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01-GEN/10.usfm

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 \v 8 Another one of Cush's sons was Nimrod. Nimrod was the first person on earth who became a mighty warrior.
-\v 9 Yahweh saw that he had become  a great hunter. That is why people say to a great hunter, “Yahweh sees that you are a great hunter like Nimrod."
+\v 9 Yahweh saw that he had become  a great hunter. That is why people say to a great hunter, "Yahweh sees that you are a great hunter like Nimrod."
 \v 10 Nimrod became a king who ruled in Babylonia land. The first cities over which he ruled were Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh.
 
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01-GEN/11.usfm

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 \v 2 As people moved around in the east, they arrived at a plain in the region of Babylon and began to live there.
 
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-\v 3 Then they said to each other, "Let us  make bricks and bake them to make them hard, for building!” So they used bricks instead of stones, and used tar instead of mortar to hold them together.
+\v 3 Then they said to each other, "Let us  make bricks and bake them to make them hard, for building!" So they used bricks instead of stones, and used tar instead of mortar to hold them together.
 \v 4 They said, "Let us build a city for ourselves! We also ought to build a very high tower that reaches up to the sky! In that way people will know who we are! If we do not do this, we will be scattered all over the earth!"
 
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01-GEN/19.usfm

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 \v 30 Lot was afraid to stay in Zoar, so he left there and moved with his two daughters to the mountain, and they lived in a cave.
 
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-\v 31 One day the older daughter said to the younger daughter, “Our father is old, and there is no man in this area who will sleep with us, as people all over the earth do.
+\v 31 One day the older daughter said to the younger daughter, "Our father is old, and there is no man in this area who will sleep with us, as people all over the earth do.
 \v 32 Let us make our father drink wine until he gets drunk. Then we can sleep with him without him knowing it. In that way he will cause us to become pregnant and we can bear children who will be our father's descendants."
 \v 33 So that night they caused their father to become drunk. And the older daughter went in and slept with her father, but he was so drunk that he did not know when she lay down with him or when she got up.
 

01-GEN/21.usfm

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 \v 14 So Abraham got up early the next morning. He got some food ready, put water in a bag, and gave it to Hagar. He put the bag on her shoulder, handed her Ishmael, and sent them away into the wilderness of Beersheba.
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 \v 15 After Hagar and her son had drunk all the water in the bag, she put the boy under one of the bushes there.
-\v 16 Then she went and sat nearby, about as far as someone can shoot an arrow. She thought, “I cannot endure seeing my son die!” As she sat there, she began to cry loudly.
+\v 16 Then she went and sat nearby, about as far as someone can shoot an arrow. She thought, "I cannot endure seeing my son die!" As she sat there, she began to cry loudly.
 
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 \v 17 Soon God heard the sound of Ishmael, so he sent one of his angels to call out from heaven to Hagar. He said, "Hagar, what is the matter with you? Do not be afraid, because God has heard the boy crying there.

01-GEN/27.usfm

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 \v 36 Esau said, "It is right that his name is Jacob, because he tricked me two times. The first time he took my rights as firstborn, and this time he took my blessing!" Then he asked, "Do you not have any blessing left for me?"
-\v 37 Isaac answered and said to Esau, "I have declared that your younger brother will rule over you, and I have declared that all his relatives will serve him. And I have said that God will give him plenty of grain and grapes for wine. So, my son, what can I do for you?”
+\v 37 Isaac answered and said to Esau, "I have declared that your younger brother will rule over you, and I have declared that all his relatives will serve him. And I have said that God will give him plenty of grain and grapes for wine. So, my son, what can I do for you?"
 
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 \v 38 Esau said to his father, "My father, do you have only one blessing? My father, bless me, too!" Then Esau cried very loudly.
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-\v 46 Rebekah then said to Isaac, "These foreign women whom Esau has married, who are descendants of Heth, are making my life miserable. If Jacob also marries a woman from the descendants of Heth in this area, my life will be worthless!”
+\v 46 Rebekah then said to Isaac, "These foreign women whom Esau has married, who are descendants of Heth, are making my life miserable. If Jacob also marries a woman from the descendants of Heth in this area, my life will be worthless!"
 
 
 

01-GEN/30.usfm

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 \v 14 During the time when they were harvesting wheat, Reuben went out into the fields and saw some mandrakes. He brought some of them to his mother Leah. But Rachel saw them and said to Leah, "Please give me some of those plants that your son brought to you!"
-\v 15 But Leah said to her, "No! It was bad that you stole my husband! Now are you going to take my son's mandrake plants?” So Rachel said, “All right, Jacob can sleep with you tonight, if you give me some of your son's mandrake plants.” So Leah agreed with Rachel.
+\v 15 But Leah said to her, "No! It was bad that you stole my husband! Now are you going to take my son's mandrake plants?" So Rachel said, "All right, Jacob can sleep with you tonight, if you give me some of your son's mandrake plants." So Leah agreed with Rachel.
 
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01-GEN/35.usfm

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 \v 23 The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob's oldest son, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulon.
 \v 24 The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
 \v 25 The sons of Rachel's female slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
-\v 22 While Israel was living in that land, Reuben slept with Bilhah his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it.
+\v 22 While Israel was living in that land, Reuben slept with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it.
  
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 \v 26 The sons of Leah's female slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. All those sons of Jacob, except Benjamin, were born while he was living in Paddanaram.

01-GEN/37.usfm

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 \v 9 Later he had another dream, and again he told his older brothers about it. He said, "Listen to this! I had another dream. In this dream, the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me!"
-\v 10 He also told his father about it. His father corrected him, saying "What are you suggesting by that dream? Do you think it means that your mother and I and your older brothers will some day bow down to  the ground in front of you?” 
+\v 10 He also told his father about it. His father corrected him, saying "What are you suggesting by that dream? Do you think it means that your mother and I and your older brothers will some day bow down to  the ground in front of you?" 
 \v 11 Joseph's older brothers resented him, but his father kept thinking about what the dream might mean.
 
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 \p Then Joseph arrived near the city of Shechem.
 
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-\v 15 While he was wandering around in the fields looking for  his brothers, a man saw him and asked him, “Whom are you looking for?"
+\v 15 While he was wandering around in the fields looking for  his brothers, a man saw him and asked him, "Whom are you looking for?"
 \v 16 Joseph replied, "I am looking for my older brothers. Can you tell me where they are taking care of their sheep and goats?"
 \v 17 The man replied, "They are not here anymore. I heard one of them saying, 'Let us take the sheep and goats and go to Dothan town.'"
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 \v 21 Reuben heard what they were saying, so he tried to persuade them not to kill Joseph. He said, "No, we should not kill him.
-\v 22 Do not take his life! We can throw him into this pit in the  desert, but we should not harm him.” He said that and then left them, planning to rescue Joseph later and take him back to his father.
+\v 22 Do not take his life! We can throw him into this pit in the  desert, but we should not harm him." He said that and then left them, planning to rescue Joseph later and take him back to his father.
 
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 \v 29 When Reuben returned to the pit, he saw that his younger brother was not there. He was so grieved that he tore his clothes.
-\v 30 He went back to his younger brothers and said, "The boy is not in the pit! What can I do now?” 
+\v 30 He went back to his younger brothers and said, "The boy is not in the pit! What can I do now?" 
 
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01-GEN/38.usfm

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 \v 15 When Judah came along and saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, because she had covered her head and sat where prostitutes often sat .
-\v 16 Judah did not realize that she was his daughter-in-law. So he said to her, "Let me sleep with you." She replied, “What will you give me in exchange?” 
+\v 16 Judah did not realize that she was his daughter-in-law. So he said to her, "Let me sleep with you." She replied, "What will you give me in exchange?" 
 
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 \v 17 He replied, "I will send you a young goat from my flock of goats." She asked, "Will you give me something now for me to keep until you send the goat?"

01-GEN/44.usfm

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 \v 30 So please listen. My father will remain alive only if his youngest son remains alive.
 \v 31 If he sees that the boy is not with us when we return to him, he will die. We will cause our gray-haired father to die because of his sorrow.
-\v 32 I guaranteed that the boy would return safely. I told him, ‘You can require me to do what I am promising. If I do not bring him back to you, you can say forever that I am to blame for not bringing him back to you.'
+\v 32 I guaranteed that the boy would return safely. I told him, 'You can require me to do what I am promising. If I do not bring him back to you, you can say forever that I am to blame for not bringing him back to you.'
 
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02-EXO/06.usfm

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-\v 1 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to the king and his people. I will make him let my people go. In fact, by my power I will force him to chase them from his land!"
+\v 1 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to the king and his people. I will make him let my people go. In fact, by my power I will force him to chase them from his land!"
 
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 \v 10 Then Yahweh said to Moses,
 \v 11 "Go and tell the king of Egypt again that he must allow the Israelite people to leave his land!"
-\v 12 But Moses said to Yahweh, “Please listen to me. Even the Israelite people have not paid attention to what I told them. I am a poor speaker. So why should the king pay attention to what I tell him?"
+\v 12 But Moses said to Yahweh, "Please listen to me. Even the Israelite people have not paid attention to what I told them. I am a poor speaker. So why should the king pay attention to what I tell him?"
 \v 13 But Yahweh spoke to Aaron and Moses, "Tell the Israelite people and the king of Egypt that I have called you two to lead the Israelite people out of Egypt."
 
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 \v 28 On the day that Yahweh spoke to Moses in Egypt,
 \v 29 he said, "I am Yahweh. You must tell the king everything that I say to you."
-\v 30 But Moses said to Yahweh, “Please listen to me. I am not a good speaker. So why should the king listen to what I tell him?"
+\v 30 But Moses said to Yahweh, "Please listen to me. I am not a good speaker. So why should the king listen to what I tell him?"
 
 
 

02-EXO/07.usfm

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-\v 19 Yahweh said to Moses, “When you are talking to the king, say to Aaron, ‘Hold your staff out as though you were holding it over all the water in Egypt—over the rivers, the canals, the ponds, and over the pools of water, in order that all of it may become blood.' When Aaron does that, there will be blood throughout Egypt, even in wooden jars and in stone jars."
+\v 19 Yahweh said to Moses, "When you are talking to the king, say to Aaron, 'Hold your staff out as though you were holding it over all the water in Egypt—over the rivers, the canals, the ponds, and over the pools of water, in order that all of it may become blood.' When Aaron does that, there will be blood throughout Egypt, even in wooden jars and in stone jars."
 
