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01-GEN/02.usfm

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-\v 4 These are the events concerning the heavens and the earth, when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.
+\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.
 \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 work 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 23 The man said, 
 \q "This time, this one is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. 
 \q She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of man."
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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.

01-GEN/03.usfm

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 \v 12 The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it."
 \v 13 Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
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 \v 14 Yahweh God said to the serpent, 
-\q "Because you have done this, cursed are you alone among all the livestock and all the beasts of the field. 
-\q It is on your belly that you will go, and it is dust that you will eat all the days of your life.
+\q "Because you have done this, 
+\q cursed are you alone among all the livestock 
+\q and all the beasts of the field. 
+\q It is on your belly that you will go, 
+\q and it is dust that you will eat all the days of your life.
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-\v 15 I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. 
+\v 15 I will put hostility between you and the woman, 
+\q and between your seed and her seed. 
 \q He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."
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 \v 16 To the woman he said, 
-\q "I will greatly multiply your pain in having children; it is in pain that you will give birth to children.
+\q "I will greatly multiply your pain in having children; 
+\q it is in pain that you will give birth to children.
 \q Your desire will be for your husband, but he will rule over you."
+\m
 
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-\v 17 To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree, concerning which I commanded you, saying, 'You may not eat from it,' 
-\q cursed is the ground because of you;
-\q in painful toil you will eat from it all the days of your life.
+\v 17 To Adam he said, 
+\q "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, 
+\q and have eaten from the tree, concerning which I commanded you, 
+\q saying, 'You may not eat from it,' 
+\q cursed is the ground because of you; 
+\q in painful toil you will eat from it all the days of your life. 
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-\v 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
+\v 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, 
+\q and you will eat the plants of the field.
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-\v 19 By the sweat of your face you will eat bread, 
-\q until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. 
+\v 19 By the sweat of your face you will eat bread,
+\q 
+until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. 
 \q For dust you are, and to dust you will return."
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 \v 20 The man called his wife's name Eve because she was the mother of all living things.

01-GEN/04.usfm

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 \v 24 If Cain is avenged seven times as much, truly Lamech will be avenged seventy-seven times as much."
 
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+\v 25 Adam slept with 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 25 Adam slept with 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. Then people began to call on the name of Yahweh.
 

01-GEN/06.usfm

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-\v 9 These are the events concerning Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
+\v 9 These were the events concerning Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
 \v 10 Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
 
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01-GEN/10.usfm

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-\v 1  These are the descendants of the sons of Noah, that is, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
+\v 1  These were the descendants of the sons of Noah, that is, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
 
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 \v 30 Their territory was from Mesha, all the way to Sephar, the mountain of the east.
-\v 31 These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans and their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.
+\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 32 These are the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations. From these the nations separated and went over the earth after the flood.
+\v 32 These were the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations. From these the nations separated and went over the earth after the flood.
 
 
 

01-GEN/11.usfm

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-\v 10 These are the descendants of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
+\v 10 These were the descendants of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
 \v 11 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
 
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-\v 27 Now these are the descendants of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran became the father of Lot.
+\v 27 Now these were the descendants of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran became the father of Lot.
 \v 28 Haran died in the presence of  his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
 
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01-GEN/13.usfm

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 \v 3 He continued on his journey from the Negev to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been before, between Bethel and Ai.
-\v 4  This is the place where the altar was that he  had built previously, and here he called on the name of Yahweh.
+\v 4 He went to the place where the altar was that he had built previously. Here he called on the name of Yahweh.
 
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 \v 5 Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.

01-GEN/25.usfm

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 \v 6 However, while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them to the land of the east, away from Isaac, his son.
 
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-\v 7 These are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, 175 years.
+\v 7 These were the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, 175 years.
 \v 8  Abraham breathed his last and died at a  good old age, an old man with a full life, and he was gathered to his people.
 
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-\v 12 Now these are the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's  servant, bore to Abraham.
+\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,
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 \v 16 These were Ishmael's sons, and these were their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their tribes.
 
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-\v 17 These are the years of the life of Ishmael, 137 years: he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
+\v 17 These were the years of the life of Ishmael, 137 years: he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
 \v 18  They lived from Havilah to Shur, which is near Egypt, as one goes toward Assyria. They lived in hostility with each other.
 
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-\v 19 These are the events concerning Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham became the father of Isaac.
+\v 19 These were the events concerning Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham became the father of Isaac.
 \v 20 Isaac was forty years old when he took  as his wife Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean.
 
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01-GEN/32.usfm

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 \v 17 He instructed the first servant, saying, "When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying, 'To whom do you belong? Where are you going? And whose are these animals in front of you?'
-\v 18 Then you will say, 'They are your servant Jacob's. They are a gift sent to my master Esau. And see, he is also coming after us.' "
+\v 18 Then you will say, 'They are your servant Jacob's. They are a gift sent to my master Esau. And see, he is also coming after us.'"
 
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 \v 19 Jacob also gave instructions to the second group,  the third, and all the men who followed the herds. He said, "You will say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.

01-GEN/35.usfm

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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 are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
+\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.
 \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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01-GEN/36.usfm

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 \v 4 Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel.
-\v 5 Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
+\v 5 Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
  
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 \v 6 Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his livestock—all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
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 \v 29 These were the clans of the Horites: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, and Anah,
-\v 30 Dishon, Ezer, Dishan: these are clans of the Horites, according to their clan lists in the land of Seir.
+\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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01-GEN/37.usfm

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 \v 1 Jacob lived in the land where his father was staying, in the land of Canaan.
-\v 2 These are 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.
+\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 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was the son of his old age. He made him a beautiful garment.

01-GEN/46.usfm

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-\v 8 These are the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn;
+\v 8 These were the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn;
 \v 9 the sons of Reuben Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi;
 \v 10 the sons of Simeon, Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman;
 \v 11 the sons of Levi Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;

02-EXO/23.usfm

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 \v 30 Instead, I will drive them out little by little from before you until you become fruitful and inherit the land.
-\v 31 I will fix your borders from the sea of Reeds to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. I will give you victory over the land's inhabitants. You will drive them out before yourselves.
+\v 31 I will fix your borders from the Sea of Reeds to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. I will give you victory over the land's inhabitants. You will drive them out before yourselves.
 \v 32 You must not make a covenant with them or with their gods.
 \v 33 They must not live in your land, or they would make you sin against me.  If you worship their gods, this will surely become a trap for you.'"
 

03-LEV/06.usfm

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 \v 16 Aaron and his sons will eat whatever is left of the offering. It must be eaten without yeast in a holy place. They will eat it in the courtyard of the tent of meeting 
 \v 17 It must not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their part of my offerings made by fire. It is most holy, as the sin offering and the guilt offering.
-\v 18 For all time to come throughout your people's generations, any male descended from Aaron may eat it as his share, taken from the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Whoever touches them will become holy.' "
+\v 18 For all time to come throughout your people's generations, any male descended from Aaron may eat it as his share, taken from the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Whoever touches them will become holy.'"
 
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03-LEV/09.usfm

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 \v 3 You must speak to the people of Israel and say, 'Take a male goat for a sin offering and a calf and a lamb, both a year old and without blemish, for a burnt offering;
-\v 4 also take an ox and a ram for peace offerings to sacrifice before Yahweh,  and a grain offering mixed with oil, because today Yahweh will appear to you.' "
-\v 5 So they brought all that Moses commanded to the tent of meeting, and all the assembly of Israel drew near and stood before Yahweh.
+\v 4 also take an ox and a ram for peace offerings to sacrifice before Yahweh,  and a grain offering mixed with oil, because today Yahweh will appear to you.'"
+\v 5 So they brought all that Moses commanded to the tent of meeting, and all the assembly of Israel approached and stood before Yahweh.
 
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 \v 6 Then Moses said, "This is what Yahweh commanded you to do, so that his glory may appear to you."

