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 \v 35 In the morning, Jonathan went out into the field to the appointment with David, and a young man was with him.
 \v 36 He said to his young man, "Run and find the arrows that I shoot." As the young man ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
 \v 37 When the young man came to the place where the arrow that Jonathan shot had landed, Jonathan called after the young man, and said, "Is not the arrow beyond you?"
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 \v 7 Karmi's son was Achar, who brought trouble on Israel when he stole what was reserved for God. \f + \ft Some Hebrew copies spell the name: \fqa Achan \fqa* instead of \fqa Achar \fqa* , a name which means \fqa trouble \fqa* . \f*
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 \v 23 Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son, 
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 \v 31 These are the names of the men whom David put in charge of music in the house of Yahweh, after the ark came to rest there.
 \v 32 They served by singing before the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem. They fulfilled their duties according to the instructions given to them.
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 \v 1 It came about after this, that the people of Moab and Ammon, and with them some Meunites came against Jehoshaphat to do battle. \f + \ft The reading \fqa Meunites \fqa* represents a correction to the Hebrew text, as was suggested by the ancient Greek translation. The ancient Hebrew copies read: \fqa Ammonites \fqa* . Most modern translations agree that \fqa Meunites \fqa* was original. \f*
 \v 2 Then some came who told Jehoshaphat, saying, "A large multitude is coming against you from beyond the Dead Sea, from Edom. See, they are in Hazezon Tamar," that is, Engedi. \f + \ft Instead of \fqa Edom \fqa* , the ancient Greek and Latin translations and some modern translations read \fqa Aram \fqa* . \f*
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 \v 3 Jehoshaphat became afraid and set himself to seek Yahweh. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

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 \v 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, "Stand up and give praise to Yahweh your God forever and ever."
 \p "May they bless your glorious name, and may it be exalted above every blessing and praise.
 \v 6 You are Yahweh. You alone. You have made heaven, the highest heavens, with all their host, and the earth and everything on it, and the seas and all that is in them. You give life to them all, and the host of heaven worship you.
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 \v 7 You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram, and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name Abraham.
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 \v 22 You gave them kingdoms and peoples, assigning to them every corner of the land. Then they took possession of the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and the land of Og king of Bashan.
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 \v 23 You made their children as numerous as the stars of heaven, and you brought them into the land that you told their ancestors to go in and possess.
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 \v 13 Meshullam was the leader of Ezra, Jehohanan was the leader of Amariah,
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 \v 14 Jonathan was the leader of Malluk, and Joseph was the leader of Shebaniah. \f + \ft Many modern translations have \fqa Malluk \fqa* as a correction for \fqa Malluki \fqa* in the Hebrew text. The correct form of this name appears in Neh. 12:2. \f*
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 \v 20 Kallai was the leader of Sallu, Eber was the leader of Amok,
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 \v 36 There also were Zechariah's relatives, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God. Ezra the scribe was in front of them.
 \v 37 By the Fountain Gate they went straight up on the stairs of the city of David, by the stairway to the wall above David's palace, to the Water Gate on the east.
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 \v 40 So both choirs of those who gave thanks took their place in the house of God, and I also took my place with half of the officials with me.
 \v 41 Then the priests took their place: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with the trumpets,
 \v 42 and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam, and Ezer, and the singers made themselves heard and Jezrahiah was their leader.
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 \v 43 They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy. Also the women and the children rejoiced. So the joy of Jerusalem could be heard far away.
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 \v 44 On that day men were appointed to be in charge of the storerooms for the contributions, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them the portions required by the law for the priests and for the Levites. Each was assigned to work the fields near the towns. For Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who were standing before them.
 \v 45 They performed the service of their God, and the service of purification, and so did the singers and the gatekeepers, in keeping with the command of David and of Solomon his son.
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 \v 46 For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors of singers, and there were songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
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 \v 10 I learned that the Levites' portions had not been given to them, and they had run away, each to his own field, the Levites and the singers who did the work.
 \v 11 So I confronted the officials and said, "Why is the house of God neglected?" I gathered them together and stationed them at their posts.
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 \v 12 Then all Judah brought in the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the storerooms.