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02-EXO/08.usfm

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-\v 16 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron to strike the ground with his staff. When he does that, all the fine particles of earth will become gnats all over the land of Egypt."
+\v 16 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron to strike the ground with his staff. When he does that, all the fine particles of earth will become gnats all over the land of Egypt."
 \v 17 Moses and Aaron obeyed Yahweh. Aaron struck the ground with his staff, and all over Egypt the fine particles of earth became gnats. The gnats covered the people and all their animals.
 
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 \v 18 The men who worked magic tried to cause gnats to appear, but they could not do it. So the gnats stayed on the people and on their animals.
-\v 19 The men who worked magic said to the king, "It is God who has done this with his power!” But the king continued to be stubborn, and he would not pay attention to what Aaron and Moses said, just as Yahweh had said.
+\v 19 The men who worked magic said to the king, "It is God who has done this with his power!" But the king continued to be stubborn, and he would not pay attention to what Aaron and Moses said, just as Yahweh had said.
 
 
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-\v 20 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Get up early tomorrow morning. Go down to the river and wait for the king. When he comes to bathe, say to him, 'This is what Yahweh says to you: "Let my people go, in order that they may worship me in the desert.
+\v 20 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Get up early tomorrow morning. Go down to the river and wait for the king. When he comes to bathe, say to him, 'This is what Yahweh says to you: "Let my people go, in order that they may worship me in the desert.
 \v 21 I warn you that if you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies to you. They will come on you, on your officials, and on the rest of your people. The houses of all you Egyptians will be full of flies. They will even cover the ground on which you will be standing.
 
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 \v 25 Then the king called Aaron and Moses and said, "You Israelite people can go and worship your god, but you must do it here in this land."
-\v 26 But Moses replied, “It would not be right for us to do that because we will offer sacrifices that are very offensive to the Egyptian people. If we offer sacrifices that the Egyptian people do not like, they will kill us by throwing stones at us!
+\v 26 But Moses replied, "It would not be right for us to do that because we will offer sacrifices that are very offensive to the Egyptian people. If we offer sacrifices that the Egyptian people do not like, they will kill us by throwing stones at us!
 \v 27 We need to travel for three days into the wilderness. There we will offer sacrifices to Yahweh, the God we worship, just as he commands us."
 
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02-EXO/09.usfm

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-\v 8 Then Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses, “Take a few handfuls of ashes from a furnace. Moses will throw them up into the air in front of the king.
+\v 8 Then Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses, "Take a few handfuls of ashes from a furnace. Moses will throw them up into the air in front of the king.
 \v 9 The ashes will spread all over the country of Egypt like fine dust. Everywhere in the land, the ashes will cause boils to be upon both the Egyptian people and their animals."
 \v 10 So they got some ashes and went and stood in front of the king. Moses threw the ashes up into the air. The ashes spread all over, causing boils to be upon both the Egyptian people and their animals. All the boils became open sores.
 

02-EXO/10.usfm

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-\v 3 So Aaron and Moses went to the king and said to him, “Yahweh God, the one whom we Hebrews worship, says this, ‘How long will you stubbornly refuse to do what I tell you? Let my people go in order that they may worship me in the wilderness!
+\v 3 So Aaron and Moses went to the king and said to him, "Yahweh God, the one whom we Hebrews worship, says this, 'How long will you stubbornly refuse to do what I tell you? Let my people go in order that they may worship me in the wilderness!
 \v 4 If you do not let them go, I warn you that tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country.
 
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 \v 27 But Yahweh made the king continue to be stubborn. The king would not let the Israelite people go.
 \v 28 The king said to Moses and Aaron, "Get out of here! Make sure that you never come to see me again! The day you see me again, I will have you killed!"
-\v 29 Moses replied, “You are correct! You will never see me again!"
+\v 29 Moses replied, "You are correct! You will never see me again!"
 
 
 

02-EXO/16.usfm

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 \v 6 So Aaron and Moses said to all the Israelite people, "This evening you will know that it was Yahweh, not us, who brought you out of Egypt.
 \v 7 Tomorrow morning you will see how great Yahweh is because he has heard how you have complained against him. He is the one to whom you have really complained because we are just his servants." 
-\v 8 Then Moses also said, “Each evening Yahweh will give you meat to eat, and each morning he will give you something that will take the place of bread because he has heard what you have complained about. Yahweh is the one to whom you have really complained, not us. We are just his servants.”
+\v 8 Then Moses also said, "Each evening Yahweh will give you meat to eat, and each morning he will give you something that will take the place of bread because he has heard what you have complained about. Yahweh is the one to whom you have really complained, not us. We are just his servants."
 
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 \v 31 The Israelite people called this food 'manna,' which sounds like the Hebrew word that means 'what is it?' It looked like small seeds called coriander, but it was white and tasted like thin wafers made with honey.
-\v 32 Moses said, “This is what Yahweh has told you: ‘You must keep two liters of it for all future generations so that they can see the food that took the place of bread that I gave to your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt.'"
+\v 32 Moses said, "This is what Yahweh has told you: 'You must keep two liters of it for all future generations so that they can see the food that took the place of bread that I gave to your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt.'"
 
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 \v 33 And he said to Aaron, "Take a jar, and put two liters of manna in it. Then put it in a place where Yahweh can see it. It is to be kept like that for all future generations."

02-EXO/17.usfm

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 \v 1 Obeying what Yahweh commanded, all the Israelite people moved from the wilderness of Sin. They traveled from one place to another. They camped at a place called Rephidim, but there was no water there for the people to drink.
-\v 2 So the people complained to Moses again, saying, “Give us water to drink!” Moses replied to them, “Why are you speaking against me? And why are you trying to test whether Yahweh has the power to give you what you need?"
-\v 3 But the people were very thirsty, and they continued to complain to Moses. They were saying, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt? Did you bring us here to cause us and our children and animals to die from thirst?"
+\v 2 So the people complained to Moses again, saying, "Give us water to drink!" Moses replied to them, "Why are you speaking against me? And why are you trying to test whether Yahweh has the power to give you what you need?"
+\v 3 But the people were very thirsty, and they continued to complain to Moses. They were saying, "Why did you bring us up out of Egypt? Did you bring us here to cause us and our children and animals to die from thirst?"
 
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-\v 4 So Moses prayed to Yahweh. He said, “How shall I deal with these people? They are almost ready to kill me by throwing stones at me!"
-\v 5 Yahweh said to Moses, “Take some of the elders of the Israelite people with you and tell the rest of the people to follow you to Mount Sinai. Take along the staff with which you struck the Nile River.
+\v 4 So Moses prayed to Yahweh. He said, "How shall I deal with these people? They are almost ready to kill me by throwing stones at me!"
+\v 5 Yahweh said to Moses, "Take some of the elders of the Israelite people with you and tell the rest of the people to follow you to Mount Sinai. Take along the staff with which you struck the Nile River.
 \v 6 Listen to me! I will stand in front of you on top of a large rock at the foot of Mount Horeb. Strike the rock with your stick. When you do that, water for the people to drink will flow out of the rock." When the  people arrived at the mountain, Moses did what God had said, while the Israelite elders were watching, and water flowed from the rock.
-\v 7 Moses gave that place two names in the Hebrew language--Masseh, which means 'testing,' and Meribah, which means 'complaining.' He gave it the name Massah because the Israelite people were testing Yahweh, saying “Is Yahweh really among us and able to help us, or not?" and Moses gave it the name Meribah because they were complaining all the time to him.
+\v 7 Moses gave that place two names in the Hebrew language--Masseh, which means 'testing,' and Meribah, which means 'complaining.' He gave it the name Massah because the Israelite people were testing Yahweh, saying "Is Yahweh really among us and able to help us, or not?" and Moses gave it the name Meribah because they were complaining all the time to him.
 
 
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 \v 14 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Write an account of this battle and then read it to Joshua. Also write that I will completely destroy the people of Amalek."
 \v 15 Then Moses built a stone altar there and named it "Yahweh is my flag."
-\v 16 He said, “Hold high Yahweh's flag because he will fight against the people of Amalek forever!"
+\v 16 He said, "Hold high Yahweh's flag because he will fight against the people of Amalek forever!"
 
 
 

02-EXO/18.usfm

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 \v 1 Jethro, who was the priest for the people of Midian, and who was also Moses' father-in-law, heard about all that God had done for the Israelite people. He heard about how Yahweh had brought them out of Egypt.
 \v 2 Moses had sent his wife Zipporah and his two sons back home when he was returning to Egypt. But now Jethro came to him,
 \v 3 bringing Zipporah and her sons. One son was named Gershom, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means "foreigner" because Moses had said, "I have been a foreigner living in another land."
-\v 4 Her other son was named Eliezer, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means "God helps me" because Moses had said “God, whom my father worshiped, has helped me and saved me from being killed by the king of Egypt."
+\v 4 Her other son was named Eliezer, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means "God helps me" because Moses had said "God, whom my father worshiped, has helped me and saved me from being killed by the king of Egypt."
 
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 \v 6 Jethro had sent a message to Moses, "I, your father-in-law, Jethro, am coming to see you. I am bringing your wife and her two sons!"
 
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-\v 7 So Moses went out of the campsite to meet his father-in-law. He bowed before him and kissed him on the cheek. They both asked each other, “Have you been well?” Then they went into Moses' tent.
+\v 7 So Moses went out of the campsite to meet his father-in-law. He bowed before him and kissed him on the cheek. They both asked each other, "Have you been well?" Then they went into Moses' tent.
 \v 8 Moses told Jethro everything that Yahweh had done to the king and all the other people in Egypt in order to help the Israelite people. He also told him about the troubles they had experienced on the way, and about how Yahweh had helped them.
 
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 \v 13 The next day, Moses sat down at the place where he settled disputes among the people. The people were bringing their disputes to Moses from the morning until the evening.
-\v 14 When Jethro saw everything that Moses was doing for the people, he said, “Why are you doing all this for the people? Why are you doing this by yourself, and why are all the people standing around you from the morning until the evening, asking you to make decisions for them?"
+\v 14 When Jethro saw everything that Moses was doing for the people, he said, "Why are you doing all this for the people? Why are you doing this by yourself, and why are all the people standing around you from the morning until the evening, asking you to make decisions for them?"
 
