diff --git a/jos/08/28.md b/jos/08/28.md
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-# an abandoned place
+# a devastated place
 
-It is a place where people once lived, but now, no one lives there.
+a place where people once lived, but in which no one now lives
 
diff --git a/jos/09/18.md b/jos/09/18.md
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# General Information:
+# The whole congregation was grumbling
 
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+"All of the Israelites were grumbling"