03-LEV/12.usfm

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 \v 7 Then he will offer it before Yahweh and make atonement for her, and she will be cleansed from the flow of her blood. This is the law regarding a woman who gives birth to either a male or a female child.
-\v 8 If she is not able to afford a lamb, then she must take two doves or two young pigeons,  one as a burnt offering and the other as a sin offering, and the priest will make atonement for her; then she will be clean.' "
+\v 8 If she is not able to afford a lamb, then she must take two doves or two young pigeons,  one as a burnt offering and the other as a sin offering, and the priest will make atonement for her; then she will be clean.'"
 
 
 

03-LEV/17.usfm

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 \v 15 Every person who eats an animal that has died or that has been  torn by wild animals, whether that person is native born or a foreigner living among you, he must  wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and he will be unclean until the evening. Then he will be clean.
-\v 16 But if he does not wash his clothes or bathe his body, then he must carry his guilt.' "
+\v 16 But if he does not wash his clothes or bathe his body, then he must carry his guilt.'"
 
 
 

03-LEV/18.usfm

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 \v 29 Whoever does any of these detestable things, the persons who do such things will be cut off from among their people.
-\v 30 Therefore you must keep my command not to  practice any of these detestable customs which were practiced here before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am Yahweh your God.' "
+\v 30 Therefore you must keep my command not to  practice any of these detestable customs which were practiced here before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am Yahweh your God.'"
 
 
 

03-LEV/22.usfm

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 \v 24 Do not offer animals to Yahweh that have bruised, crushed, torn, or cut reproductive organs. Do not offer these in your land,
-\v 25 and do not accept them from a foreigner's hand as food presented to God, because there are defects or blemishes in them. I will not accept them on your behalf.' "
+\v 25 and do not accept them from a foreigner's hand as food presented to God, because there are defects or blemishes in them. I will not accept them on your behalf.'"
 
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03-LEV/23.usfm

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-\v 22 When you reap the harvest of your land, you must not completely reap the corners of your fields, and you must not gather the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.' "
+\v 22 When you reap the harvest of your land, you must not completely reap the corners of your fields, and you must not gather the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.'"
 
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 \v 42 You must live in small shelters for seven days. All native-born Israelites must live in small shelters for seven days, 
-\v 43 so that your descendants, generation after generation, may learn how I made the people of Israel live in such shelters when I led them out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.' "
+\v 43 so that your descendants, generation after generation, may learn how I made the people of Israel live in such shelters when I led them out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.'"
 \v 44 In this way, Moses announced to the people of Israel the appointed festivals for Yahweh.
 
 

03-LEV/24.usfm

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 \v 21 Anyone who kills an animal must pay it back, and anyone who kills a person must be put to death.
 
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-\v 22 You must have the same law for both the foreigner and the native-born Israelite, for I am Yahweh your God.' "
+\v 22 You must have the same law for both the foreigner and the native-born Israelite, for I am Yahweh your God.'"
 \v 23 So Moses spoke to the people of Israel, and the people brought the man outside the camp, the one who had cursed Yahweh. They stoned him with stones. The people of Israel carried out the command of Yahweh to Moses.
 
 

03-LEV/25.usfm

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 \v 53 He is to be treated like a man hired year by year. You must make sure he is not treated with harshness.
 \v 54 If he is not redeemed by these means, then he must serve until the Year of Jubilee, he and his children with him.
-\v 55 To me the people of Israel are servants. They are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.' "
+\v 55 To me the people of Israel are servants. They are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.'"
 
 
 

04-NUM/14.usfm

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 \v 34 Just as the number of the days during which you examined the land—forty days, you must likewise bear the consequences of your sins for forty years—one year for every day, and you must know what it is like to be my enemy.
-\v 35 I, Yahweh, have spoken. I will certainly do this to all this evil community that is gathered together against me. They will be consumed in this wilderness. Here they will die.' "
+\v 35 I, Yahweh, have spoken. I will certainly do this to all this evil community that is gathered together against me. They will be consumed in this wilderness. Here they will die.'"
  
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04-NUM/15.usfm

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 \v 14 If a foreigner is staying with you, or whoever may live among you throughout your people's generations, he must make an offering made by fire, to produce a sweet aroma for Yahweh. He must act as you act.
 \v 15 There must be the same law for the community and for the foreigner who stays with you, a permanent law throughout your people's generations. As you are, so also must be the traveler staying with you. He must act as you act before Yahweh.
-\v 16 The same law and decree must apply to you and to the foreigner who is staying with you.' "
+\v 16 The same law and decree must apply to you and to the foreigner who is staying with you.'"
  
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 \v 30 But the person who does anything in defiance, whether he is native born or a foreigner, blasphemes me. That person must be cut off from among his people.
-\v 31 Because he has despised my word and has broken my  commandment, that person must be cut off completely. His sin will be on him.' "
+\v 31 Because he has despised my word and has broken my  commandment, that person must be cut off completely. His sin will be on him.'"
  
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04-NUM/16.usfm

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 \v 23 Yahweh replied to Moses. He said,
-\v 24 "Speak to the community. Say, 'Get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.' "
+\v 24 "Speak to the community. Say, 'Get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.'"
  
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04-NUM/18.usfm

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 \v 23 The Levites must do the work connected to the tent of meeting. They will be responsible for any sin regarding it. This will be a permanent law throughout your people's generations. And among the people of Israel they must have no inheritance.
-\v 24 For the tithes of the people of Israel, which they offer as a presented offering to me—it is these that I have given to the Levites as their inheritance. That is why I said to them, 'They must have no inheritance among the people of Israel.' "
+\v 24 For the tithes of the people of Israel, which they offer as a presented offering to me—it is these that I have given to the Levites as their inheritance. That is why I said to them, 'They must have no inheritance among the people of Israel.'"
  
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 \v 30 Therefore you must say to them, 'When you present the best of what you have received, then it must be considered by the Levites like the produce from the threshing floor and the winepress.
 \v 31 You may eat the rest of your gifts in any place, you and your families, because it is your pay in return for your work in the tent of meeting.
-\v 32 You will not incur any guilt by eating and drinking it, if you have presented to Yahweh the best of what you have received. But you must not profane the holy offerings of the people of Israel, or you will die.' "
+\v 32 You will not incur any guilt by eating and drinking it, if you have presented to Yahweh the best of what you have received. But you must not profane the holy offerings of the people of Israel, or you will die.'"
 
 
 

04-NUM/21.usfm

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-\v 4 They traveled from Mount Hor by the road to the sea of Reeds to go around the land of Edom. The people became very discouraged on the way.
+\v 4 They traveled from Mount Hor by the road to the Sea of Reeds to go around the land of Edom. The people became very discouraged on the way.
 \v 5 The people spoke against God and Moses: "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, no water, and we hate this miserable food."
  
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04-NUM/22.usfm

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 \v 9 God came to Balaam and said, "Who are these men who came to you?"
 \v 10 Balaam answered God, "Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent them to me. He said,
-\v 11 'Look, the people who have come from Egypt cover the surface of my land. Now come and curse them for me. Perhaps I will manage to fight them and drive them out.' "
+\v 11 'Look, the people who have come from Egypt cover the surface of my land. Now come and curse them for me. Perhaps I will manage to fight them and drive them out.'"
  
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 \v 12 God replied to Balaam, "You must not go with those men. You must not curse the people of Israel because they have been blessed."

04-NUM/27.usfm

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 \v 9 If he has no daughter, then you must give his inheritance to his brothers.
 \v 10 If he has no brothers, then you must give his inheritance to his father's brothers.
-\v 11 If his father has no brothers, then you must give his inheritance to his nearest relative in his clan, and he must take it for his own. This will be a law established by decree for the people of Israel, as Yahweh has commanded me.' "
+\v 11 If his father has no brothers, then you must give his inheritance to his nearest relative in his clan, and he must take it for his own. This will be a law established by decree for the people of Israel, as Yahweh has commanded me.'"
  
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04-NUM/28.usfm

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 \v 29 Offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for each of the seven lambs,
 \v 30 and one male goat to make atonement for yourselves.
-\v 31 When you offer those animals without blemish, along with their drink offerings, this must be in addition to the regular burnt offering and the grain offering with it.' "
+\v 31 When you offer those animals without blemish, along with their drink offerings, this must be in addition to the regular burnt offering and the grain offering with it.'"
  