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02-EXO/19.usfm

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 \v 7 So Moses went down the mountain and called the elders of the people. He told them everything that Yahweh had told him to tell them.
 \v 8 The people all said, "We will do everything that Yahweh has told us to do." Then Moses climbed back up the mountain and reported to Yahweh what the people had said.
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-\v 9 Then Yahweh said to Moses “Listen carefully. I am going to appear to you from inside a thick cloud. When I am speaking to you, the people will hear it, and they will always believe that you are their leader.” Then Moses  told Yahweh what the people said.
+\v 9 Then Yahweh said to Moses "Listen carefully. I am going to appear to you from inside a thick cloud. When I am speaking to you, the people will hear it, and they will always believe that you are their leader." Then Moses  told Yahweh what the people said.
 
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 \v 14 So Moses went down the mountain again and told the people to purify themselves and to get ready for Yahweh's coming. They did what Moses told them to do, and they also washed their clothes.
-\v 15 Then Moses said to the people, “Be ready on the third day, and you men must not sleep with your wives until after then."
+\v 15 Then Moses said to the people, "Be ready on the third day, and you men must not sleep with your wives until after then."
 
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-\v 23 Then Moses said to Yahweh, “The people will not climb the mountain because you commanded them, saying, ‘Set a boundary around the mountain, to set it apart.'"
+\v 23 Then Moses said to Yahweh, "The people will not climb the mountain because you commanded them, saying, 'Set a boundary around the mountain, to set it apart.'"
 \v 24 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go down the mountain and bring Aaron back up with you. But do not allow the priests or other people to cross the boundary to come up to me. If they cross it, I will punish them."
 \v 25 So Moses went down the mountain again and told the people what Yahweh had said.
 

02-EXO/20.usfm

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 \v 18 When the people heard the thunder and saw the lightning, and when they heard the sound of the trumpet and saw the smoke on the mountain, they were afraid and trembled. They stood at a distance
 \v 19 and said to Moses, "If you speak to us, we will listen. But do not let God speak anymore to us. We are afraid that if he speaks anymore to us, we will die."
-\v 20 Moses replied to the people, “Do not be afraid! God has come to determine how you will behave. He wants you to honor him and to not sin."
+\v 20 Moses replied to the people, "Do not be afraid! God has come to determine how you will behave. He wants you to honor him and to not sin."
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 \v 21 Then, as the people watched from a distance, Moses went close to the black cloud where God was.
 

02-EXO/24.usfm

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-\v 1 Then Yahweh said to Moses. “Come up to me on top of this mountain, you and Aaron and his sons Nadab and Abihu. Also take along seventy of the Israelite elders. While you are still some distance from the top of the mountain, there you may worship me.
+\v 1 Then Yahweh said to Moses. "Come up to me on top of this mountain, you and Aaron and his sons Nadab and Abihu. Also take along seventy of the Israelite elders. While you are still some distance from the top of the mountain, there you may worship me.
 \v 2 Moses, I will allow you alone to come near to me. The others must not come near, and the rest of the people must not come up the mountain."
 
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 \v 7 Then he took the scroll on which he had written everything that Yahweh had commanded in the covenant that he had made, and he read it aloud while all the people were listening. Then all the people said, "We will do all that Yahweh has told us to do. We will obey everything."
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-\v 8 Then Moses took the blood that was in the bowls and threw it on the people. He said, “This is the blood that confirms the covenant that Yahweh has made with you when he gave you all these commands."
+\v 8 Then Moses took the blood that was in the bowls and threw it on the people. He said, "This is the blood that confirms the covenant that Yahweh has made with you when he gave you all these commands."
 
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-\v 12 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Come up to me on top of this mountain. While you are here, I will give you two stone slabs on which I have written all the laws that I have given to you to teach the people."
+\v 12 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Come up to me on top of this mountain. While you are here, I will give you two stone slabs on which I have written all the laws that I have given to you to teach the people."
 \v 13 Then Moses went with his servant Joshua part of the way up the mountain where God was.
 
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-\v 14 Now Moses had said to the elders, “Stay here with the other people until we return! Do not forget that Aaron and Hur will be with you, so if anyone has a dispute while I am gone, he can go to those two men.” 
+\v 14 Now Moses had said to the elders, "Stay here with the other people until we return! Do not forget that Aaron and Hur will be with you, so if anyone has a dispute while I am gone, he can go to those two men." 
 \v 15 Then Moses went the rest of the way up the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
 
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02-EXO/32.usfm

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-\v 7 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Go down from the mountain because your people, the ones that you brought up here from Egypt, have become bad.
+\v 7 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Go down from the mountain because your people, the ones that you brought up here from Egypt, have become bad.
 \v 8 They have already left the road that I showed them and have stopped obeying me! They have made a statue of a young bull from melted gold. They have worshiped it and offered sacrifices to it. They are saying, 'This is the god of the Israelite people! This is the one who brought us up from Egypt!'
 
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 \v 9 I know that these people are very stubborn.
 \v 10 I am very angry with them, so I am going to get rid of them. Do not try to stop me! Then I will cause you and your descendants to become a great nation."
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-\v 11 But Moses pleaded with his God, Yahweh, and said, “Yahweh, you should not be angry with your people! These are the people whom you saved from Egypt with very great power!
+\v 11 But Moses pleaded with his God, Yahweh, and said, "Yahweh, you should not be angry with your people! These are the people whom you saved from Egypt with very great power!
 
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 \v 12 Do not do anything that would allow the people of Egypt to say, 'Their god led them out from our country, but he did that only because he wanted to kill them in the mountains and get rid of them completely! Do not do to your people this terrible thing that you have just said that you will do! Stop being so angry! Change your mind! 
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 \v 25 Moses saw that Aaron had allowed the people to get out of control and to do things that would make their enemies think the Israelite people were foolish.
-\v 26 So he stood at the entrance to the camp and shouted, “Everyone who is loyal to Yahweh should come close to me!” So all the men in the tribe of Levi gathered around him.
+\v 26 So he stood at the entrance to the camp and shouted, "Everyone who is loyal to Yahweh should come close to me!" So all the men in the tribe of Levi gathered around him.
 \v 27 Then he said to them, "Yahweh, the God of the Israelite people, commands that every one of you should fasten your sword to your side, and then go through the camp from this gate to the other one. Each one of you must kill the other men, whether they are your brother, your friend, or your neighbor."
 
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 \v 28 The men in the tribe of Levi did what Moses told them to do, and they killed three thousand men on that day.
-\v 29 Moses said to the men in the tribe of Levi, “Today you have become special servants of Yahweh by killing even your brothers. As a result Yahweh has blessed you."
+\v 29 Moses said to the men in the tribe of Levi, "Today you have become special servants of Yahweh by killing even your brothers. As a result Yahweh has blessed you."
 
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03-LEV/09.usfm

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 \v 6 Then Moses said, "This is what Yahweh has commanded you to do, in order that his glory will appear to you."
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-\v 7 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Come to the altar and sacrifice the animal that is your offering to enable you to be forgiven for the sins you have committed. Also bring the animal that you will burn whole on the altar. Because of those offerings, God will forgive you and the people for the sins that you have committed. Do these things that Yahweh has commanded you to do."
+\v 7 Then Moses said to Aaron, "Come to the altar and sacrifice the animal that is your offering to enable you to be forgiven for the sins you have committed. Also bring the animal that you will burn whole on the altar. Because of those offerings, God will forgive you and the people for the sins that you have committed. Do these things that Yahweh has commanded you to do."
 
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03-LEV/10.usfm

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 \v 5 So they carried the corpses, on which were still the special tunics, outside the camp, and buried them.
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 \v 6 Then Moses said to Aaron and his other two sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "You are sad because Nadab and Abihu died, but you must act like you always do. Do not allow the hair on your heads to remain uncombed, and do not tear your clothes. If you do, Yahweh will be angry with all the people. But you must let your relatives and all your fellow Israelites engage in mourning ceremonies for those whom Yahweh has destroyed by fire.
-\v 7 But you must not leave the entrance of the sacred tent to join those who are mourning, because if you do that, you also will die. Do not forget that Yahweh has set you apart to work for him here, and he does not want you to become defiled by touching a corpse.” So they obeyed Moses; they did not join the rest of the people in mourning for their cousins' death.
+\v 7 But you must not leave the entrance of the sacred tent to join those who are mourning, because if you do that, you also will die. Do not forget that Yahweh has set you apart to work for him here, and he does not want you to become defiled by touching a corpse." So they obeyed Moses; they did not join the rest of the people in mourning for their cousins' death.
 
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-\v 19 Aaron replied to Moses, “Today the people brought to Yahweh their offering for him to forgive their sins, and also the offering we burned completely to please Yahweh. But think about the terrible thing that happened to my other two sons! Would Yahweh have been pleased if I had eaten some of the people's sin offering today?"
+\v 19 Aaron replied to Moses, "Today the people brought to Yahweh their offering for him to forgive their sins, and also the offering we burned completely to please Yahweh. But think about the terrible thing that happened to my other two sons! Would Yahweh have been pleased if I had eaten some of the people's sin offering today?"
 \v 20 When Moses heard that, he was satisfied and said nothing more.
 
 

04-NUM/11.usfm

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 \v 10 Moses heard all the Israelite people complaining as they were standing in the entrances of their tents. Yahweh became very angry, and Moses was also very perturbed.
 
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-\v 11 He went into the sacred tent and asked Yahweh, “Why have you brought this trouble on me, your servant? Act mercifully to me! What wrong have I done, with the result that you have appointed me to take care of all of these people?
+\v 11 He went into the sacred tent and asked Yahweh, "Why have you brought this trouble on me, your servant? Act mercifully to me! What wrong have I done, with the result that you have appointed me to take care of all of these people?
 \v 12 I am not their father. Why have you told me to take care of them like a woman carries around her baby and nurses it? How can I take them to the land that you promised to give to our ancestors?
 
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 \v 18 Furthermore, say to the people, 'Make yourselves acceptable to me, and tomorrow you will have meat to eat. You were complaining, and Yahweh heard you when you were saying, "We want some meat to eat. We had better food in Egypt!" Now Yahweh will give you some meat, and you will eat it.
 \v 19 You will eat meat not only for one or two days, or only for five or ten or twenty days.
-\v 20 You will eat meat every day for one month, and then you will loathe it, and it will cause you to want to vomit. This will happen because you have rejected Yahweh who is here among you, and you have wailed in his presence, saying “We would have had better food to eat if we had not left Egypt."'"
+\v 20 You will eat meat every day for one month, and then you will loathe it, and it will cause you to want to vomit. This will happen because you have rejected Yahweh who is here among you, and you have wailed in his presence, saying "We would have had better food to eat if we had not left Egypt."'"
 