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 \v 23 In those days I also saw Jews that had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
 \v 24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod. None of them could speak the language of Judah, but only the language of one of the other peoples.
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 \v 25 I confronted them, and I cursed them, and I hit some of them and pulled out their hair. I made them swear by God, saying, "You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.
 \v 26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of these women? Among many nations there was no king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, his foreign wives caused him to sin.
 \v 27 Should we then listen to you and do all this great evil, and act treacherously against our God by marrying foreign women?"
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 \v 18 because from my youth the orphan grew up with me as with a father,
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 \v 9 For if I have too much, I might deny you and say, "Who is Yahweh?"
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 \v 24 Therefore as the tongue of fire devours stubble, and as the dry grass goes down in flame,
 \q1 so their root will rot, and their blossom will blow away like dust.
 \q1 This will happen because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of hosts, and because they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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-\v 25 "To whom then will you compare me, whom do I resemble?"
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 \q1 He leads out their formations and calls them all by name.
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 \v 10 Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth;
-\q1 you who go down to the sea, and all that is
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-\v 11 Let the desert and the cities cry out,
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 \v 24 Then I heard the sound of their wings. Like the noise of many waters. Like the voice of the Almighty whenever they moved. Like the sound of a rainstorm. Like the sound of an army. Whenever they stood still, they lowered their wings.
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 \v 1 So it came about in the sixth year and the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Yahweh again fell upon me there.
 \v 2 So I looked, and behold, there was a likeness with the appearance of a man. From the appearance of his hips downward there was fire. And from his hips upward there was the appearance of something shining, like glowing metal.
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 \v 6 It came about, when God commanded the man dressed in linen and said, "Take fire from between the wheels that are between the cherubim," the man went in and stood beside a wheel.
 \v 7 A cherub reached out his hand between the cherubim to the fire that was among the cherubim, and lifted it up and placed it into the hands of the one dressed in linen. The man took it and went back out.
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 \v 11 Her sister Oholibah saw this, but she lusted even more passionately and acted like a prostitute even more than her sister.
 \v 12 She lusted for the Assyrians, the governors and the dominating officials who dressed impressively, who were men riding horses. All of them were strong, handsome men.
 \v 13 I saw that she had made herself unclean. It was the same for both sisters.
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 \v 4 So I will turn you around and set hooks in your jaw; I will send you out with all your army, horses, and horsemen, all of them dressed in full armor, a great company with large shields and small shields, all of them holding swords!
 \v 5 Persia, Cush, and Libya are with them, all of them with shields and helmets!
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 \v 1 In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity at the beginning of the year on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was captured—on that same day, the hand of Yahweh was upon me and he took me there.
 \v 2 In visions from God he brought me to the land of Israel. He brought me to rest on a very high mountain; to the south were what appeared to be buildings of a city.
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 \v 18 It was decorated with cherubim and palm trees; with a palm tree between each cherub, and each cherub had two faces:
 \v 19 the face of a man looked toward a palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion looked toward a palm tree on the other side. They were carved all around the entire house.
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 \v 4 A passage ten cubits in width and one hundred cubits in length ran in front of the rooms. The rooms' doors were toward the north. \f + \ft Some ancient translations of the Hebrew copies and many modern translations read \fqa one hundred cubits \fqa* . Other ancient Hebrew copies some other modern translations read \fqa one cubit \fqa* . \f*
 \v 5 But the upper halls were smaller, for the walkways took away from them more space than they did in the lowest and middle levels of the building.
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 \v 18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit.
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 \v 34 I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. One will be taken, and the other will be left.
 \v 35 There will be two women grinding together. One will be taken, and the other will be left."
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 \v 14 But after a short time a wind of hurricane force, called the northeaster, began to beat down from the island.
 \v 15 When the ship was caught by the storm and could no longer head into the wind, we had to give way to the storm and were driven along by the wind.
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 \v 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God,
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 \v 15 He was permitted to give breath to the beast's image so that the image would even speak and cause all who refused to worship the beast to be killed. 
 \v 16 He also forced everyone, unimportant and mighty, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on the right hand or on the forehead. 
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 \v 15 Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.