 
 

04-NUM/33.usfm

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 \v 10 They set out from Elim and camped by the sea of Reeds.
  
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-\v 11 They set out from the sea of Reeds and camped in the wilderness of Sin.
+\v 11 They set out from the Sea of Reeds and camped in the wilderness of Sin.
 \v 12 They set out from the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah.
 \v 13 They set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush.
 \v 14 They set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where no water was found for the people to drink.
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 \v 55 But if you do not drive out the land's inhabitants before you, then the people you allow to stay will become like objects in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will make your lives difficult in the land where you settle.
-\v 56 Then it will happen that what I now intend to do to those people, I will do also to you.' "
+\v 56 Then it will happen that what I now intend to do to those people, I will do also to you.'"
  
 
 

04-NUM/35.usfm

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 \v 32 And you must accept no ransom for the one who has fled to a city of refuge. You must not in this way allow him to reside on his own property until the high priest dies. 
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 \v 33 Do not pollute in this way the land where you live, because blood from murder pollutes the land. No atonement can be made for the land when blood has been shed on it, except  by the blood of the one who shed it.
-\v 34 So you must not defile the land in which you live because I am living in it. I, Yahweh, live among the people of Israel.' "
+\v 34 So you must not defile the land in which you live because I am living in it. I, Yahweh, live among the people of Israel.'"
 
 
 

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 \v 3 the signs and deeds that he did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to all his land.
  
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-\v 4 Neither did they see what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, or to their chariots; how he made the water of the sea of Reeds overwhelm them as they pursued after you, and how Yahweh has destroyed them until  today;
+\v 4 Neither did they see what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, or to their chariots; how he made the water of the Sea of Reeds overwhelm them as they pursued after you, and how Yahweh has destroyed them until  today;
 \v 5 or what he did for you in the wilderness until you came to this place.
  
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05-DEU/20.usfm

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 \v 1 When you march out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, you must not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, he who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
  
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-\v 2 When you draw near to the battle, the priest must approach and speak to the people,
-\v 3 and say to them, 'Listen, Israel, you are drawing near today to battle against your enemies; let not your heart faint; fear not, nor tremble, neither be afraid of them;
-\v 4 for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies and to save you.'
+\v 2 When you are about to enter into battle, the priest must approach and speak to the people.
+\v 3 He must say to them, 'Listen, Israel, you are going to battle against your enemies. Do not let your hearts faint. Do not fear or tremble. Do not be afraid of them.
+\v 4 For Yahweh your God is the one who is going with you to fight for you against your enemies and to save you.'
  
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 \v 5 The officers must speak to the people and say, 'What man is there who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, so that he does not die in battle and another man dedicates it.

05-DEU/25.usfm

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-\v 11 If men fight with each other, and the wife of one draws near to rescue her husband out of the hand of him who struck him, and if she stretches out her hand and takes him by the private parts,
+\v 11 If men fight with each other, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband out of the hand of him who struck him, and if she stretches out her hand and takes him by the private parts,
 \v 12 then you must cut off her hand; your eye must have no pity.
  
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06-JOS/02.usfm

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 \v 9 She said, "I know that Yahweh has given you the land and that the fear of you has come upon us. All those who live in the land will melt away before you.  
 
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-\v 10 We have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the sea of Reeds for you when you came out of Egypt. And  we heard what you did to the two kings of the Amorites on other side of the Jordan—Sihon and Og—whom you completely destroyed.
+\v 10 We have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the Sea of Reeds for you when you came out of Egypt. And  we heard what you did to the two kings of the Amorites on other side of the Jordan—Sihon and Og—whom you completely destroyed.
 \v 11 As soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted and there was no courage left in anyone—for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above and on the earth below.
 
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07-JDG/11.usfm

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 \v 14 Again Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon,
 \v 15 and he said, "This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of Moab and the land of the people of Ammon,
-\v 16 but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the sea of Reeds and on to Kadesh,
+\v 16 but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Sea of Reeds and on to Kadesh,
  
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 \v 17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, 'Please let us pass through your land,' but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he refused. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

07-JDG/20.usfm

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-\v 17 The soldiers of Israel, not counting the number from Benjamin, numbered 400,000 men, who were trained to fight with the sword. All of these were men of war.
+\v 17 The people of Israel, not counting the number from Benjamin, numbered 400,000 men, who were trained to fight with the sword. All of these were men of war.
 \v 18 The people of Israel arose, went up to Bethel, and asked for advice from God. They asked, "Who first will attack the people of Benjamin for us?" Yahweh said, "Judah will attack first."
  
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 \v 19 The people of Israel got up in the morning and, facing Gibeah, they prepared for battle.
-\v 20 The soldiers of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin. They set up their battle positions against them at Gibeah.
-\v 21 The soldiers of Benjamin came out of Gibeah, and they killed 22,000 men of the army of Israel on that day.
+\v 20 The people of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin. They set up their battle positions against them at Gibeah.
+\v 21 The people of Benjamin came out of Gibeah, and they killed 22,000 men of the army of Israel on that day.
  
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-\v 22 But the soldiers of Israel strengthened themselves, and they formed the battle line in the same place where they had taken positions on the first day. 
-\v 23 And the people of Israel went up and they wept before Yahweh until evening. And they sought direction from Yahweh, "Should we draw near again to fight against our brothers, the people of Benjamin?" And Yahweh said, "Attack them!" 
+\v 22 But the people of Israel strengthened themselves, and they formed the battle line in the same place where they had taken positions on the first day. 
+\v 23 And the people of Israel went up and they wept before Yahweh until evening. They sought direction from Yahweh: "Should we go again to fight against our brothers, the people of Benjamin?" And Yahweh said, "Attack them!" 
 
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-\v 24 So the soldiers of Israel went against the soldiers of Benjamin the second day.
-\v 25 On the second day, Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah and they killed 18,000 men from the soldiers of Israel. All were men who trained to fight with the sword.
+\v 24 So the people of Israel went against the soldiers of Benjamin the second day.
+\v 25 On the second day, Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah and they killed 18,000 men from the people of Israel. All were men who trained to fight with the sword.
  
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-\v 26 Then all the soldiers of Israel, and all the people, went up to Bethel and wept, and there they sat before Yahweh and they fasted that day until the evening and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.
+\v 26 Then all the soldiers of Israel and all the people went up to Bethel and wept, and there they sat before Yahweh and they fasted that day until the evening and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.
  
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-\v 27 The people of Israel asked Yahweh,—for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
-\v 28 and Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron, was serving before the ark in those days—"Should we go out to battle once more against the people of Benjamin, our brothers, or stop?" Yahweh said, "Attack, for tomorrow I will help you defeat them."
+\v 27 The people of Israel asked Yahweh—for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
+\v 28 and Phinehas, son of Eleazar son of Aaron, was serving before the ark in those days—"Should we go out to battle once more against the people of Benjamin, our brothers, or stop?" Yahweh said, "Attack, for tomorrow I will help you defeat them."
  
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 \v 29 So Israel set men in secret places around Gibeah.
-\v 30 The soldiers of Israel fought  against the soldiers of Benjamin for the third day, and they formed their battle lines against Gibeah as they had done before.
+\v 30 The people of Israel fought  against the people of Benjamin for the third day, and they formed their battle lines against Gibeah as they had done before.
  
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 \v 31 The people of Benjamin went and fought against the people, and they were drawn away from the city. They began to kill some of the people. There were about thirty men of Israel who died in the fields and on the roads—one of the roads went up to Bethel, and the other went to Gibeah.
  
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 \v 32 Then the people of Benjamin said, "They are defeated and they are running away from us, just as at first." But the soldiers of Israel said, "Let us run back and draw them away from the city to the roads."
-\v 33 All the soldiers of Israel rose up out of their places and formed themselves into lines for battle at Baal Tamar. Then the soldiers of Israel who had been hiding in secret places ran out from their places from Maareh Gibeah.
+\v 33 All the people of Israel rose up out of their places and formed themselves into lines for battle at Baal Tamar. Then the soldiers of Israel who had been hiding in secret places ran out from their places from Maareh Gibeah.
  