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-\v 21 But Moses replied to Yahweh, “There are six hundred thousand men plus women and children here with me, so why do you say ‘I will give them plenty of meat every day for a month!’?
+\v 21 But Moses replied to Yahweh, "There are six hundred thousand men plus women and children here with me, so why do you say 'I will give them plenty of meat every day for a month!'?
 \v 22 Even if we killed all the sheep and cattle, that would not be enough to provide meat for all of them! Even if we caught all the fish in the sea and gave it to them, that would not be enough!"
-\v 23 But Yahweh said to Moses, “Do you think that I have no power? You will now see if I can do what I say I will do."
+\v 23 But Yahweh said to Moses, "Do you think that I have no power? You will now see if I can do what I say I will do."
 
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 \v 28 Joshua, who had helped Moses since he was a young man, said, "Sir, tell them to stop doing that!"
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-\v 29 But Moses replied, “Are you worried that they might injure my reputation? I wish that all Yahweh's people could prophesy. I wish that Yahweh would give the power of his Spirit to all of them!"
+\v 29 But Moses replied, "Are you worried that they might injure my reputation? I wish that all Yahweh's people could prophesy. I wish that Yahweh would give the power of his Spirit to all of them!"
 \v 30 Then Moses and all the leaders went back to their tents.
 
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04-NUM/12.usfm

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-\v 1-2 Moses' older sister Miriam and his older brother Aaron were saying this: “Is Moses the only one to whom Yahweh has spoken messages to tell to us? Does Yahweh not speak messages to us two also?” They told people that they were saying that because Moses had married a woman who was a descendant of the Cush people group, but they were really saying that because they were jealous. But Yahweh heard what they were saying.
+\v 1-2 Moses' older sister Miriam and his older brother Aaron were saying this: "Is Moses the only one to whom Yahweh has spoken messages to tell to us? Does Yahweh not speak messages to us two also?" They told people that they were saying that because Moses had married a woman who was a descendant of the Cush people group, but they were really saying that because they were jealous. But Yahweh heard what they were saying.
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 \v 3 The truth was that Moses was very humble. He was more humble than anyone else on the earth and Moses had not appointed himself to be their leader.
 
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-\v 4 So immediately Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam. He said, “All three of you must go and stand at the sacred tent.” So they did that.
+\v 4 So immediately Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam. He said, "All three of you must go and stand at the sacred tent." So they did that.
 \v 5 Then Yahweh descended to the entrance of the tent in a cloud that resembled a huge white pillar. He told Aaron and Miriam to step forward, so they did.
 
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04-NUM/14.usfm

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 \v 10 Then all the Israelite people talked about killing Caleb and Joshua by throwing stones at them. But suddenly Yahweh's glory appeared to them at the sacred tent.
 
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-\v 11 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “How long will these people reject me? I am tired of them not believing in what I can do, in spite of all the miracles I have performed among them.
+\v 11 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "How long will these people reject me? I am tired of them not believing in what I can do, in spite of all the miracles I have performed among them.
 \v 12 So I will send a plague among them and get rid of them. But I will cause your descendants to become a great nation. They will be a nation that is much greater and stronger than these people are."
 
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-\v 41 But Moses said, “Yahweh commanded you to return to the desert, so why are you now disobeying him? It will not succeed.
+\v 41 But Moses said, "Yahweh commanded you to return to the desert, so why are you now disobeying him? It will not succeed.
 \v 42 Do not try to enter the land now! If you try, your enemies will defeat you, because Yahweh will not be with you.
 \v 43 When you begin to fight the descendants of Amalek and Canaan, they will slaughter you! Yahweh will abandon you, because you have abandoned him."
 

04-NUM/16.usfm

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 \v 1 One day Korah son of Izhar and a descendant of Levi's son Kohath, conspired with Dathan and Abiram, who were the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth. They were all from the tribe of Reuben.
 \v 2 Those four men incited 250 other people who were leaders among the Israelite people to join them in rebelling against Moses.
-\v 3 They came together to criticize Aaron and Moses. They said to them, “You two are using more authority than you should! Yahweh has set apart all of us Israelite people, and he is with all of us. So why do you act as though you were more important than the rest of us people who belong to Yahweh?"
+\v 3 They came together to criticize Aaron and Moses. They said to them, "You two are using more authority than you should! Yahweh has set apart all of us Israelite people, and he is with all of us. So why do you act as though you were more important than the rest of us people who belong to Yahweh?"
 
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 \v 20 and Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses,
 \v 21 "Get away from all these people, in order that I can get rid of them immediately!"
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-\v 22 But Aaron and Moses prostrated themselves on the ground. They pleaded with Yahweh, saying, “God, you are the one who caused all these people to live. Only one of these men has sinned. So, is it right for you to be angry with all the people?"
+\v 22 But Aaron and Moses prostrated themselves on the ground. They pleaded with Yahweh, saying, "God, you are the one who caused all these people to live. Only one of these men has sinned. So, is it right for you to be angry with all the people?"
 
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 \v 44 Then Yahweh said to Moses,
 \v 45 "Get away from these people, in order that I can get rid of them immediately without injuring you two!" But Aaron and Moses prostrated themselves on the ground and prayed.
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-\v 46 Moses said to Aaron, “Quickly take another pan and put in it some burning coals from the altar. Put incense in the pan, and carry it out among the people to atone for the sins of the people. Yahweh is very angry with them, and I know that a severe plague has already started among them."
+\v 46 Moses said to Aaron, "Quickly take another pan and put in it some burning coals from the altar. Put incense in the pan, and carry it out among the people to atone for the sins of the people. Yahweh is very angry with them, and I know that a severe plague has already started among them."
 
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04-NUM/21.usfm

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 \v 4 Then the Israelites left Mount Hor and traveled on the road towards the sea of Reeds, in order to go around the land of Edom. But the people became impatient along the way,
-\v 5 and they began to grumble against God and against Moses. They said, “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in this desert? There is nothing to eat here, and nothing to drink. And we detest this lousy manna food!"
+\v 5 and they began to grumble against God and against Moses. They said, "Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in this desert? There is nothing to eat here, and nothing to drink. And we detest this lousy manna food!"
 
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 \v 6 So Yahweh sent poisonous snakes among them. Many of the people were bitten by the snakes and died.
-\v 7 Then the people came to Moses and cried out, saying, “We now know that we have sinned against Yahweh and against you. Pray to Yahweh, asking that he will take away the snakes!” So Moses prayed for the people.
+\v 7 Then the people came to Moses and cried out, saying, "We now know that we have sinned against Yahweh and against you. Pray to Yahweh, asking that he will take away the snakes!" So Moses prayed for the people.
 
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-\v 8 Then Yahweh told him, “Make a model of a poisonous snake, and attach it to the top of a pole. If those who are bitten by the snakes look at that model, they will recover."
+\v 8 Then Yahweh told him, "Make a model of a poisonous snake, and attach it to the top of a pole. If those who are bitten by the snakes look at that model, they will recover."
 \v 9 So Moses made a snake from bronze and attached it to the top of a pole. Then, when those who had been bitten by a snake looked at the bronze snake, they recovered!
 
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04-NUM/31.usfm

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-\v 3 So Moses said to the people, “Get some men prepared for battle. Yahweh will enable them to pay back the Midian people group for what they did to us.
+\v 3 So Moses said to the people, "Get some men prepared for battle. Yahweh will enable them to pay back the Midian people group for what they did to us.
 \v 4 Select a thousand men from each tribe to fight."
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 \v 13 Eleazar and all the leaders of the people and Moses went outside the camp to greet them.
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 \v 14 But Moses was angry with some of the men who had returned from the battle. He was angry with the army officers and the men who were commanders of a thousand men and those who were commanders of a hundred men.
-\v 15 He asked them, “Why did you allow the women to live?
+\v 15 He asked them, "Why did you allow the women to live?
 
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04-NUM/32.usfm

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-\v 6 Moses replied to the leaders of the tribes of Gad and Reuben, “It is not right for  your fellow Israelites to go to fight in wars and you stay here!
+\v 6 Moses replied to the leaders of the tribes of Gad and Reuben, "It is not right for  your fellow Israelites to go to fight in wars and you stay here!
 \v 7 If you do that, you will cause the other Israelites to be discouraged, with the result that they will not cross the Jordan River to the land that Yahweh is giving to them.
 
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04-NUM/34.usfm

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-\v 13 So Moses told all that to the Israelite people. Then he said to them, “That is the land that you will receive. You must throw lots to decide which area will go to each of the nine and a half tribes, because Yahweh has commanded that it should be divided among them.
+\v 13 So Moses told all that to the Israelite people. Then he said to them, "That is the land that you will receive. You must throw lots to decide which area will go to each of the nine and a half tribes, because Yahweh has commanded that it should be divided among them.
 \v 14 The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh have already received the land in which they will live.
 \v 15 They have received land on the east side of the Jordan River, across from Jericho."
 

04-NUM/36.usfm

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 \v 1 The family leaders of the clan of Gilead of the tribe of Manasseh went to Moses and the other family leaders of the Israelite people.
-\v 2 They said to Moses, “Yahweh commanded you, our leader, to apportion the land to the Israelite tribes by throwing lots to decide which group would get which area. Yahweh also commanded you to give the land that belonged to our fellow Israelite Zelophehad to his daughters.
+\v 2 They said to Moses, "Yahweh commanded you, our leader, to apportion the land to the Israelite tribes by throwing lots to decide which group would get which area. Yahweh also commanded you to give the land that belonged to our fellow Israelite Zelophehad to his daughters.
 
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05-DEU/01.usfm

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-\v 9 Moses also said to the people, “When we were still at Mount Sinai, I said to your ancestors, ‘It is a very big task for me to govern all of you. I cannot do it by myself.
+\v 9 Moses also said to the people, "When we were still at Mount Sinai, I said to your ancestors, 'It is a very big task for me to govern all of you. I cannot do it by myself.
 \v 10 Yahweh our God has caused us Israelites to become as numerous as the stars in the sky.
 \v 11 And I hope that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors worshiped, will cause us to become a thousand times as numerous as we are now and that he will bless us just like he promised to do.
 

05-DEU/17.usfm

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 \v 19 He must keep this new scroll near him and read from it every day of his life, in order that he may learn to have an awesome respect for Yahweh, and to faithfully obey  all the rules and regulations that are written in these laws.
 
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-\v 20 If he does that, he will not think that he is more important than his fellow Israelis, and he will completely obey Yahweh's commands. As a result, he and his descendants will rule as kings in Israel for many years.”
+\v 20 If he does that, he will not think that he is more important than his fellow Israelis, and he will completely obey Yahweh's commands. As a result, he and his descendants will rule as kings in Israel for many years."
 
