Mene,' 'God has numbered your kingdom and brought it to an end.'
+\p
 \v 27 'Tekel,' 'you are weighed in the scales and are found lacking.'
+\p
 \v 28 'Peres,' 'your kingdom is divided and is given to the Medes and Persians.'"
 
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 \q "May peace increase for you.
 
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 \v 26 I hereby make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel,
 \q for he is the living God and lives forever,
 \q and his kingdom shall not be destroyed;
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 \q he has kept Daniel safe from the strength of the lions."
 
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 \v 28 So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and during the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
 
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 \q and the books were opened.
 
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 \v 11 I continued to look because of the boastful words spoken by the horn. I watched while the animal was killed, and its body was destroyed, and it was given over to be burned up.
 \v 12 As for the rest of the four animals, their authority to rule was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a period of time.
 

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 \q even the fish in the sea, are being taken away.
 
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 \v 4 But do not allow anyone to bring a lawsuit;
 \q do not let anyone accuse anyone else.
 \q For it is you, the priests, whom I am accusing.

30-AMO.usfm

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 \q Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it."
 
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 \v 9 It will come about that if there are ten men left in one house, they will all die.
 \v 10 When a man's relative comes to take their bodies up—the one who is to cremate them after bringing the corpses out of the house—if he says to the person in the house, "Is there anyone with you?" What if that person says, "No"? Then he will say, "Be quiet, for we must not mention Yahweh's name."
 
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 \q and Israel will surely go into exile away from his land.'"
 
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 \v 12 Amaziah said to Amos, "Seer, go, run back to the land of Judah, and there eat bread and prophesy.
 \v 13 But do not prophesy anymore here at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary and a royal house."
 
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 \v 17 Therefore this is what Yahweh says,
 \q 'Your wife will be a prostitute in the city;
 \q your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword;
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 \q
 \v 4 Listen to this, you who trample the needy
 \q and remove the poor of the land.
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 \q "When will the new moon be over,
 \q so we can sell grain again?
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 \q and the needy for a pair of sandals."
 
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 \v 7 Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Surely I will never forget any of their actions."
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 \v 8 Will not the land quake for this,

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 \v 1 The vision of Obadiah. The Lord Yahweh says this concerning Edom: We have heard a report from Yahweh and an ambassador has been sent among the nations, saying, "Rise up! Let us rise up against her for battle!"
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 \v 7 All the men of your alliance will send you on your way to the border. The men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you. They who eat your bread have set a trap under you. There is no understanding in him.
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 \v 8 "Will I not on that day"—this is Yahweh's declaration—"destroy the wise men from Edom and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?
 \v 9 Your mighty men will be dismayed, Teman, so that every man may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
 
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 \v 18 The house of Jacob will be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau will be stubble, and they will burn them, and consume them. There will be no survivors to the house of Esau, for Yahweh has spoken it."
 
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 \q I will fulfill that which I have vowed.
 \q Salvation comes from Yahweh!"
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 \v 10 Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited up Jonah upon the dry land.
  
 
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 \v 9 Who knows? God may relent and change his mind and turn away from his fierce anger so that we do not perish.'"
 
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 \v 1 The burden that Habakkuk the prophet perceived,
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 \v 1 The prayer of Habakkuk the prophet: \f + \ft The copies of the ancient Hebrew text add the expression \fqa on shigionoth \fqa* , which may refer to musical directions for singers. \f*
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 \v 2 Yahweh, I have heard your report, and I am afraid.

38-ZEC.usfm

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 \v 13 for I have bent Judah as my bow. I have filled my quiver with Ephraim. I have roused your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and have made you, Zion, like a warrior's sword!"
 
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 \v 14 Yahweh will appear to them, and his arrows will shoot out like lightning! For my Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet and will advance with the storms from Teman.
 \v 15 Yahweh of hosts will defend them, and they will devour them and defeat the stones of the slings. Then they will drink and shout like men drunk on wine, and they will be filled with wine like bowls, like the corners of the altar.
 
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 \v 3 "My wrath burns against the shepherds; it is the male goats—the leaders—that I will punish. Yahweh of hosts will also attend to his flock, the house of Judah, and make them like his warhorse in battle!
 
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 \v 6 I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph, for I will restore them and have mercy on them. They will be as though I had not cast them off, for I am Yahweh their God, and I will respond to them.
 \v 7 Then Ephraim will be like a warrior, and their hearts will rejoice as with wine; their children will see and rejoice. Their hearts will rejoice in me!
 