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-\v 34 There came out against Gibeah 10,000 chosen men out of all Israel, and the fighting was fierce, but the Benjamites did not know that disaster was close to them.
+\v 34 There came out against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the fighting was fierce, but the Benjamites did not know that disaster was close to them.
 \v 35 Yahweh defeated Benjamin before Israel. On that day, the soldiers of Israel killed 25,100 men of Benjamin. All these who died were those who had been trained to fight with the sword.
  
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 \v 40 But when a pillar of smoke began to rise up out of the city, the Benjamites turned and saw the smoke rising to the sky from the whole city.
-\v 41 Then the soldiers of Israel turned against them. The men of Benjamin were terrified, for they saw that disaster had come on them.
+\v 41 Then the people of Israel turned against them. The men of Benjamin were terrified, for they saw that disaster had come on them.
  
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-\v 42 So they ran away from the soldiers of Israel, escaping on the way to the wilderness. But the fighting overtook them. The soldiers of Israel came out of the cities and killed them where they stood.
+\v 42 So they ran away from the people of Israel, escaping on the way to the wilderness. But the fighting overtook them. The soldiers of Israel came out of the cities and killed them where they stood.
  
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 \v 43 They surrounded the Benjamites and went after them; and they trampled them down at Nohah, and killed them all the way to the east side of Gibeah.
-\v 44 From the tribe of Benjamin, 18,000 soldiers died, all of them men who were distinguished in battle.
+\v 44 From the tribe of Benjamin, eighteen thousand people died, all of them men who were distinguished in battle.
  
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 \v 45 They turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon. The Israelites killed five thousand more of them along the roads. They kept going after them, following them closely all the way to Gidom, and there they killed two thousand more.

09-1SA/07.usfm

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 \v 9 Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to Yahweh. Then Samuel cried out to Yahweh for Israel, and Yahweh answered him.
 
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-\v 10 As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to attack Israel; but Yahweh thundered with a loud sound that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were routed before Israel.
+\v 10 As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines approached to attack Israel. But Yahweh thundered with a loud sound that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were routed before Israel.
 \v 11 The men of Israel went from Mizpah, and  they pursued the Philistines and killed them as far as below Bethcar.
 
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09-1SA/14.usfm

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-\v 36 Then Saul said, "Let us chase after the Philistines by night and plunder them until morning; let us not leave one of them alive." They replied, "Do whatever seems good to you." But the priest said, "Let us draw near to God here."
-\v 37 Saul wanted to ask God even more questions, "Should I chase after the Philistines? Will you give them into the hand of Israel?" But God did not answer him that day.
+\v 36 Then Saul said, "Let us pursue the Philistines by night and plunder them until morning; let us not leave one of them alive." They replied, "Do whatever seems good to you." But the priest said, "Let us approach God here."
+\v 37 Saul asked God, "Should I pursue the Philistines? Will you give them into the hand of Israel?" But God did not answer him that day.
 
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 \v 38 Then Saul said, "Come here, all you leaders of the people; learn and see how this sin has happened today.
 \v 39 For, as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, even if it is in Jonathan my son, he will surely die." But none of the men among all the people answered him.
 
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-\v 40 Then he said to all Israel, "You stand on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other." The people said to Saul, "Do what seems good to you."
+\v 40 Then he said to all Israel, "You must stand on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other." The people said to Saul, "Do what seems good to you."
 \v 41 Therefore Saul said to Yahweh, the God of Israel, "Show the Thummim." Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot, but the people escaped being chosen.
 \v 42 Then Saul said, "Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son." Then Jonathan was taken by lot.
 

09-1SA/17.usfm

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 \v 47 and that all this gathering may know that Yahweh does not give victory with sword or spear. For the battle is Yahweh's, and he will give you into our hand."
 
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-\v 48 When the Philistine rose and came and drew near to meet David, then David ran quickly toward the enemy army to meet him.
+\v 48 When the Philistine rose and approached David, then David ran quickly toward the enemy army to meet him.
 \v 49 David put his hand in his bag, took a stone from it, slung it, and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank into the Philistine's forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.
 
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10-2SA/01.usfm

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 \v 14 David said to him, "Why were  you not afraid to kill Yahweh's anointed king with your own hand?"
 \v 15 David called one of the young men and said, "Go and kill him." So that man went and struck him down, and the Amalekite died.
-\v 16 Then David said to the dead Amalekite, "Your blood is on your head because your own mouth has testified against you and said, 'I have killed Yahweh's anointed king.' "
+\v 16 Then David said to the dead Amalekite, "Your blood is on your head because your own mouth has testified against you and said, 'I have killed Yahweh's anointed king.'"
 
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10-2SA/03.usfm

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 \v 17 Abner spoke with the elders of Israel saying, "In the past you were trying to have David be king over you.
-\v 18 Now do it. For Yahweh has spoken of David saying, 'By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the power of the Philistines and all their enemies.' " 
+\v 18 Now do it. For Yahweh has spoken of David saying, 'By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the power of the Philistines and all their enemies.'" 
 
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 \v 19 Abner also spoke personally to the people of Benjamin. Then Abner went also to speak with  David in Hebron to explain everything that Israel and the whole house of Benjamin desired to accomplish.

10-2SA/05.usfm

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 \v 1 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Look, we are your flesh and bone.
-\v 2 In the recent past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led the Israelite army. Yahweh said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become ruler over Israel.' "
+\v 2 In the recent past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led the Israelite army. Yahweh said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become ruler over Israel.'"
 
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 \v 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before Yahweh. They anointed David king over Israel.

10-2SA/07.usfm

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 \v 6 For I have not lived in a house from the day that I brought up the people of Israel out of Egypt until this present day; instead, I have been moving about in a tent, a tabernacle.
-\v 7 In all places where I have moved among all the people of Israel, did I ever say anything to any of Israel's leaders whom I appointed to shepherd my people Israel, saying, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?" '"
+\v 7 In all places where I have moved among all the people of Israel, did I ever say anything to any of Israel's leaders whom I appointed to shepherd my people Israel, saying, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"'"
 
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 \v 8 Now then, tell my servant David, "This is what Yahweh of hosts says: 'I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, so that you would be ruler over my people Israel.

10-2SA/11.usfm

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 \v 15 David wrote in the letter saying, "Set Uriah at the very front of the most intense battle, and then withdraw from him, that he may be hit and killed."
 
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-\v 16 So as Joab watched the seige upon the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew the strongest enemy soldiers would be fighting.
+\v 16 So as Joab watched the siege upon the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew the strongest enemy soldiers would be fighting.
 \v 17 When the men of the city went out and fought against  Joab's army, some of the soldiers of David fell, and Uriah the Hittite was also killed there.
 
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10-2SA/12.usfm

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 \v 11 Yahweh says, 'Look, I will raise up disaster against you out of your own house. Before your own eyes, I will take your wives and give them to your neighbor, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight.
-\v 12 For you committed your sin secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, in the sunlight.' "
+\v 12 For you committed your sin secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, in the sunlight.'"
 \v 13 Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against Yahweh." Nathan replied to David, "Yahweh also has passed over your sin. You will not be killed.
 
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10-2SA/13.usfm

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 \v 4 Jehonadab said to Amnon, "Why, son of the king, are you depressed every morning? Will you not tell me?" So Amnon answered him, "I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister."
 
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-\v 5 Then Jehonadab said to him, "Lie down on your bed and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, ask him, 'Would you please send my sister Tamar to give me something to eat and cook it before me, so that I may see it and eat it from her hand?' " 
+\v 5 Then Jehonadab said to him, "Lie down on your bed and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, ask him, 'Would you please send my sister Tamar to give me something to eat and cook it before me, so that I may see it and eat it from her hand?'" 
 \v 6 So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, "Please send my sister Tamar to make some food for my sickness in front of me so that I may eat from her hand."
 