 
 

05-DEU/19.usfm

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-\v 15 If someone is accused of committing a crime, one person who says, ‘I saw him do it’ is not enough to find him guilty. There must be at least two people who say, ‘We saw him do it.' If there is only one witness, the judge must not believe that what he says is true.
+\v 15 If someone is accused of committing a crime, one person who says, 'I saw him do it' is not enough to find him guilty. There must be at least two people who say, 'We saw him do it.' If there is only one witness, the judge must not believe that what he says is true.
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05-DEU/29.usfm

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-\v 2  Moses summoned all the Israelite people and said to them, “You saw for yourselves what Yahweh did to the king of Egypt and to his officials and to his entire country.
+\v 2  Moses summoned all the Israelite people and said to them, "You saw for yourselves what Yahweh did to the king of Egypt and to his officials and to his entire country.
 \v 3 You saw all the plagues that Yahweh sent on them, and all the various miracles that he performed.
 \v 4 But to this day, Yahweh has not enabled you to understand the meaning of all that you have seen and heard.
 
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 \v 17 In those countries they saw those disgusting idols made of wood and stone and decorated with silver and gold.
 \v 18 So be sure that no man or woman or family or tribe that is here today turns away from Yahweh our God, to worship any of the gods of those people groups. If you do that, you will bring disaster on yourselves.
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-\v 19 Be sure that no one here today who hears the words of this covenant says to himself, ‘Everything will go well with me, even if I stubbornly do what I want to.’ If you do that, the result will be that Yahweh will eventually destroy all of you, both good people and evil people 
+\v 19 Be sure that no one here today who hears the words of this covenant says to himself, 'Everything will go well with me, even if I stubbornly do what I want to.' If you do that, the result will be that Yahweh will eventually destroy all of you, both good people and evil people 
 
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05-DEU/31.usfm

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-\v 14 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Listen carefully. You will soon die. Summon Joshua, and you will go to the sacred tent with him, in order that I may appoint him to be the new leader.” So Joshua and Moses went to the sacred tent.
+\v 14 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Listen carefully. You will soon die. Summon Joshua, and you will go to the sacred tent with him, in order that I may appoint him to be the new leader." So Joshua and Moses went to the sacred tent.
 
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-\v 16 Yahweh said to Moses, “You will soon die. Then these people will become unfaithful to me. They will stop obeying the covenant that I made with them. They will begin to worship the foreign  gods that are worshiped by the people of the land that they will enter.
+\v 16 Yahweh said to Moses, "You will soon die. Then these people will become unfaithful to me. They will stop obeying the covenant that I made with them. They will begin to worship the foreign  gods that are worshiped by the people of the land that they will enter.
 
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 \v 17 When that happens, I will become very angry with them. I will abandon them and refuse to help them any longer. Many bad things will happen to them, and they will be destroyed. Then they will say among themselves, 'These things are happening to us because our God is no longer with us.'

06-JOS/20.usfm

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 \v 5 If some relative of the dead person comes to that city to get revenge, the leaders of that city must not allow the relative to take the killer, because what happened was accidental. He did not hate that person; he did not deliberately kill him.
-\v 6 The person who killed someone else must stay in that city until the city judges put him on trial. Only if the judges decide that the person who has run to their city did not deliberately kill the other person will they allow him to stay in that city, and he must stay there until the high priest who was serving at the time of the offense dies. Then the man may safely go back to his own home.”
+\v 6 The person who killed someone else must stay in that city until the city judges put him on trial. Only if the judges decide that the person who has run to their city did not deliberately kill the other person will they allow him to stay in that city, and he must stay there until the high priest who was serving at the time of the offense dies. Then the man may safely go back to his own home."
 
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07-JDG/09.usfm

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 \v 27 They went out to their vineyards to pick some grapes. They pressed the grapes to make juice, and then they made wine. Then they had a feast in the house of their god, and they ate a lot of food and drank a lot of wine. Then they cursed Abimelech.
 
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-\v 28 Gaal son of Ebed said, "Why should we allow Abimelech to rule over us? Is he not the son of Jerub Baal? And is Zebul not his officer? You should serve the men of Hamor, Shechem’s father! Why should we serve Abimelech?
+\v 28 Gaal son of Ebed said, "Why should we allow Abimelech to rule over us? Is he not the son of Jerub Baal? And is Zebul not his officer? You should serve the men of Hamor, Shechem's father! Why should we serve Abimelech?
 \v 29 If you would appoint me to be your leader, I would get rid of Abimelech. I would say to him, 'Get your army ready! Come and fight us!'~"
 
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-\v 38 Zebul said to Gaal, "Now what good is your bragging? You who said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the men you hated? Go out now and fight against them.
+\v 38 Zebul said to Gaal, "Now what good is your bragging? You who said, 'Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?' Are these not the men you hated? Go out now and fight against them.
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 \v 39 So Gaal led the men of Shechem outside the city to fight the army of Abimelech.
 \v 40 Abimelech and his men pursued them, and they killed many of Gaal's men before they could return safely inside the city gate.

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 \v 7 But Jephthah replied, "You hated me! You forced me to leave my father's house! So why have you come to me now and ask for my help, just when you have trouble?"
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-\v 8 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That is why we are coming to you now. Come and fight with us and lead our soldiers against the soldiers of Ammon, and you will be the leader over everyone who lives in Gilead.”
+\v 8 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "That is why we are coming to you now. Come and fight with us and lead our soldiers against the soldiers of Ammon, and you will be the leader over everyone who lives in Gilead."
 
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07-JDG/20.usfm

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 \v 22 But the soldiers of Israel strengthened themselves. 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 cried out to Yahweh for help, and they prayed until evening. And they sought counsel and advice from Yahweh about what they should do: “Should we draw near again to fight against our brothers, the people of Benjamin?” And Yahweh said, “Attack them!”.
+\v 23 And the people of Israel went up and they cried out to Yahweh for help, and they prayed until evening. And they sought counsel and advice from Yahweh about what they should do: "Should we draw near again to fight against our brothers, the people of Benjamin?" And Yahweh said, "Attack them!".
 
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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, was the grandson of Aaron; he was serving before the ark in those days—“Should we go out to battle once more against the people of Benjamin, who are out brothers, or should we stop?” Yahweh said, “Attack! For tomorrow I will help you defeat them.”
+\v 28 and Phinehas son of Eleazar, was the grandson of Aaron; he was serving before the ark in those days—"Should we go out to battle once more against the people of Benjamin, who are out brothers, or should we stop?" Yahweh said, "Attack! For tomorrow I will help you defeat them."
 
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-\v 35 Then many people came to David to tell him to eat some food before sunset, but David refused. He said, “I hope that God will kill me if I eat any food before the sun goes down!"
+\v 35 Then many people came to David to tell him to eat some food before sunset, but David refused. He said, "I hope that God will kill me if I eat any food before the sun goes down!"
 \v 36 All the people saw what David did, and they were pleased. Truly, everything that the king did pleased the people.
 
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 \v 3 But Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, who was a nephew to David, son of David's brother Shammah. Jehonadab was a very crafty man.
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-\v 4 One day Jehonadab said to Amnon, "You are the king's son, but every day I see that you seem very depressed. What is your problem?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my half-brother Absalom's sister."
+\v 4 One day Jehonadab said to Amnon, "You are the king's son, but every day I see that you seem very depressed. What is your problem?" Amnon replied, "I am in love with Tamar, my half-brother Absalom's sister."
 
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10-2SA/14.usfm

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 \v 15 Now, Your Majesty, I have come to you because others have threatened me. So I said to myself, 'I will go and talk to the king, and perhaps he will do what I request him to do.
 \v 16 Perhaps he will listen to me, and save me from the man who is trying to kill my son. If my son is killed, it would result in us disappearing from the land that God gave to us.'
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-\v 17 And I thought, 'What the king says will comfort me, because the king is like an angel of God. He knows what is good and what is evil.’ I pray that Yahweh our God will be with you."
+\v 17 And I thought, 'What the king says will comfort me, because the king is like an angel of God. He knows what is good and what is evil.' I pray that Yahweh our God will be with you."
 
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 \v 9 Then Abishai said to the king, "Your Majesty, this man is as worthless as a dead dog! Why should he be allowed to curse you? Allow me to go over there and cut off his head!"
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-\v 10 But the king replied, "You two sons of Zeruiah, I want nothing to do with you. If he is cursing me because Yahweh told him to do so, then no one should ask him, ‘Why are you cursing the king?’ ” 
+\v 10 But the king replied, "You two sons of Zeruiah, I want nothing to do with you. If he is cursing me because Yahweh told him to do so, then no one should ask him, 'Why are you cursing the king?' " 
 
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 \v 31 Suddenly the man from Ethiopia arrived, and said, "Your Majesty, I have good news for you! Yahweh has enabled your soldiers to defeat all those who rebelled against you!"
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-\v 32 The king said to him, "Is the young man Absalom safe?” The man from Ethiopia replied, “Sir, I wish that what happened to him would happen to all of your enemies and to all those who rebel against you!"
+\v 32 The king said to him, "Is the young man Absalom safe?" The man from Ethiopia replied, "Sir, I wish that what happened to him would happen to all of your enemies and to all those who rebel against you!"
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 \v 33 The king realized that he meant that Absalom was dead, so he became extremely distressed, and he went up to the room above the gateway and cried. While he was going up, he kept crying out, "O, my son Absalom! My son! O, my son Absalom, I desire that I had died instead of you!"
 

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 \v 9 Then all the people throughout the tribes of Israel started to quarrel among themselves. They said to each other, "King David rescued us from the people of Philistia and from our other enemies. But now he has fled from Absalom and left Israel!
-\v 10 We appointed Absalom to be our king, but he died in the battle against David's soldiers. So why does someone not try to bring King David back?”
+\v 10 We appointed Absalom to be our king, but he died in the battle against David's soldiers. So why does someone not try to bring King David back?"
 
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 \v 40 After they crossed the river, Kimham went with the king, and all the army of Judah and half the army of the other Israelite tribes escorted the king to Gilgal.
 
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-\v 41 Then all the Israelite soldiers from the other Israelite tribes came to the king and said, "Why is it that our relatives, the men from Judah, took you away from us and wanted to be the only ones to escort you and your family across the river, along with all your men? Why did you not request us to do that?” 
+\v 41 Then all the Israelite soldiers from the other Israelite tribes came to the king and said, "Why is it that our relatives, the men from Judah, took you away from us and wanted to be the only ones to escort you and your family across the river, along with all your men? Why did you not request us to do that?" 
 