41-MAT.usfm

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 \v 1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.
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 \v 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
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 \v 3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
 
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 \v 4 Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.
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 \v 5 Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse.
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 \v 7 Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa.
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 \v 8 Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram an ancestor of Uzziah.
 
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 \v 9 Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.
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 \v 10 Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, and Amon the father of Josiah.
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 \v 11 Josiah was an ancestor of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
 
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 \v 12 After the deportation to Babylon, Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel was an ancestor of Zerubbabel.
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 \v 13 Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor.
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 \v 14 Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud.
 
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 \v 15 Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob.
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 \v 16 Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
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 \v 17 All the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
 
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 \v 7 Then Herod secretly called the learned men to ask them exactly what time the star had appeared.
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 \v 4 Now John wore clothing of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
 \v 5 Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan River went out to him.
 \v 6 They were baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
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 \v 15 "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
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 \q1 Galilee of the Gentiles!
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 \v 10 Then he called the crowd to himself and said to them, "Listen and understand—
 \v 11 Nothing that enters into the mouth defiles a person. Instead, what comes out of the mouth, this is what defiles a person."
 
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 \v 6 Then the disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them.
 \v 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and put their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat upon the cloaks.
 \v 8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them in the road.
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 \v 16 They said to him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" 
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 Jesus said to them, "Yes! But have you never read, 'Out of the mouths of little children and nursing infants you have prepared praise'?"
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 \v 4 John came, baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
 \v 5 The whole country of Judea and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
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 \v 13 He said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?"
 \v 14 The sower sows the word.
 \v 15 These are the ones along the path, where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them.
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 \v 11 This was from the Lord,
 \q and it is marvelous in our eyes.'"
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 \v 14 "Glory to God in the highest, \q1 and may there be peace on earth \q1 among people with whom he is pleased." \f + \ft Some ancient Greek copies have different spellings that suggest two possible meanings of the last phrase of verse 14, the second being preferred. The suggestions are: \fqa good will toward people \fqa* or \fqa among people with whom he (God) is pleased \fqa* . \f* 
 
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 \v 27 Led by the Spirit, Simeon came into the temple. When the parents brought in the infant Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law,
 \v 28 he took him into his arms and praised God, and he said,
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 \v 29 "Now let your servant depart in peace, Lord, according to your word.
 
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 \v 25 Joseph was the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
 \v 26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda.
 
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 \v 27 Joda was the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Salathiel, the son of Neri,
 \v 28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,
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 \v 29 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi.
 
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+\p
 \v 31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
 \v 32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon.
 
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 \v 33 Nahshon was the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
 \v 34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
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 \v 35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah.
 
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+\p
 \v 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
 \v 38 the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
 

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 \v 13 they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet him and cried out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel."
 
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 \v 14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it; as it was written,
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 \v 16 His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, they remembered that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him.
 
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 \v 39 For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah had also said,
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 \v 41 Isaiah said these things because he saw the glory of Jesus and spoke of him.
 \v 42 But despite that, many of the rulers believed in Jesus; but because of the Pharisees, they did not confess it so that they would not be banned from the synagogue.
 \v 43 They loved the glory that comes from people more than the glory that comes from God.

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 \v 21 It is necessary, therefore, that one of the men who accompanied us all the time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
 \v 22 beginning from the baptism of John to the day that he was taken up from us, become a witness with us of his resurrection."
 \v 23 They put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also named Justus, and Matthias.
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 \v 22 Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited to you by God with the mighty deeds and wonders and signs which God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know.
 \v 23 This man was handed over by God's predetermined plan and foreknowledge; and you, by the hand of lawless men, put him to death by nailing him to a cross. 
 \v 24 But God raised him up, freeing him from the pains of death, because it was impossible for him to be held by it.
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 \v 29 Brothers, it is proper for me to speak to you confidently about the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
 \v 30 Therefore, he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of the fruit of his loins on his throne.
 \v 31 He saw what was to happen in the future and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ,
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 \v 35 until I make your enemies the footstool for your feet."'
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 \v 36 Therefore, let all the house of Israel certainly know that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."
 
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 \v 12 There is no salvation in any other person, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
 
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 \v 27 Indeed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, gathered together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed. 
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 \v 33 he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm:
 \q 'You are my Son, today I have become your Father.'
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 \v 34 That he raised him up from the dead never to return, God has spoken in this way:
 \q 'I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.'
 
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 \v 48 As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
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 \v 19 Therefore, I have decided that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God.
 \v 20 But we will write to them that they must keep away from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, and from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
 \v 21 For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient generations and he is preached in the synagogues every Sabbath."
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 \v 23 writing through their hands, "From the apostles and elders, your brothers, to the Gentile brothers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings!
 
