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16-NEH/03.usfm

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 \v 18 After him their countrymen repaired, including Bavvai son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah.
-\v 19 Next to him repaired Ezer son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, who repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory, at the buttress.
+\v 19 Next to him repaired Ezer son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, who repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory, at the corner of the wall.
 
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-\v 20 After him Baruch son of Zabbai devotedly repaired another section, from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
+\v 20 After him Baruch son of Zabbai devotedly repaired another section, from the corner of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
 \v 21 After him Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz repaired another section, from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib.
 
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 \v 22 Next to him the priests, the men from the area around Jerusalem, repaired.
 \v 23 After them Benjamin and Hasshub repaired opposite their own house. After them Azariah son of Maaseiah son of Ananiah repaired next to his own house.
-\v 24 After him Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress.
+\v 24 After him Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the corner of the wall.
 
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-\v 25 Palal son of Uzai repaired over against the buttress and the tower that extends upward from the upper house of the king at the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh repaired.
+\v 25 Palal son of Uzai repaired over against the corner of the wall and the tower that extends upward from the upper house of the king at the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh repaired.
 \v 26 Now the temple servants living in Ophel repaired to the point opposite the Water Gate on the east of the projecting tower.
 \v 27 After him the Tekoites repaired another section, opposite the great tower that stands out, as far as the wall of Ophel.
 

16-NEH/06.usfm

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-\v 1 Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian and the rest of our enemies heard that I rebuilt the wall and that there were no longer any sections left broken open, although I had not yet set up the doors in the gates, 
+\v 1 Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and that there were no longer any sections left broken open, although I had not yet set up the doors in the gates, 
 \v 2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, "Come, let us meet together somewhere in the plain of Ono." But they intended to do harm to me.
 
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16-NEH/07.usfm

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 \v 61 These were the people who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Charsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer. But they could not prove that they or their ancestors' families were descendants from Israel:
-\v 62 The descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642.
-\v 63 And from the priests: The descendants of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai (who took his wife from the daughters of Barzillai of Gilead and was called by their name).
+\v 62 the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642.
+\v 63 And were from the priests: The descendants of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai (who took his wife from the daughters of Barzillai of Gilead and was called by their name).
 
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 \v 64 These sought their records among those enrolled by their genealogy, but they could not be found, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. 

16-NEH/08.usfm

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 \v 6 Ezra gave thanks to Yahweh, the great God, and all the people lifted up their hands and answered, "Amen! Amen!" Then they bowed their heads and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.
 \v 7 Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah—the Levites—helped the people understand the law, while the people remained in their place.
 \f + \ft Most modern versions, including the ULB and UDB, translate so as to identify as Levites all the persons named in this verse. However, some modern versions translate so as to put \fqa the Levites \fqb in the same list as the individuals first named. \f* 
-\v 8 They read in the book, the law of God, making it clear with interpretation and giving the meaning so the people understood the reading. 
+\v 8 They read in the book, The Law of God, making it clear with interpretation and giving the meaning so the people understood the reading. 
 
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 \v 13 On the second day the leaders of the ancestors' families from all the people, the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe to gain insight from the words of the law.
 \v 14 And they found written in the law how Yahweh had commanded through Moses that the people of Israel should live in tents during the festival of the seventh month.
-\v 15 They should make a proclamation in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, "Go out into the hill country, and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtle, palms and shade trees, to make temporary shelters," as it is written.
+\v 15 They should make a proclamation in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, "Go out into the hill country, and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtle, palms and shade trees, to make temporary shelters, as it is written."
 
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 \v 16 So the people went out and brought the branches back and made themselves tents, each on their own roofs, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, in the open place by the Water Gate, and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim.

16-NEH/09.usfm

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 \v 36 Now we are slaves in the land you gave our ancestors to enjoy, its fruit and its good gifts, and behold, we are slaves! 
-\v 37 The rich yield from our land goes to the kings you have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please. We are in great distress."
+\v 37 The rich yield from our land goes to the kings you have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.
 
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 \v 38 Because of all this, we make a firm covenant in writing. On the sealed document are the names of our princes, Levites, and priests."

16-NEH/13.usfm

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-\v 15 In those days saw I in Judah people treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on donkeys, and also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of heavy loads, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. I protested that they were selling food on that day.
+\v 15 In those days I saw in Judah people treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on donkeys, and also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of heavy loads, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. I protested that they were selling food on that day.
 
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 \v 16 Men from Tyre living in Jerusalem brought in fish and all kinds of goods, and they sold them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah and in the city!

25-LAM/03.usfm

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-\v 51 My eye brings severe pain to my life because of all the daughters of my city.
+\v 51 My eyes cause me grief because of all the daughters of my city.
 
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-\v 52 My enemies have relentlessly hunted me like a bird, without cause.
+\v 52 I have been hunted like a bird those who were my enemies; they hunted me without a reason.
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-\v 53 They have destroyed my life in a well and have placed a stone over me.
+\v 53 They cast me into a pit have destroyed my life in a well and have placed a stone over me,
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-\v 54 Waters flowed over my head; I said, "I have been cut off!"
+\v 54 waters poured over my head; I said, "I have been cut off!"
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-\v 55 I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest pit.
+\v 55 I called on your name, Yahweh, from the depths of the pit.
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-\v 56 You heard my voice when I said, "Do not hide your ear from my call for relief, from my cry for help."
+\v 56 You heard my voice when I said, "Do not close your ear to my cry for help."
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-\v 57 You approached me on the day that I called on you; you told me, "Do not fear!"
+\v 57 You came near on the day I called on you; you said, "Do not fear."
 
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-\v 58 Lord, you defended me when I was on trial for my life; you have saved my life!
+\v 58 Lord, you defended my case, you saved my life!
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-\v 59 Yahweh, you have seen their oppression of me. Judge my case justly.
+\v 59 Yahweh, you have seen the wrong they have done to me; judge my case. 
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-\v 60 You have seen all their acts of vengeance, all their plans against me.
+\v 60 You have seen their insults, all their plots against me—
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 \v 61 You have heard their scorn, Yahweh, and all their plans regarding me.
 
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-\v 62 You have heard the lips of those who rose up against me; you have heard their deep thoughts that are against me all day long.
+\v 62 The lips of those who rise up against me, and their accusations, come against all the day. 
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-\v 63 Whether in their sitting or their rising up, look, Yahweh! I am the object of their mocking song.
+\v 63 Look at how they sit and then rise up; they mock me with their songs. 
 
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-\v 64 Pay back to them, Yahweh, as much harm as what their hands have done.
+\v 64 Pay back to them, Yahweh, according to what they have done.
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-\v 65 Set fear in their hearts; set your curse on them.
+\v 65 You will let their hearts be shameless! May your condemnation be upon them!
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-\v 66 Pursue them in your anger and destroy them everywhere under the heavens, Yahweh!
+\v 66 You pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens, Yahweh!