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11-1KI/02.usfm

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 \v 41 But someone told King Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned.
-\v 42 So the king sent a soldier to summon Shimei and said to him, "I told you to solemnly promise, knowing that Yahweh was listening, that you must not leave Jerusalem. I told you, ‘Be sure that if you ever leave Jerusalem, you will be executed.’ And you replied to me, 'What you have said is good; I will do what you have said.'
+\v 42 So the king sent a soldier to summon Shimei and said to him, "I told you to solemnly promise, knowing that Yahweh was listening, that you must not leave Jerusalem. I told you, 'Be sure that if you ever leave Jerusalem, you will be executed.' And you replied to me, 'What you have said is good; I will do what you have said.'
 
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 \v 43 So why did you not do what you solemnly promised to Yahweh? Why did you disobey what I commanded you?"

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 \v 1 One day a prophet, obeying what Yahweh commanded him to do, went from Judah north to Bethel. He arrived there right at the time that Jeroboam was standing at the altar, ready to burn incense.
-\v 2 Saying what Yahweh told him to say, the prophet shouted, "This is what Yahweh says about this altar, 'I want you to know that some day a descendant of King David will be born. His name will be Josiah, and he will come here. He will slaughter at this altar the priests who are burning incense for sacrifices on the hills in this area, and he will burn the bones of dead people on this altar.' ”
+\v 2 Saying what Yahweh told him to say, the prophet shouted, "This is what Yahweh says about this altar, 'I want you to know that some day a descendant of King David will be born. His name will be Josiah, and he will come here. He will slaughter at this altar the priests who are burning incense for sacrifices on the hills in this area, and he will burn the bones of dead people on this altar.' "
 \v 3 Then the prophet also said, "This is what will prove to you that Yahweh has said this: This altar will be split apart, and the ashes that are on it will be scattered."
 
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 \v 9 Obadiah objected. He said, "Sir, I have not harmed you at all. So why are you sending me back to Ahab? He will kill me!
-\v 10 Yahweh your God knows that I am telling the truth when I solemnly declare that King Ahab has searched in every kingdom to find you. Each time that some king said to him, ‘Elijah is not here,’ Ahab demanded that the king of that country solemnly swear  that the king was telling the truth.
+\v 10 Yahweh your God knows that I am telling the truth when I solemnly declare that King Ahab has searched in every kingdom to find you. Each time that some king said to him, 'Elijah is not here,' Ahab demanded that the king of that country solemnly swear  that the king was telling the truth.
 \v 11 Now you say to me, 'Go and tell your master that Elijah is here!'
 
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 \v 19 Tell Ahab that this is what I, Yahweh, say to him, 'You have murdered Naboth and taken his land. So I am telling you this. In the same place where Naboth died and dogs came and licked up Naboth's blood, you will die and the dogs will lick up your blood, too!' "
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-\v 20 So when Elijah met with Ahab, Ahab said to him, "You, my enemy, have found me!"  Elijah answered, “Yes, I have found you. You have never stopped doing the things that Yahweh says are wrong.
+\v 20 So when Elijah met with Ahab, Ahab said to him, "You, my enemy, have found me!"  Elijah answered, "Yes, I have found you. You have never stopped doing the things that Yahweh says are wrong.
 
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 \v 27 After Elijah finished talking to Ahab, Ahab tore his clothes to show that he was sorry for all the sins that he had committed. He put on rough clothes that were made from sacks, and he refused to eat anything. He even wore those rough clothes made from sacks when he slept, to show that he was sorry.
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 \v 28 Then Yahweh said this to Elijah, 
-\v 29 "I have seen that Ahab is now very sorry for all the evil things that he has done. So the things that I promised to do to his family will not happen while he is still alive. I will cause them to happen after his son becomes king. Then those things will happen to his family.” 
+\v 29 "I have seen that Ahab is now very sorry for all the evil things that he has done. So the things that I promised to do to his family will not happen while he is still alive. I will cause them to happen after his son becomes king. Then those things will happen to his family." 
 
 
 

11-1KI/22.usfm

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-\v 16 But King Ahab realized that Micaiah was being sarcastic, so he said to Micaiah, “I have told you many times that you must always tell only the truth when you say what Yahweh has revealed to you!"
+\v 16 But King Ahab realized that Micaiah was being sarcastic, so he said to Micaiah, "I have told you many times that you must always tell only the truth when you say what Yahweh has revealed to you!"
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 \v 17 So Micaiah said to him, "The truth is that in a vision I saw all the troops of Israel scattered on the mountains. They seemed to be like sheep that did not have a shepherd. And Yahweh said, 'Their master has been killed. So tell them all to go home peacefully.' "
 

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-\v 7 When he arrived in Samaria, he gave the letter to the king of Israel. The king read the letter. Then, being very dismayed, the king tore his clothes and said, “I am not God! I am not able to cause people to live or to die! Why does the one who wrote this letter request me to cure this man of his leprosy? I do not have power to cure leprosy. The king of Aram is merely looking for an excuse to attack us!"
+\v 7 When he arrived in Samaria, he gave the letter to the king of Israel. The king read the letter. Then, being very dismayed, the king tore his clothes and said, "I am not God! I am not able to cause people to live or to die! Why does the one who wrote this letter request me to cure this man of his leprosy? I do not have power to cure leprosy. The king of Aram is merely looking for an excuse to attack us!"
 
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 \v 10 David asked God, "Should my men and I go and attack the army of Philistia? If we go, will you enable us to defeat  them?"
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-\v 11 So David and his men went up to a town where the soldiers of Philistia were staying and defeated the soldiers of Philistia. Then David said, "Yahweh has completely defeated my enemies by using me and my army.” So they named that place  "Baal Perazim," which means "Yahweh breaks through."
+\v 11 So David and his men went up to a town where the soldiers of Philistia were staying and defeated the soldiers of Philistia. Then David said, "Yahweh has completely defeated my enemies by using me and my army." So they named that place  "Baal Perazim," which means "Yahweh breaks through."
 \v 12 As the soldiers of Philistia fled, they left their idols there. So David commanded his soldiers to burn those idols.
 
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 \v 13 I will be like a father to him, and it will be as though he is a son to me. I stopped loving Saul, the one who was the king before you became king, but I will never stop loving your son.
-\v 14 I will cause him to rule over my people and his kingdom will endure forever.’ ” 
+\v 14 I will cause him to rule over my people and his kingdom will endure forever.' " 
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 \v 22 You have caused us your Israelite people to belong to you forever, and you, Yahweh, have become our God!
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 \v 23 And now Yahweh, I pray that you will cause the things that you have promised about me and my descendants  to be fulfilled forever, and do the things that you have said that you would do.
-\v 24 When that happens, you  will be famous forever. And people will exclaim, ‘Yahweh, Commander of the angel armies, is the God who rules Israel!’ And you will cause that forever there will be descendants of mine who will rule.
+\v 24 When that happens, you  will be famous forever. And people will exclaim, 'Yahweh, Commander of the angel armies, is the God who rules Israel!' And you will cause that forever there will be descendants of mine who will rule.
 
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-\v 3 These are the provincial officials who came to live in Jerusalem. But in the cities of Judah everyone lived on his own family property in their towns. Some from  Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon’s servants came to live in Jerusalem.
+\v 3 These are the provincial officials who came to live in Jerusalem. But in the cities of Judah everyone lived on his own family property in their towns. Some from  Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon's servants came to live in Jerusalem.
 \v 4  But some of the people of Judah and the people of Benjamin stayed and lived in Jerusalem.
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 \v 32 Behind their leaders marched Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah.
 \v 33 Those who followed after them were Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,
 \v 34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,
-\v 35 and some of the priests’ sons who played their trumpets, including  Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah,
+\v 35 and some of the priests' sons who played their trumpets, including  Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah,
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-\v 15 Now when the time came for Esther (the daughter of Abihail, who was the uncle of Mordecai) to go in the king, she did not ask for anything from the house of the women to take with her, but only what Hegai, the king’s official in charge of the women, suggested. Now Esther pleased everyone who saw her.
+\v 15 Now when the time came for Esther (the daughter of Abihail, who was the uncle of Mordecai) to go in the king, she did not ask for anything from the house of the women to take with her, but only what Hegai, the king's official in charge of the women, suggested. Now Esther pleased everyone who saw her.
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 \v 16 Esther was taken up to King Ahasuerus into royal the residence on the tenth month (which is the month of Tebeth), in the seventh year of his reign.
 

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-\v 12 Then the king’s scribes were called together on the thirteenth day of the first month. On that day, an order was written that had everything Haman commanded. The order was sent out to the king’s provincial governors—those who were over all the provinces, to the governors of all the various people who were living in the kingdom, and to the officials of all the people. The order was written in every language and in the writing of those languages so they could be read and understood. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and was sealed with the his own ring, which he had given to Haman to use.
+\v 12 Then the king's scribes were called together on the thirteenth day of the first month. On that day, an order was written that had everything Haman commanded. The order was sent out to the king's provincial governors—those who were over all the provinces, to the governors of all the various people who were living in the kingdom, and to the officials of all the people. The order was written in every language and in the writing of those languages so they could be read and understood. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and was sealed with the his own ring, which he had given to Haman to use.
 \v 13 Couriers in every province in the kingdom spread the decree. The order was to kill every Jew, to kill them all, and to destroy the Jewish people, from young to old, children and women. This was to be done on one day—on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (which is the month of Adar). When the Jews were dead, the rest of the people would be allowed to take all their possessions.
 
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 \v 10 Then Esther ordered Hathach to return to Mordecai, and to tell him this:
-\v 11 "All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that no one can come before the king unless the king invites him to come. There is only one result of breaking this law: the person is put to death. The only exception would be that the king would hold out his golden scepter to someone who came before him, and that would be the sign that the king would permit that person to live. About my own contact with the king, I have not been called to come to the king for thirty days."
+\v 11 "All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that no one can come before the king unless the king invites him to come. There is only one result of breaking this law: the person is put to death. The only exception would be that the king would hold out his golden scepter to someone who came before him, and that would be the sign that the king would permit that person to live. About my own contact with the king, I have not been called to come to the king for thirty days."
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-\v 1 After three days, Esther put on her royal clothing. Then she went and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, before the front of the king’s house. At that time, the king was sitting on his royal throne in his house, facing the entrance to the house.
+\v 1 After three days, Esther put on her royal clothing. Then she went and stood in the inner court of the king's palace, before the front of the king's house. At that time, the king was sitting on his royal throne in his house, facing the entrance to the house.
 \v 2 When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, the king was glad and welcomed her. He held out to her the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther approached the king and touched the tip of the scepter.
 