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10-2SA/16.usfm

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 \v 2 The king said to Ziba, "Why did you bring these things?" Ziba replied, "The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and fig cakes are for your men to eat, and the wine is for anyone who is faint in the wilderness to drink."
 
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-\v 3 The king said, "And where is your master's grandson?" Ziba replied to the king, "Look, he has stayed behind in Jerusalem, for he said, 'Today the house of Israel will restore my father's kingdom to me.' "
+\v 3 The king said, "And where is your master's grandson?" Ziba replied to the king, "Look, he has stayed behind in Jerusalem, for he said, 'Today the house of Israel will restore my father's kingdom to me.'"
 \v 4 Then the king said to Ziba, "Look, all that belonged to Mephibosheth now belongs to you." Ziba answered, "I bow in humility to you, my master, king. Let me find favor in your sight."
 
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 \v 9 Then Abishai son of Zeruiah, said to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my master the king? Please let me go over and take off his head."
-\v 10 But the king said, "What have I to do with you, sons of Zeruiah? Perhaps he is cursing me because Yahweh has said to him, 'Curse David.' Who then could say to him, 'Why are you cursing the king?' " 
+\v 10 But the king said, "What have I to do with you, sons of Zeruiah? Perhaps he is cursing me because Yahweh has said to him, 'Curse David.' Who then could say to him, 'Why are you cursing the king?'" 
 
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 \v 11 So David said to Abishai and to all his servants, "Look, my son, who was born from my body, wants to take my life. How much more may this Benjamite now desire my ruin? Leave him alone and let him curse, for Yahweh has commanded him to do it.

10-2SA/17.usfm

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 \v 15 Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, "Ahithophel advised Absalom and the elders of  Israel in such and such a way, but I have advised something else. 
-\v 16 Now then, go quickly and report to David; say to him, 'Do not camp tonight at the fords of the Arabah, but by all means cross over, or the king will be swallowed up along with all the people who are with him.' "
+\v 16 Now then, go quickly and report to David; say to him, 'Do not camp tonight at the fords of the Arabah, but by all means cross over, or the king will be swallowed up along with all the people who are with him.'"
 
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 \v 17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at the spring of Rogel; a female servant used to go and relay messages to them. Then they would go and tell King David, so that they would not be seen coming into the city.

10-2SA/19.usfm

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 \v 7 Now therefore get up and go out and speak kindly to your soldiers, for I swear by Yahweh, if you do not go, not one man will remain with you tonight. That would be worse for you than all the disaster that have ever happened to you from your youth until now."
 \v 8 So the king got up and sat in the city gate, and it was told to all the men, "Look, the king is sitting in the gate." Then all the people came before the king.
+\p Meanwhile, in Israel, every man had fled to his home.
 
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-\p Meanwhile, in Israel every man had fled to his home.
 \v 9 All the people were arguing with each other throughout all the tribes of Israel saying, "The king rescued us out of the hand of our enemies. He  saved us out of the hand of the Philistines and now he has run out of the country from Absalom.
 \v 10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. So why are we not talking about bringing the king back?"
 

11-1KI/02.usfm

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-\v 1 As the day of David's death drew near, he commanded Solomon his son, saying,
+\v 1 As the day of David's death approached, he commanded Solomon his son, saying,
 \v 2 "I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man.
 \v 3 Keep the commands of Yahweh your God to walk in his ways, to obey his statutes, his commandments, his decisions, and his covenant decrees, being careful to do what is written in the law of Moses, so you may prosper in all you do, wherever you go,
 \v 4 so that Yahweh may fulfill his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons carefully watch their conduct, to walk before me faithfully with all their heart and with all their soul, you will never cease to have a man on the throne of Israel.'

11-1KI/03.usfm

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-\v 23 Then the king said, "One of you says, 'This is my son who is alive, and your son is dead,' and the other says, 'No, your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.' "
+\v 23 Then the king said, "One of you says, 'This is my son who is alive, and your son is dead,' and the other says, 'No, your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.'"
 \v 24 The king said, "Bring me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king.
 \v 25 Then the king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to this woman, and half to the other."
 

11-1KI/07.usfm

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 \v 15 Huram fashioned the two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
-\v 16 He made two capitals of burnished bronze to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of each capital was five cubits.
+\v 16 He made two capitals of polished bronze to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of each capital was five cubits.
 \v 17 Checker latticework and wreaths of chain work for the capitals decorated the top of the pillars, seven for each capital.
 
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 \v 43 and the ten stands, and the ten basins on the stands.
 
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-\v 44 He had made the sea and the twelve oxen under it;
-\v 45 also the pots, shovels, basins, and all the other implements—Huram made them out of burnished bronze, for King Solomon, for the temple of Yahweh.
+\v 44 He made the sea and the twelve oxen under it;
+\v 45 also the pots, shovels, basins, and all the other implements. Huram made them out of polished bronze, for King Solomon, for the temple of Yahweh.
 
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 \v 46 The king had cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

11-1KI/13.usfm

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 \v 1 A man of God came out of Judah by the word of Yahweh to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
-\v 2 The man of God cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh and said, "Altar, altar, Yahweh says, 'See, a son will be born to the family of David, Josiah by name, and on you  he will sacrifice the priests of the shrines who burn incense on you; on you they will burn men's bones.' "
+\v 2 The man of God cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh and said, "Altar, altar, Yahweh says, 'See, a son will be born to the family of David, Josiah by name, and on you  he will sacrifice the priests of the shrines who burn incense on you; on you they will burn men's bones.'"
 \v 3 Then the man of God gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign that Yahweh has spoken: 'Look, the altar will be split apart, and the ashes on it will be poured out.'"
 
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 \v 14 The old prophet went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak tree;  and he said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" He answered, "I am."
 \v 15 Then the old prophet said to him, "Come home with me and eat food."
 \v 16 The man of God answered, "I may not return with you nor go in with you, neither will I eat food nor drink water with you in this place,
-\v 17 because it was commanded to me by the word of Yahweh, 'You will eat no food nor drink water there, nor return by the way that you came.' "
+\v 17 because it was commanded to me by the word of Yahweh, 'You will eat no food nor drink water there, nor return by the way that you came.'"
 
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-\v 18 So the old prophet said to him, "I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of Yahweh, saying, 'Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat food and drink water.' " But he was lying to the man of God.
+\v 18 So the old prophet said to him, "I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of Yahweh, saying, 'Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat food and drink water.'" But he was lying to the man of God.
 \v 19 So the man of God went back with the old prophet and ate food in his house and drank water.
 
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 \v 7 As Obadiah was on the road, Elijah unexpectedly met him. Obadiah recognized him and lay facedown on the ground. He said, "Is it you, my master Elijah?"
-\v 8 Elijah answered him, "It is I. Go tell your master, 'Look, Elijah is here.' "
+\v 8 Elijah answered him, "It is I. Go tell your master, 'Look, Elijah is here.'"
 
 \s5
 \v 9 Obadiah replied, "How have I sinned, that you would give your servant into the hand of Ahab, for him to kill me?
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \v 43 He said to his servant, "Go up now, look toward the sea." His servant went up and looked and said, "There is nothing." So Elijah said, "Go again, seven times."
-\v 44 At the seventh time the servant said, "Look, there is a cloud going up from the sea, as small as a man's hand." Elijah replied, "Go up and say to Ahab, 'Make ready your chariot, and go down before the rain stops  you.' "
+\v 44 At the seventh time the servant said, "Look, there is a cloud going up from the sea, as small as a man's hand." Elijah replied, "Go up and say to Ahab, 'Make ready your chariot, and go down before the rain stops  you.'"
 
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 \v 45 It happened that in a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode and went to Jezreel,

11-1KI/20.usfm

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 \v 10 Then Ben Hadad sent his reply to Ahab, and said, "May the gods do so to me and more also, if even the ashes of Samaria will be enough for all the people who follow me to have a handful each."
 