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 \v 24 Because we have heard that certain men have gone out from us, with no orders from us, and have disturbed you with words that upset your souls,
 \v 25 it seemed good to us, who have come to one mind, to choose men and to send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
 \v 26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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 \v 25 Then he wrote a letter like this:
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 \v 26 "Claudius Lysias to the most excellent Governor Felix, greetings.
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 \v 26 He said, 'Go to this people and say, 
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 \v 28 Therefore, you should know that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen."
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 \v 7 To all in Rome who are beloved of God and called to be his holy people: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
 
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 \v 5 But if our unrighteousness shows the righteousness of God, what can we say? Can we say that God is unrighteous to bring his wrath upon us? (I am using a human argument.)
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 \v 9 Then is this blessing pronounced only on those of the circumcision, or also on those of the uncircumcision? For we say, "Faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness."
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 \v 37 In all these things we are more than conquerors through the one who loved us.
 \v 38 For I have been convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor governments, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
 \v 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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 \v 14 What then will we say? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be.
 \v 15 For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion."
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 \v 8 It is just as it is written: "God has given them a spirit of dullness, eyes so that they should not see, and ears so that they should not hear, to this very day."
 
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 \q For if you do this, you will heap coals of fire on his head."
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 \v 13 Therefore, let us no longer judge one another, but instead decide this, that no one will place a stumbling block or a snare for his brother.
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 \v 3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
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 \v 5 Greet the church that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus my beloved, who is the firstfruit of Asia to Christ.
 
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 \v 6 Greet Mary, who has labored hard for you.
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 \v 7 Greet Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me.
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 \v 8 Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.
 
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 \v 9 Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved.
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 \v 10 Greet Apelles, the approved in Christ. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus.
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 \v 11 Greet Herodion, my kinsman. Greet those of the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.
 
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 \v 12 Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, laborers in the Lord. Greet Persis the beloved, who has labored much in the Lord.
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 \v 13 Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
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 \v 14 Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them.
 
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 \v 15 Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all God's holy people who are with them.
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 \v 16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.
 
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 \v 2 to the church of God at Corinth, those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy people, together with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is their Lord and ours.
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 \v 20 Where is the wise person? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this world? Has not God turned the wisdom of the world into foolishness?
 \v 21 Since the world in its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of preaching.
 
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 \v 10 But God has revealed these things to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the deep things of God.
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 \v 22 So then, tongues are a sign, not to believers, but to unbelievers. But prophecy is for a sign, not for unbelievers, but for believers.
 \v 23 If, therefore, the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders and unbelievers come in, would they not say that you are insane?
 
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 \v 32 What do I gain, from a human point of view, if I fought with beasts at Ephesus, if the dead are not raised? "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
 
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 \v 33 Be not deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."
 \v 34 Sober up! Live righteously! Do not keep sinning. For some of you have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
 
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 \v 54 But when this perishable body has put on what is imperishable, and when this mortal body has put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written,
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 \v 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
 \v 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
 

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 \v 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, and to all God's holy people in the entire region of Achaia.
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 \v 10 He who supplies seed to the farmer who sows and bread for food will also supply and multiply your seed for sowing. He will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
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 \v 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
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 \v 28 But you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
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 \v 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to God's holy people in Ephesus, who are faithful in Christ Jesus. \f + \ft Some important and ancient Greek copies do not have, \fqa in Ephesus, \fqa* but this letter may have been circulated throughout this region to several churches, not just to the church in Ephesus. \f*
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 \v 9 What is the meaning of "he ascended," except that he also descended into the lower regions of the earth?
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 \v 1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all God's holy people in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons.
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 \v 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
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 \v 2 to God's holy people and faithful brothers in Christ who are at Colossae. May grace be to you, and peace from God our Father. \f + \ft Some important and ancient Greek copies add, \fqa and the Lord Jesus Christ \fqa* . \f*
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 \v 3 We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and we always pray for you.

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 \v 2 to Timothy, a true son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
 
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 \v 2 to Timothy, beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
 
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 \v 3 At the right time he revealed his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted according to the command of God our Savior.
 
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 \v 4 To Titus, a true son in our common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
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 \v 5 For this purpose I left you in Crete, that you might set in order things not yet complete and ordain elders in every city as I directed you.

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 \v 1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and the brother Timothy, to Philemon, our dear friend and fellow worker,
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 \v 6 But again, when God brings the firstborn into the world, he says, "All God's angels must worship him."
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 \v 1 Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received the same precious faith as we have received, faith in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.
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 \v 14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know the one who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
 
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