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01-GEN/29.usfm

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 \v 13 As soon as Laban heard that Jacob, his sister's son, was there, he ran to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him on the cheek. Then he brought him to his home, and then Jacob told him all that had happened to him.
 \v 14 Then Laban said to him, "Truly, you are part of my family!"
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-\p After Jacob had stayed there and worked for Laban for a month,
+\p Jacob stayed there and worked for Laban for a month.
 
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-\v 15 Laban said to him "You should not work for me for nothing just because you are a relative of mine! Tell me how much you want me to pay you."
+\v 15 Then Laban said to him "You should not work for me for nothing just because you are a relative of mine! Tell me how much you want me to pay you."
 \v 16 Now Laban had two daughters. The older one was named Leah, and the younger one was named Rachel.
 \v 17 Leah had pretty eyes, but Rachel had a very attractive figure and was beautiful.
 \v 18 Jacob was in love with Rachel, and he said, "I will work for you for seven years. That will be my payment for your letting me marry your younger daughter, Rachel."

01-GEN/31.usfm

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 \v 4 So Jacob sent a message to Rachel and Leah, telling them to come out to the pastures where his flocks of sheep and goats were.
 \v 5 When they arrived, he said to them, "I see that your father does not act friendly toward me as he did previously. But God, whom my father worshiped, has helped me.
-\v 6 You two know that I have worked very hard for your father,
+\v 6 You two know that I have worked very hard for your father.
 
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-\v 7 but many times he has cheated me by decreasing my wages. But God has not allowed him to do me physical harm.
+\v 7 He has cheated me many times by decreasing my wages. But God has not allowed him to do me physical harm.
 \v 8 When Laban said, 'The speckled animals are the ones that I will give you to be your wages,' then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were speckled. When he changed his mind and said, 'The ones that have black and white stripes on them will be your wages,' then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were striped.
 \v 9 In that way, God has taken away the livestock that belonged to your father and has given them to me.
 

01-GEN/41.usfm

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 \v 27 The seven thin ugly cows that came up behind them and the seven worthless heads of grain that were dried up by the hot east wind each represent seven years of famine.
 \v 28 It will happen just as I have told you, because God has revealed to you what he is about to do.
-\v 29 There will be seven years in which there will be plenty of food throughout the land of Egypt,
+\v 29 There will be seven years in which there will be plenty of food throughout the land of Egypt.
 
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-\v 30 but after that there will be seven years of famine. Then people will forget all the years when there was plenty of food, because the famine that will come afterward will ruin the country.
+\v 30 Then there will be seven years of famine. Then people will forget all the years when there was plenty of food, because the famine that will come afterward will ruin the country.
 \v 31 The people will forget how plentiful food was previously, because the famine will be very terrible.
 \v 32 The reason God gave to you two dreams is that he has firmly decided that this will happen, and he will cause it to happen very soon.
 

01-GEN/42.usfm

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 \v 23 While they were talking with Joseph, they were speaking to an interpreter, but when they said these things among themselves, they were speaking in their own language. They did not know that Joseph could understand their language and that he understood what they were saying.
 \v 24 Because of what they said, Joseph realized that they admitted that what they had done to him many years previously was wrong. But he knew that he could not keep from crying, and he did not want them to see him crying, so he left them and went outside the room and began to cry. But then he returned to them and talked to them again. Then he took Simeon, and while they were watching, he told his servants to tie him up. He left Simeon in the prison and told the others that they could go.
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-\v 25 Joseph told his servants to fill the men's sacks with grain, but he also told them to put the money that each one had paid for the grain in the top of his sack. He also told them to give them food to eat along the way. After they did those things for his older brothers,
+\v 25 Joseph told his servants to fill the men's sacks with grain, but he also told them to put the money that each one had paid for the grain in the top of his sack. He also told them to give them food to eat along the way. And his brothers received the food from Joseph's servants.
 
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-\v 26 his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
+\v 26 His older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
 
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 \v 27 At the place where they stopped to sleep that night, one of them opened his sack to get some grain for his donkey. He was amazed to see his money in the top of the sack.

02-EXO/31.usfm

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 \v 6 I have also appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, to work with him. I have given special ability to other men also in order that they can make all the things that I have commanded you to be made.
 \v 7 Those things include: the sacred tent, the sacred chest and its lid, all the other things that will be inside the sacred tent,
 \v 8 the table and all the things that are used with it, the pure gold lampstand and all the things that are used to take care of it, the altar for burning incense,
-\v 9 the altar for offering sacrifices that will be burned and all the things that will be used with it, the washbasin and its base,
+\v 9 the altar for offering sacrifices that will be burned and all the things that will be used with it, and the washbasin and its base.
 
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-\v 10 all the beautiful, special clothes for Aaron and his sons to wear when they work as priests;
+\v 10 Also included in these things were all the beautiful, special clothes for Aaron and his sons to wear when they work as priests;
 \v 11 the oil for anointing, and the sweet-smelling incense for the holy place. The craftsmen must make all these things exactly as I have told you that they should do."
 
 

02-EXO/35.usfm

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 \v 10 All the skilled workers among you should come and make all the things that Yahweh has commanded—
 \v 11 the sacred tent with its covering, its fasteners, its frames, its crossbars, its posts, and its bases:
-\v 12 the sacred chest with its poles and its lid; the curtain that will separate the holy place from the very holy place;
+\v 12 the sacred chest with its poles and its lid; the curtain that will separate the holy place from the very holy place.
 