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-\v 11 The king of Israel answered and said, "Tell Ben Hadad, 'No one who is just putting on his armor should boast as if he were taking it off.' "
+\v 11 The king of Israel answered and said, "Tell Ben Hadad, 'No one who is just putting on his armor should boast as if he were taking it off.'"
 \v 12 Ben Hadad heard this message as he was drinking, he and the kings under him who were in their tents. Ben Hadad commanded his men, "Line yourselves up in position for battle." So they prepared themselves in position of battle to attack the city.
 
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11-1KI/21.usfm

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 \v 18 "Get up and go meet Ahab king of Israel, who lives in Samaria. He is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has  gone to take possession of it.
 
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-\v 19 You must speak to him and say that Yahweh says, 'Have you killed and also taken possession?' And you will tell him that Yahweh says, 'In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, the dogs will lick your blood, yes, your blood.' "
+\v 19 You must speak to him and say that Yahweh says, 'Have you killed and also taken possession?' And you will tell him that Yahweh says, 'In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, the dogs will lick your blood, yes, your blood.'"
 \v 20 Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, my enemy?" Elijah answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of Yahweh.
 
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12-2KI/02.usfm

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 \v 20 Elisha replied, "Bring me a new bowl and put salt in it," so they brought it to him.
 
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-\v 21 Elisha went out to the spring of water and threw salt in it; then he said, "Yahweh says this, 'I have healed these waters. From this time on, there will be no more death or unfruitful land.' "
+\v 21 Elisha went out to the spring of water and threw salt in it; then he said, "Yahweh says this, 'I have healed these waters. From this time on, there will be no more death or unfruitful land.'"
 \v 22 So the waters were healed to this day, by the word which Elisha spoke.
 
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12-2KI/04.usfm

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \v 12 Elisha said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." When he had called her, she stood before him.
-\v 13 Elisha  said to him, "Say to her, 'You have gone to all this trouble to care for us. What can be done for you? Can we speak for you to the king or to the army commander?' " She answered, "I live among my own people."
+\v 13 Elisha  said to him, "Say to her, 'You have gone to all this trouble to care for us. What can be done for you? Can we speak for you to the king or to the army commander?'" She answered, "I live among my own people."
 
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 \v 14 So Elisha said, "What can we do for her, then?" Gehazi answered, "Indeed, she has no son, and her husband is old."
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 \s5
 \v 25 So she went and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. 
 \p So when the man of God saw her in the distance, he said to Gehazi his servant, "Look, here comes the Shunammite woman.
-\v 26 Please run to meet her and say to her, 'Is everything alright with you and with your husband and child?' " She answered, "It is alright."
+\v 26 Please run to meet her and say to her, 'Is everything alright with you and with your husband and child?'" She answered, "It is alright."
 
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 \v 27 When she came to the man of God at the mountain, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away but the man of God said, "Leave her alone, for she is very upset, and Yahweh has hidden the problem from me, and has told me nothing."
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
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 \p
 \v 42 A man came from Baal Shalishah to the man of God and brought twenty loaves of barley bread in his sack from the new harvest, and fresh ears of grain. He said, "Give this to the people so they can eat."
-\v 43 His servant said, "What, should I set this before a hundred men?" But Elisha said, "Give this to the people, so they can eat, because Yahweh says, 'They will eat and will have some left.' "
+\v 43 His servant said, "What, should I set this before a hundred men?" But Elisha said, "Give this to the people, so they can eat, because Yahweh says, 'They will eat and will have some left.'"
 \v 44 So his servant set it before them; they ate, and left some remaining, just as the word of Yahweh promised.
 
 

12-2KI/05.usfm

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 \v 12 Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Can I not bathe in them and be clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage.
 
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-\v 13 Then Naaman's servants came near and spoke to him, "My father, if the prophet had commanded you do some difficult thing, would you not have done it? How much rather then, when he says to you to simply, 'Dip yourself and be clean?' "
+\v 13 Then Naaman's servants came near and spoke to him, "My father, if the prophet had commanded you do some difficult thing, would you not have done it? How much rather then, when he says to you to simply, 'Dip yourself and be clean?'"
 \v 14 Then he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, obeying the instructions of the man of God. His flesh was restored again like the flesh of a little child, and he was healed.
 
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12-2KI/07.usfm

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
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 \c 7
 \nb
-\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 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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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 \v 11 And the gatekeepers shouted out the news, and then it was told inside the king's household.
 
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-\v 12 Then the king arose at night and said to his servants, "I will tell you now what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are hungry, so they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the fields. They are saying, 'When they come out of the city, we will take them alive, and get into the city.' "
+\v 12 Then the king arose at night and said to his servants, "I will tell you now what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are hungry, so they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the fields. They are saying, 'When they come out of the city, we will take them alive, and get into the city.'"
 \v 13 One of the king's servants answered and said, "I beg you, let some men take five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city. They are like all the rest of the population of Israel who are left—most are now dead; let us send them and see."
 
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12-2KI/09.usfm

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 \v 18 So a man was sent on horseback to meet him; he said, "The king says this: 'Are coming in peace?'" So Jehu said, "What have you to do with peace? Turn and ride behind me." Then the watchman told the king, "The messenger has met them, but he is not coming back."
 
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-\v 19 Then he sent out a second man on horseback, who came to them and said, "The king says this: 'Are you coming in peace?' " Jehu answered, "What have you to do with peace? Turn and ride behind me."
+\v 19 Then he sent out a second man on horseback, who came to them and said, "The king says this: 'Are you coming in peace?'" Jehu answered, "What have you to do with peace? Turn and ride behind me."
 \v 20 Again the watchman reported, "He has met them, but he is not coming back. And the way the chariot is being driven is as Jehu son of Nimshi drives, for he is driving wildly."
 
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12-2KI/22.usfm

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ For it is great, the anger of Yahweh that has been kindled against us. It is gre
 \v 16 "This is what Yahweh says: 'See, I am about to bring disaster to this place and to its inhabitants, all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read.
 
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-\v 17 Because they have forsaken me and have burned incense to other gods, so that they might provoke me to anger with all the deeds they have committed—therefore my anger has been kindled against this place, and it will not be extinguished.' "
+\v 17 Because they have forsaken me and have burned incense to other gods, so that they might provoke me to anger with all the deeds they have committed—therefore my anger has been kindled against this place, and it will not be extinguished.'"
 \v 18 But to the king of Judah, who sent you to ask Yahweh's will, this is what you will say to him: 'Yahweh, the God of Israel says this: About the words that you heard:
 \v 19 'because your heart was tender, and because you have humbled yourself before Yahweh, when you heard what I said against this place and its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have listened to you'—this is the declaration of Yahweh.
 

14-2CH/04.usfm

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 \s5
 \v 14 He also made the stands and the basins to go on the stand;
 \v 15 one sea and the twelve bulls under it,
-\v 16 also the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other implements—Huramabi made them for King Solomon, for the house of Yahweh, of burnished bronze.
+\v 16 also the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other implements. Huramabi made them for King Solomon, for the house of Yahweh, of polished bronze.
  
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 \v 17 The king had cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

16-NEH/07.usfm

@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 \s5
 \v 6 "These are the people of the province who went up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon took into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his city.
 \v 7 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.
+\p The number of the men of the people of Israel included the following.
 
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-\p The number of the men of the people of Israel included the following.
 \v 8 The descendants of Parosh, 2,172.
 \v 9 The descendants of Shephatiah, 372.
 \v 10 The descendants of Arah, 652.

18-JOB/04.usfm

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 \q Or when was the upright person ever cut off?
 \q
 \v 8 Based on what I have observed, those who plow iniquity
-\q and sow trouble, reap the same.
+\q and sow trouble reap the same.
 \q
 \v 9 By the breath of God they perish;
 \q by the blast of his anger they are consumed.

19-PSA/003.usfm

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 \b
 \q
 \v 1 Yahweh, how many are my enemies!
-\q Many have turned away and attacked me.
+\q Many have risen against me.
 \q
 \v 2 Many say about me,
 \q "There is no help for him from God." 