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 \v 8 So now I am also permitting you to write another letter with a new decree in it, so that you may save your people. You may put my name on the letters and use my ring to seal them. This is  because no letter that has my name on it and that is sealed with my ring can ever be revoked."
 
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-\v 9 Then the king’s scribes were called at that time (in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty third day of the month). Mordecai dictated to them a new decree in order to protect the Jews. It was written to the provincial governors, the governors and officials of the provinces that are from India all the way to Ethiopia, in total, 127 provinces. The letter was written to every province in the way that every language was written. It was also written to the Jews in their writing and language.
+\v 9 Then the king's scribes were called at that time (in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty third day of the month). Mordecai dictated to them a new decree in order to protect the Jews. It was written to the provincial governors, the governors and officials of the provinces that are from India all the way to Ethiopia, in total, 127 provinces. The letter was written to every province in the way that every language was written. It was also written to the Jews in their writing and language.
 
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-\v 10 Mordecai wrote the decree in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king’s signet ring. He sent the documents by couriers riding on the fast horses that were used in the king’s service, bred in the king's stables.
+\v 10 Mordecai wrote the decree in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king's signet ring. He sent the documents by couriers riding on the fast horses that were used in the king's service, bred in the king's stables.
 \v 11 The king gave to the Jews living in every city permission to gather together and to fight together to protect their lives. He allowed them to kill any armed men in any province, belonging to any people group, who might attack them or their families, or who might try to take their possessions.
 \v 12 This was to be in effect in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which was the month of Adar.
 

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 \v 20 Therefore, you people who have been exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon, listen to this message from Yahweh.
-\v 21 This is what Yahweh, Commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships,, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah, and about Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are telling lies to you, saying that they are giving messages from him: “They will be seized and taken to King Nebuchadnezzar, who will cause them to be executed while you are watching.
+\v 21 This is what Yahweh, Commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships,, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah, and about Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are telling lies to you, saying that they are giving messages from him: "They will be seized and taken to King Nebuchadnezzar, who will cause them to be executed while you are watching.
 
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-\v 19 If you ask, 'Why should the man's son not suffer for the evil things that his father did?’, I will answer that the son has done what is fair and right and has obeyed all my laws, so he will surely remain alive.
+\v 19 If you ask, 'Why should the man's son not suffer for the evil things that his father did?', I will answer that the son has done what is fair and right and has obeyed all my laws, so he will surely remain alive.
 \v 20 It is those who sin who will die because of their sins. I will not punish people because their parents have sinned, or because their children have sinned. I will reward people who do live rightly, and I will punish the wicked people, those who live wrongly.
 
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-\v 30 Therefore, say this to the Israelite people: “This is what Yahweh the Lord says: Why do you imitate your ancestors in acting in ways that make me unable to accept you? You act like prostitutes, leaving their husbands for other men. In the same way, you have left me to worship dusgusting idols.
+\v 30 Therefore, say this to the Israelite people: "This is what Yahweh the Lord says: Why do you imitate your ancestors in acting in ways that make me unable to accept you? You act like prostitutes, leaving their husbands for other men. In the same way, you have left me to worship dusgusting idols.
 \v 31 When you sacrifice your children in the fire, you  make me unable to accept you. It is the same as when you bow down to your idols. You Israelite people, should I allow you to ask me to direct you in any matter? I, Yahweh the Lord, say that as surely as I am alive, I will not answer if you ask me.
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 \v 32 You say, 'We want to be like the the other people groups in the world. We want to worship idols made of wood and stone like they do.' But what you want will never happen.

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-\v 20 “There she wanted to sleep with those who loved her, whose private parts were very long, like those of donkeys, and whose reproductive emissions were huge, like those of horses.”
+\v 20 "There she wanted to sleep with those who loved her, whose private parts were very long, like those of donkeys, and whose reproductive emissions were huge, like those of horses."
 \v 21 So she desired to be immoral like she was when she was young, when men in Egypt caressed her bosom and fondled her young breasts.
 
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-\v 11 Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones represent all the Israelite people. The people say, ‘It is as though our bones are dried up; we can hope for nothing good any longer; our nation is destroyed.'
+\v 11 Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones represent all the Israelite people. The people say, 'It is as though our bones are dried up; we can hope for nothing good any longer; our nation is destroyed.'
 \v 12 So speak my message to them and say, 'This is what the Lord Yahweh says: My people, it will be as though I will open your graves and cause your corpses to become alive again. I will bring you back to Israel.
 
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 \v 5 When that angel finished speaking, I, Daniel, looked up, and suddenly I saw two other angels. One was standing on the side of the river where I was, and one was standing on the other side.
-\v 6 One of them called to the other one who was wearing linen clothes and who was now standing further up the river, “How long will it be until the end of these amazing events?"
+\v 6 One of them called to the other one who was wearing linen clothes and who was now standing further up the river, "How long will it be until the end of these amazing events?"
 
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-\v 7 The one wearing the linen clothes and standing further up the river raised his hands toward the sky and solemnly promised to the one who lives forever, “It will be three and a half years, and when God's holy people and their strength are no longer being shattered to pieces, then all these things are finished."
+\v 7 The one wearing the linen clothes and standing further up the river raised his hands toward the sky and solemnly promised to the one who lives forever, "It will be three and a half years, and when God's holy people and their strength are no longer being shattered to pieces, then all these things are finished."
 
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41-MAT/03.usfm

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-\v 7 But John saw that many Pharisees and Sadducees were coming for him to baptize them. He said to them, “You
+\v 7 But John saw that many Pharisees and Sadducees were coming for him to baptize them. He said to them, "You
 people are the children of poisonous snakes! No one warned you that one day God will punish everyone who sins, did they? Do not think that you can escape from him!
 \v 8 If you truly stop sinning, then do right things to show it.
 \v 9 I know that God promised to be with Abraham's descendants.  But do not say to yourselves, 'Since we are descendants of our ancestor Abraham, God will not punish us even though we have sinned.' No! I tell you that he can change these stones here into descendants of Abraham!

41-MAT/04.usfm

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 \v 1 Then God's Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness for the devil to tempt him. 
 \v 2 After he had not eaten food day and night for forty days, he was hungry.
 \v 3 Satan, the tempter, came to him and said, "If you are really the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread for yourself!"
-\v 4 But Jesus said to him, "No! I will not do this, because God has said in the Scriptures, ‘For people to truly live, they must have more than food; they must listen to every word that God has spoken.'"
+\v 4 But Jesus said to him, "No! I will not do this, because God has said in the Scriptures, 'For people to truly live, they must have more than food; they must listen to every word that God has spoken.'"
 
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41-MAT/05.usfm

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-\v 33 "You have also heard your religious teachers say that God said to our ancestors, ‘Make sure that you do what you have called upon the Lord to witness that you would do!’
+\v 33 "You have also heard your religious teachers say that God said to our ancestors, 'Make sure that you do what you have called upon the Lord to witness that you would do!'
 \v 34 But now listen to what I say to you: Never promise to do anything and then ask someone greater than yourself to witness it. For example, do not promise that you will do something and then ask anyone in heaven to witness it, because heaven is where God sits on his throne as king.
 \v 35 And do not promise that you will do something as surely as the earth exists; do not do this, because the earth is where God rests his feet. Moreover, do not promise that you will do something as surely as the city of Jerusalem exists, because Jerusalem is the city that especially belongs to God.
 

41-MAT/07.usfm

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 \v 21 Even though many people habitually call me Lord, pretending that they have my authority, God will not agree to rule over some of them, because they do not do what he desires. My Father will agree to rule over only those who do what he wants.
 
-\v 22 On the day that God judges everyone, many people will say to me, ‘Lord, we spoke God's message as your representatives! As your representatives we drove out demons from people! And as your representatives, many times we performed mighty deeds!'
+\v 22 On the day that God judges everyone, many people will say to me, 'Lord, we spoke God's message as your representatives! As your representatives we drove out demons from people! And as your representatives, many times we performed mighty deeds!'
 \v 23 Then I will publicly say to them, 'I have never admitted that you belonged to me. Go away from me, you who do what is evil!'"
 
 

41-MAT/08.usfm

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 \v 16 That evening when the Sabbath ended, the crowd brought to Jesus many people whom demons controlled, and other people who were sick. He made the demons leave just by speaking to them, and he healed all the people who were sick.
-\v 17 When he did this, he made come true what the prophet Isaiah had written, ‘He freed people from being sick, and he made them well.’
+\v 17 When he did this, he made come true what the prophet Isaiah had written, 'He freed people from being sick, and he made them well.'
 
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41-MAT/09.usfm

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 \v 29 Then he touched their eyes and he said to them, "Because you believe that I can heal your eyes, I am healing them right now!"
-\v 30 And they were able to see! Then Jesus told them sternly, “Be sure that you do not tell anybody what I have done for you!"
+\v 30 And they were able to see! Then Jesus told them sternly, "Be sure that you do not tell anybody what I have done for you!"
 \v 31 But they went out and spread the new in that whole region.
 
 

41-MAT/10.usfm

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 \v 41 Those who welcome someone because they know that person is a prophet—they will receive the same reward that prophets receive from God. Likewise, those who welcome a person because they know that person is righteous—they will receive the reward that righteous people receive from God.
 
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-\v 42 Note this: Suppose people see that you are thirsty and give you a drink of cold water because they know that you are one of my disciples, even if you are not an important person at all. God will certainly reward people who do that.” 
+\v 42 Note this: Suppose people see that you are thirsty and give you a drink of cold water because they know that you are one of my disciples, even if you are not an important person at all. God will certainly reward people who do that." 
 
 
 

41-MAT/12.usfm

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 \v 43 "Sometimes when an evil spirit leaves a person, it wanders around in desolate areas, seeking someone in whom he can rest. If he does not find anyone,
-\v 44 he says to itself, 'I will return to the person in whom I used to live.’ So he  goes back and finds that the Spirit of God is not in control of that person's life. The person's life is like a house that has been swept clean and everything put in order, but it is empty.
+\v 44 he says to itself, 'I will return to the person in whom I used to live.' So he  goes back and finds that the Spirit of God is not in control of that person's life. The person's life is like a house that has been swept clean and everything put in order, but it is empty.
 \v 45 Then this evil spirit goes and gets seven other spirits that are even more evil, and they all enter that person and begin living there. So although that person's condition was bad before, it becomes much worse. That is what you wicked people who have heard me teach will experience."
 