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-\v 13 the table with the poles for carrying it and all the things that will be used with the table; the bread to display before God;
+\v 13 The workers also made the table with the poles for carrying it and all the things that will be used with the table; the bread to display before God;
 \v 14 the lampstand for the lamps with all the things that will be used to take care of them; the oil for the lamps;
 \v 15 the altar for burning incense and the poles for carrying the altar; the oil for anointing and the sweet-smelling incense; the curtain for the entrance of the sacred tent;
-\v 16 the altar for offering sacrifices that will be burned and its bronze grating; the poles for carrying the altar and all the things that will be used with it; the washbasin and its base;
+\v 16 the altar for offering sacrifices that will be burned and its bronze grating; the poles for carrying the altar and all the things that will be used with it; the washbasin and its base.
 
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-\v 17 the curtains to surround the courtyard and the posts and bases for the posts to support the curtains; the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;
+\v 17 They workers made the curtains to surround the courtyard and the posts and bases for the posts to support the curtains; the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;
 \v 18 the pegs and ropes for the sacred tent;
 \v 19 and the beautiful clothes that Aaron and his sons are to wear when they do their work in the holy place."
 

02-EXO/39.usfm

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 \v 32 Finally, they finished all the work of making the sacred tent and brought everything to Moses. They had made them exactly as Yahweh had commanded them to.
 \v 33 They brought to him the sacred tent and all the things that were used with it--the hooks, the frames, the crossbars, the posts and their bases;
 \v 34 the coverings for the sacred tent that were made of tanned rams' skins and goatskins; the curtains;
-\v 35 the sacred chest that contained the stone slabs on which the commandments were written and the lid for the chest;
+\v 35 the sacred chest that contained the stone slabs on which the commandments were written and the lid for the chest.
 
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-\v 36 the table with all the things to be used with it and the bread to display before God;
+\v 36 The workers also finished these items for the sacred tent: the table with all the things to be used with it and the bread to display before God;
 \v 37 the lampstand made of pure gold with all its lamps and the things that were used to take care of it, and the oil for the lamps;
 \v 38 the golden altar for burning incense, the oil for anointing, the sweet-smelling incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the sacred tent;
 \v 39 the bronze altar for burning sacrifices with its bronze grating, the poles for carrying it, and all the other things that were used with it, as well as the washbasin and its base.

03-LEV/03.usfm

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 \v 12 If your offering is a goat, you must take it to Yahweh.
 \v 13 You must lay your hands on its head. Then you must slaughter it in front of the sacred tent. Then one of Aaron's sons will sprinkle the blood against all sides of the altar.
-\v 14 From that offering you must separate these things to be a sacrifice to Yahweh that is burned: All the fat that covers the inner parts of the animal or which is attached to them,
+\v 14 From that offering you must separate these things to be a sacrifice to Yahweh that is burned: All the fat that covers the inner parts of the animal or which is attached to them.
 
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-\v 15 the kidneys with the fat that is on them near the lower back muscle, and the fat that covers the liver.
+\v 15 Also separate the kidneys with the fat that is on them near the lower back muscle, and the fat that covers the liver.
 \v 16 The priest will burn those things on the altar to be an offering to Yahweh. It will be as though they are food given to Yahweh. And the good odor will be pleasing to Yahweh. All the fat of the animals that are sacrificed belongs to Yahweh.
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 \v 17 This is a command that must be obeyed by you and your descendants forever, wherever you live. You must not eat the fat or the blood of any animal."

03-LEV/23.usfm

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 \v 15 You are to count seven weeks and one day after the priest offers that bundle of grain to me, then on that day each family must bring to me an offering.
-\v 16 Then count seven weeks and one day, that would be the day after the seventh Sabbath day, and on that day each family must bring to me an offering from the new crop of grain.
+\v 16 That would be seven weeks plus one day. And so on the day after that seventh Sabbath day each family must bring to me an offering from the new crop of grain.
 
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 \v 17 From your homes, bring two loaves of bread to the priest. He will lift them up high to dedicate them as an offering to me. Those loaves must be baked from 4.5 liters of good flour that has yeast mixed with it. That bread will be an offering to me from the first wheat that you harvest each year.

03-LEV/27.usfm

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 \v 3 These are the amounts that Yahweh has set for this kind of transaction:
 \li2 fifty pieces of silver for men who are between twenty and sixty years old;
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-\v 4 thirty pieces of silver for adult women who are between twenty and sixty years old;
+\v 4 thirty pieces of silver for adult women who are between twenty and sixty years old.
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-\v 5 twenty pieces of silver for young men who are between five and twenty years old;
+\v 5 Twenty pieces of silver would be paid for young men who are between five and twenty years old;
 \li2 ten pieces of silver for young women who are between five and twenty years old;
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 \v 6 five pieces of silver for boys who are between one month and five years old;
-\li2 three pieces of silver for girls who are between one month and five years old;
+\li2 three pieces of silver for girls who are between one month and five years old.
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-\v 7 fifteen pieces of silver for men who are more than sixty years old;
+\v 7 Fifteen pieces of silver would be paid for men who are more than sixty years old;
 \li2 ten pieces of silver for women who are more than sixty years old.
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 \v 8 If anyone who has made such a solemn promise is very poor and unable to pay to set free the person whom he has given to Yahweh, he must take that person to the priest. The priest will set the price for freeing him to an amount that the person can pay.