19-PSA/027.usfm

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 2 When evildoers drew near to me to devour my flesh,
+\v 2 When evildoers approached me to devour my flesh,
 \q my adversaries and my enemies stumbled and fell.
 \q
 \v 3 Though an army encamps against me,

19-PSA/069.usfm

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
  
 \s5
 \q
-\v 18 Draw near to me and redeem me.
+\v 18 Come to me and redeem me.
 \q Because of my enemies, ransom me.
 \q
 \v 19 You know my rebuke, my shame, and my dishonor;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
  
 \s5
 \q
-\v 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life
+\v 28 Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life
 \q and not be written down along with the righteous.
 \q
 \v 29 But I am poor and sorrowful;

19-PSA/073.usfm

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 \q you will destroy all those who are unfaithful
 to you.
 \q
-\v 28 But as for me, all I need to do is to draw near to God.
+\v 28 But as for me, all I need to do is to approach God.
 \q I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge.
 \q I will declare all your deeds.
  

20-PRO/20.usfm

@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@
 \v 25 It is a snare for a person to say rashly, "This thing is holy,"
 \q and begin to think about what it means only after making his vow.
 \q
-\v 26 A wise king winnows out the wicked,
-\q and then he drives a threshing cart over them.
+\v 26 A wise king winnows the wicked,
+\q and he turns a threshing wheel over them.
 
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 \q

23-ISA/03.usfm

@@ -67,13 +67,17 @@
 \s5
 \q1
 \v 18 On that day the Lord will remove their  beautiful  ankle jewelry, head bands, the crescent ornaments,
-\m
+\q1
 \v 19 the ear pendants, the bracelets, and the veils;
+\q1
 \v 20 the headscarfs, the ankle chains, the sashes, and the perfume boxes, and the lucky charms.
 
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+\q1
 \v 21 He will remove the rings and the nose jewels;
+\q1
 \v 22 the festive robes, the mantles, the veils, and the handbags;
+\q1
 \v 23 the hand mirrors, the fine linen, the head pieces, and the wraps.
 
 \s5
@@ -85,5 +89,5 @@
 \v 25 Your men will fall by the sword, and your strong men will fall in war.
 \q1
 \v 26 Jerusalem's gates will lament and mourn; and she will be alone and sit upon the ground.
-
+\m
 

23-ISA/04.usfm

@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
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 \c 4
 \p
-\q1
 \v 1 On that day seven women will take hold of one man
-\q1 and say, "Our own food we will eat, our own clothing we will wear
-\q1 but let us take your name to remove our shame."
+and say, "Our own food we will eat, our own clothing we will wear
+but let us take your name to remove our shame."
 \p
 \v 2 On that day the branch of Yahweh  will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be tasty and delightful for those survivors  in Israel.
 

23-ISA/05.usfm

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 \v 1 Let me sing for my well beloved, a song of my beloved about his vineyard. 
 \q1 My well beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
 \q1
-\v 2 He spaded  it and removed the stones, and planted it with the choicest vine. 
+\v 2 He spaded it and removed the stones, and planted it with a choice variety of vine. 
 \q1 He built a tower in the middle of it, and also built a winepress. 
-\q1 He expected that it should produce good grapes, but it produced wild grapes.
+\q1 He waited for it to produce grapes, but it produced wild grapes.
 
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 \p
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 \q1  judge between me and my vineyard.
 \q1
 \v 4 What more could have been done for my vineyard, that I have not done for it? 
-\q1 When I looked for it to produce good grapes, why did it produce wild grapes?
+\q1 When I looked for it to produce grapes, why did it produce wild grapes?
 
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 \q1

23-ISA/29.usfm

@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@
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 \p
 \q1
-\v 13 The Lord said, "This people draws near to me with their mouth 
+\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. 
-\q1 Their honoring me is a commandment taught by men.
+\q1 Their honor for me is only something taught by people.
 \q1
 \v 14 Therefore, see, I will proceed to do a marvelous thing among this people, wonder after wonder. 
 \q1 The wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will disappear."

23-ISA/38.usfm

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 \c 38
 \p
-\v 1 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the point of dying. So Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, came to him, and said to him, "Yahweh says, 'Set your house in order; for you will die, not live.' "
+\v 1 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the point of dying. So Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, came to him, and said to him, "Yahweh says, 'Set your house in order; for you will die, not live.'"
 \v 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh.
 \v 3 He said, "Please, Yahweh, call to mind how I have faithfully walked before you with my whole heart, and how I have done what was good in your sight." And Hezekiah wept loudly.
 

23-ISA/57.usfm

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
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 \p
 \q1
-\v 3 But draw near, you sons of the sorceress,  
+\v 3 But come here, you sons of the sorceress,  
 \q1 children of the adulterer and the woman who has prostituted herself.
 \q1
 \v 4 Whom are you merrily mocking? 

23-ISA/58.usfm

@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 \c 58
 \p
 \q1
-\v 1 "Cry loudly, do not hold back, lift up your voice like a trumpet, 
-\q1 confront my people with their rebellion, and the house of Jacob with their sins.
+\v 1 "Cry loudly; do not hold back. Lift up your voice like a trumpet. 
+\q1 Confront my people with their rebellion, and the house of Jacob with their sins.
 \q1
 \v 2 Yet they seek me daily and delight in the knowledge of my ways, 
 \q1 like a nation that practiced righteousness and did not abandon the law of their God. 
-\q1 They ask me for righteous judgments; they take pleasure in God drawing near.
+\q1 They ask me for righteous judgments; they take pleasure in the thought of God coming near.
 
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24-JER/04.usfm

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 \v 2 and if you swear, 'Yahweh lives in truth, justice, and righteousness,'
 \q the nations will ask for my blessing, and they will praise me.
 \q
-\v 3 For Yahweh says this to each person in Judah and Jerusalem: 'Plow your own ground,
+\v 3 For Yahweh says this to each person in Judah and Jerusalem: 
+\q 'Plow your own ground,
 \q and do not sow among thorns.
   
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24-JER/23.usfm

@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ Know this! I will pay you back for the evil of your practices—this is Yahweh's
 \v 27 They are planning on making my people forget my name with the dreams that they report, each one to his neighbor, just as their ancestors forgot my name in favor of Baal's name.
  
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-\v 28 The prophet who has a dream, let him report the dream. But the one to whom I have declared something, let him declare my word truthfully.
-\q What does straw have to do with grain?—this is Yahweh's declaration—
-\v 29 and is my word not like fire?—this is Yahweh's declaration—and like a hammer smashing rock?
+\p 
+\v 28 The prophet who has a dream, let him report the dream. But the one to whom I have declared something, let him declare my word truthfully. What does straw have to do with grain?—this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\v 29 And is my word not like fire?—this is Yahweh's declaration—and like a hammer smashing rock?
 \v 30 So see, I am against the prophets—this is Yahweh's declaration—anyone who steals words from another person and says they come from me.
  
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@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Know this! I will pay you back for the evil of your practices—this is Yahweh's
 \v 37 This is what you are asking the prophet, 'What did Yahweh answer you? What did Yahweh declare?'
 \v 38 Then you report a declaration from Yahweh, but Yahweh says this, 'You say, "Here is a declaration of Yahweh," even though I sent a command to you and said, "Do not say: This is a declaration from Yahweh."
 \v 39 Therefore, see, I am about to pick you up and throw you away from me, along with the city that I gave you and your ancestors.
-\v 40 Then I will put everlasting shame and insult on you that will not be forgotten.' "
+\v 40 Then I will put everlasting shame and insult on you that will not be forgotten.'"
  
 
  

24-JER/38.usfm

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 \v 22 Look! All the women who are left in your house, king of Judah, will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon. These women will say to you,
 \q 'You have been deceived by your friends; they have ruined you.
 \q Your feet are now sunk into the mud, and your friends will run away.'
+\m
 \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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24-JER/46.usfm

@@ -83,8 +83,10 @@
 \q For the enemies will be more numerous than locusts, unable to be counted.
 \q
 \v 24 The daughter of Egypt will be made ashamed. She will be given into the hand of people from the north."
+\m 
  
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+\p
 \v 25 Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, says, "See, I am about to punish Amon of Thebes, Pharaoh, Egypt and her gods, her kings the Pharaohs, and those who trust in them.
 \v 26 I am giving them into the hand of the ones seeking their lives, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his servants. Then after this Egypt will be inhabited as in previous days—this is Yahweh's declaration."
  

25-LAM/03.usfm

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 \q
 \v 56 You heard my voice when I said, "Do not hide your ear from my call for relief, from my cry for help."
 \q
-\v 57 You drew near on the day that I called on you; you told me, "Do not fear!"
+\v 57 You approached me on the day that I called on you; you told me, "Do not fear!"
 
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26-EZK/07.usfm

@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@
 
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 \q
-\v 12 The time is coming; the day has drawn near. Let not the buyer rejoice, 
-\q nor the seller mourn, since my anger is upon the entire multitude!
+\v 12 The time is coming; the day has come close. Do not let the buyer rejoice, 
+\q nor the seller mourn, since my anger is on the entire multitude!
 \q
 \v 13 For the seller will never return to that which is sold for as long as they live, 
-\q since the vision is against the entire multitude; they will not return, 
+\q since the vision is against the entire multitude. They will not return, 
 \q for no man living in his sin will be strengthened!
 
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26-EZK/12.usfm

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 \p
 \v 21 Again the word of Yahweh came to me and said,
 \v 22 "Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel that says, 'The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?'
-\v 23 Therefore, say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: I will put an end to this proverb so the people of Israel will no longer use it.' Then declare to them, 'The days draw near, and every vision will speak!'
+\v 23 Therefore, say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: I will put an end to this proverb so the people of Israel will no longer use it.' Then declare to them, 'The days are approaching, and every vision will speak!'
 
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26-EZK/44.usfm

@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
 \v 12 But because they performed the sacrifices before their idols, they became stumbling blocks for sin for the house of Israel. Therefore I will lift up my hand to swear an oath against them—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—that they will pay for their sin!
  
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-\v 13 They will not come near me to act as my priests or to draw near to any of my holy things, to the most holy things! Instead, they will bear their reproach and their guilt for the disgusting actions that they have done.
+\v 13 They will not come near me to act as my priests or to approach any of my holy things, the most holy things! Instead, they will bear their reproach and their guilt for the disgusting actions that they have done.
 \v 14 But I will place them as keepers of the work in the house, for all of its duties and everything that is done in it.
  
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 \p
 \v 15 And the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok who fulfilled the duties of my sanctuary when the people of Israel were wandering away from following me—they will come near me to worship me and will stand before me to bring the fat and the blood to me—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.
-\v 16 They will come to my sanctuary; they will draw near to my table to worship me and to fulfill their duties to me.
+\v 16 They will come to my sanctuary; they will approach my table to worship me and to fulfill their duties to me.
  
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 \v 17 So it will be that when they come to the gates of the inner courtyard, they will have to dress in linen clothes, for they must not come in wool inside the gates of the inner court and its house.

27-DAN/10.usfm

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 \v 15 When he had spoken to me using these words, I turned my face toward the ground and was unable to speak.
 
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-\v 16 One who looked like a human being touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and spoke to him who stood before me, "My master, the vision has turned my anguish on me, and I have no strength left. 
+\v 16 One who looked like human beings touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and spoke to him who stood before me, "My master, the vision has turned my anguish on me, and I have no strength left. 
 \v 17 I am your servant. How can I talk with my master? For I now have no strength, and there is no breath left in me."
 
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36-ZEP/03.usfm

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 \v 1 Woe to the rebellious city! The violent city is defiled!
 \q
 \v 2 She has not listened to the voice of God, nor accepted correction from Yahweh! 
-\q She does not trust in Yahweh and will not draw near to her God.
+\q She does not trust in Yahweh and will not approach her God.
 
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 \q

39-MAL/03.usfm

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ laundry soap.
 
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 \v 4 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to Yahweh, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.
-\v 5 "Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers, the false witnesses, and against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and who turn away the foreigner from his rights, and against those who do not honor me," says Yahweh of hosts.
+\v 5 "Then I will approach you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers, the false witnesses, and against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and who turn away the foreigner from his rights, and against those who do not honor me," says Yahweh of hosts.
 
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 \v 6 "For I, Yahweh, do not change; therefore you, people of Jacob, have not been consumed.

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 \v 1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ son of David son of Abraham.
 \v 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. 
-\v 3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
+\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 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by John.
-\v 14 But John would have stopped him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"
+\v 14 But John kept trying to stop him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"
 \v 15 Jesus responded and said to him, "Permit it now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then John permitted him.
 
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 \v 10 Then Jesus said to him, "Go away from here, Satan! For it is written, 
-\q 'You must worship the Lord your God, 
-\q and you must serve him only.'"
+\q 'You will worship the Lord your God, 
+\q and you will serve him only.'"
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 \v 11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.
 
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-\v 17 From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has drawn near."
+\v 17 From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near."
 
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 \v 18 As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

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-\v 13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt has lost its taste, how can it be made salty again? It is never again good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under by people's feet.
+\v 13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt has lost its taste, how can it be made salty again? It is never again good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.
 \v 14 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
 
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 \v 43 You have heard that it was said, 'You will love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
 \v 44 But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
+\f + The best ancient copies omit \fqa "Bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you."\f*
+
 \v 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
 
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 \v 8 Therefore, do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him.
 \v 9 Therefore pray like this: 
 \q 'Our Father in heaven, 
-\q2 sanctify your name.
+\q2 may your name be sanctified.
 \q2
-\v 10 Your kingdom come, 
-\q2 your will be done 
+\v 10 May your kingdom come.
+\q2 May your will be done 
 \q2 on earth as it is in heaven.
 
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 \q2 
 \v 13 And do not bring us into temptation, 
 \q2 but deliver us from the evil one.'
-
+\f + The best ancient copies omit \fqa "For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen"\f*
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 \v 32 For the Gentiles search for these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
 \v 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you.
-\v 34 Therefore, do not be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. 
+\v 34 Therefore, do not be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day has enough evil of its own. 
 
 
 

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 \v 7 Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.
 \v 8 For everyone who asks, receives. And everyone who seeks, finds. And to the person who knocks, it will be opened.
-\v 9 Or what man among you is there who, if his son asks him for a loaf of bread, will give him a stone?
+\v 9 Or is there any man among you who, if his son will ask him for a loaf of bread, will he give him a stone?
 \v 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
 
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 \v 5 These twelve Jesus sent out. He instructed them and said, "Do not go to any place where Gentiles live, and do not enter any town of the Samaritans.
 \v 6 Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
-\v 7 And as you go, preach and say, 'The kingdom of heaven has drawn near.'
+\v 7 And as you go, preach and say, 'The kingdom of heaven has come near.'
 
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 \v 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

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 \v 1 About that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the news about Jesus.
-\v 2 He said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead. Therefore these powers are at work in him."
+\v 2 He said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead ones. Therefore these powers are at work in him."
 
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-\v 9 As they were coming down  the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Report this vision to no one until the Son of Man has risen from the dead."
+\v 9 As they were coming down  the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Report this vision to no one until the Son of Man has risen from the dead ones."
 \v 10 His disciples asked him, saying, "Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
 
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-\v 24 When they had come to Capernaum, the men who collected the half shekel tax came to Peter and said, "Does not your teacher pay the half shekel tax?"
+\v 24 When they had come to Capernaum, the men who collected the half-shekel tax came to Peter and said, "Does not your teacher pay the half-shekel tax?"
 \v 25 He said, "Yes." But when Peter went into the house, Jesus spoke first to him and said, "What do you think, Simon? The kings on earth, from whom do they receive tax or tribute? From their subjects or from foreigners?"
 
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 \v 26 When Peter said, "From foreigners," Jesus said to him, "Then the subjects are exempt from paying.
-\v 27 But lest we cause the tax collectors to sin, go to the sea, throw in a hook, and draw in the fish that comes up first. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a shekel. Take it and give it to the tax collectors for me and you."
+\v 27 But so that we do not cause the tax collectors to sin, go to the sea, throw in a hook, and draw in the fish that comes up first. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a shekel. Take it and give it to the tax collectors for me and you."