 

41-MAT/13.usfm

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 \v 53 When Jesus had finished telling these parables, he took the disciples and left that area.
 
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-\v 54 Then they went to the town of Nazareth, the hometown of Jesus. On the Sabbath he began to teach the people in the synagogue. The result was that the people there were astonished. But some said, “This man is just an ordinary person like us! So how is it that he knows so much and understands so much? And how is it that he is able to do such miracles?
+\v 54 Then they went to the town of Nazareth, the hometown of Jesus. On the Sabbath he began to teach the people in the synagogue. The result was that the people there were astonished. But some said, "This man is just an ordinary person like us! So how is it that he knows so much and understands so much? And how is it that he is able to do such miracles?
 \v 55 He is just the son of the carpenter, is he not? His mother is Mary, and his younger brothers are James, Joseph, Simon and Judas!
 \v 56 And his sisters also live here in our town. So how is he able to do all these miracles?"
 

41-MAT/20.usfm

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 \v 25 So Jesus called all of them together and said to them, "You know that those who rule the non-Jews enjoy showing them that they are powerful. Their chief rulers enjoy commanding the people under them.
 \v 26 You should not be like them. On the contrary, everyone among you who wants God to consider him great must become a servant for the rest of you.
 \v 27 Yes, and everyone among you who wants God to consider him to be the most important must become a servant for the rest of you.
-\v 28 You should imitate me. Even though I am the Son of Man, I did not come for others to serve me. On the contrary, I came in order to serve them and to allow them to kill me, so that my dying would be like a payment to rescue many people from being punished for their sins.” 
+\v 28 You should imitate me. Even though I am the Son of Man, I did not come for others to serve me. On the contrary, I came in order to serve them and to allow them to kill me, so that my dying would be like a payment to rescue many people from being punished for their sins." 
 
 
 

41-MAT/21.usfm

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 \v 3 If anyone says anything to you about your doing that, tell him, 'The Lord needs them.' He will then allow you to lead them away."
 
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-\v 4-5 When all this happened, what one of the prophets had written came true. That prophet had written, “Tell the people who live in Jerusalem, 'Look! Your king is coming to you! He will come humbly. He will show that he is humble, because he will be riding on a colt, the offspring of a donkey.'"
+\v 4-5 When all this happened, what one of the prophets had written came true. That prophet had written, "Tell the people who live in Jerusalem, 'Look! Your king is coming to you! He will come humbly. He will show that he is humble, because he will be riding on a colt, the offspring of a donkey.'"
 
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 \v 15 The high priests and the men who taught the people the Jewish laws saw the marvelous deeds that Jesus did. They also saw the children shouting in the temple, "We praise the Christ, the descendant of King David!" They were indignant because they did not believe that Jesus was the Christ.
-\v 16 They thought that Jesus should not be allowing the children to say that, so they asked him, "How can you tolerate this? Do you hear what these children are shouting?” Then Jesus said to them, “Yes, I hear them, but if you remembered what you have read in the Scriptures about children praising me, you would know that God is pleased with them. The psalmist wrote, saying to God, 'You have taught infants and other children to praise you perfectly.'"
+\v 16 They thought that Jesus should not be allowing the children to say that, so they asked him, "How can you tolerate this? Do you hear what these children are shouting?" Then Jesus said to them, "Yes, I hear them, but if you remembered what you have read in the Scriptures about children praising me, you would know that God is pleased with them. The psalmist wrote, saying to God, 'You have taught infants and other children to praise you perfectly.'"
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 \v 17 Then Jesus left the city. The disciples went with him to the village of Bethany, and they stayed there that night.
 
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 \v 24 Jesus said to them, "I also will ask you a question, and if you answer me, I will tell you who authorized me to do these things.
 
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-\v 25 Where did John the Baptizer get his authority to baptize those who came to him? Did he get it from God or from people?' The chief priests and elders debated among themselves about what they should answer. They said to each other, “If we say, ‘It was  from God,' he will say to us, ‘Then you should have believed his message!'
+\v 25 Where did John the Baptizer get his authority to baptize those who came to him? Did he get it from God or from people?' The chief priests and elders debated among themselves about what they should answer. They said to each other, "If we say, 'It was  from God,' he will say to us, 'Then you should have believed his message!'
 \v 26 But if we say, 'It was from people,' the crowd might react violently against us, because all the people believe that John was a prophet whom God had sent."
 \v 27 So they answered Jesus, "We do not know where John got his authority from." Then Jesus said to them, "Because you did not answer my question, I will not tell you who gave me permission to do the things I did here yesterday."
 

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 \v 59 On the eighth day after this, people gathered together for the ceremony to circumcise the baby. Since his father's name was Zechariah, they wanted to give the baby the same name. 
-\v 60 But his mother said, “No, his name must be John!” 
-\v 61 So they said to her, “But John is not the name of any of your relatives!”
+\v 60 But his mother said, "No, his name must be John!" 
+\v 61 So they said to her, "But John is not the name of any of your relatives!"
 
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 \v 64 Immediately Zechariah was able to speak again, and he began praising God. 
 \v 65 Everyone who lived nearby was completely awed by what God had done. They told many other people about what had happened and the news spread all over the highlands of Judea. 
-\v 66 Everyone who heard it kept thinking about it. They were saying, “We wonder what work this child will do when he grows up!” Because of everything that had happened, they were sure that God would be helping him in a powerful way.
+\v 66 Everyone who heard it kept thinking about it. They were saying, "We wonder what work this child will do when he grows up!" Because of everything that had happened, they were sure that God would be helping him in a powerful way.
 
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 \v 3 Then the devil said to Jesus, "If you really are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread for you to eat!" 
-\v 4 Jesus replied, "No, I will not do that, because it is written in the scriptures, “People need more than just food in order to live.” 
+\v 4 Jesus replied, "No, I will not do that, because it is written in the scriptures, "People need more than just food in order to live." 
 
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 \v 5 Then the devil took Jesus up to the top of a high mountain and showed him in an instant all the nations in the world. 
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 \v 9 Then the devil took Jesus to Jerusalem. He set him on the highest part of the temple and said to him, " If you really are the Son of God, jump down from here. 
 \v 10 You will not be hurt, because it is written in the scriptures, 
-\q1 'God will command his angels to protect you.’ 
+\q1 'God will command his angels to protect you.' 
 \v 11 And it also says, 
-\q1 ‘They will lift you up in their hands when you are falling, so that you will not get hurt. You will not even strike your foot on a stone.'”
+\q1 'They will lift you up in their hands when you are falling, so that you will not get hurt. You will not even strike your foot on a stone.'"
 
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 \v 12 But Jesus replied, "No, I will not do that, because it is written in the scriptures: 'Do not try to test the Lord your God'." 
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 \v 17 A synagogue attendant handed him a scroll containing the words that the prophet Isaiah had written long ago. Jesus unrolled the scroll and found the place where these words were written:
 
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-\q1 \v 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is in me.
+\q1 \v 18 "The Spirit of the Lord is in me.
 \q1 He has appointed me to declare God's good news to people who are poor.
 \q1 He has sent me here to proclaim that the captives will go free,
 \q1 And will tell those who are blind that they will see again. 
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-\v 38 Then Jesus left the synagogue and went to Simon’s house. Simon's mother-in-law was sick and had a high fever. Some people who were there asked Jesus to heal her. 
+\v 38 Then Jesus left the synagogue and went to Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was sick and had a high fever. Some people who were there asked Jesus to heal her. 
 \v 39 So he bent over her and commanded the fever to leave her. Immediately she became well! She got up and served them some food.
 
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 \v 29 The man said this because Jesus had just commanded the evil spirit to come out of him. Although the man had been bound with chains on his wrists and ankles while people guarded him, many times the evil spirit would suddenly seize him by force. Then the man would break the chains and the demon would make him go out into deserted places.
 
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-\v 30 Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, “My name is Thousands.” He said that because many demons had entered that man.
+\v 30 Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Thousands." He said that because many demons had entered that man.
 \v 31 The demons kept begging Jesus not to  command them to go into the deep pit where God punishes demons.
 
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 \v 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over to him. He said to her, "Woman, I am going to heal you of this illness!"
 \v 13 He put his hands on her. Immediately she stood up straight and began praising God!
-\v 14 But the leader of the synagogue was angry because Jesus had healed her on the Jewish rest day. So he said to the people, “There are six days each week in which our laws permit people to work. If you need healing, those are the days to come to the synagogue and be healed." Do not come on our day of rest!"
+\v 14 But the leader of the synagogue was angry because Jesus had healed her on the Jewish rest day. So he said to the people, "There are six days each week in which our laws permit people to work. If you need healing, those are the days to come to the synagogue and be healed." Do not come on our day of rest!"
 
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 \v 15 Then the Lord replied to him, "You and your fellow religious leaders are hypocrites! Each of you also works on the day of rest sometimes! Would you not untie your ox or donkey to lead it from the food trough to where it can drink water?
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 \v 22 Jesus continued traveling toward Jerusalem. He stopped in all the towns and villages along the way and taught the people.
-\v 23 Someone asked him, "Lord, will God only save a few people?” Jesus replied, 
+\v 23 Someone asked him, "Lord, will God only save a few people?" Jesus replied, 
 \v 24 "You need to try hard to enter the narrow doorway. I tell you that many people will try some other way, but they will not be able to get in.
 
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 \v 34 Oh, people of Jerusalem! You killed the prophets who lived long ago, and you killed others, whom God sent to you, by throwing stones at them. Many times I wanted to gather you together to protect you like a hen gathers her young chicks under her wings. But you did not want me to do that.
-\v 35 Now look! God will no longer protect you, people of Jerusalem. I will also tell you this: I will enter your city only once more. After that, you will not see me until the time when I return, when you will say about me, ‘May God bless this man who comes with God's authority!'"
+\v 35 Now look! God will no longer protect you, people of Jerusalem. I will also tell you this: I will enter your city only once more. After that, you will not see me until the time when I return, when you will say about me, 'May God bless this man who comes with God's authority!'"
 
 
 

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 \v 7 Jesus noticed that the people who had been invited to the meal were  choosing to sit in the places where important people usually sit. Then he gave this advice to them:
-\v 8 “When one of you is invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit in a place where important people sit. It may be that a man more important than you has also been invited to the feast.
-\v 9 When that man comes, the man who invited both of you will come say to you, ‘Let this man take your seat!’ Then you will have to take the least important seat, and you will be ashamed.
+\v 8 "When one of you is invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit in a place where important people sit. It may be that a man more important than you has also been invited to the feast.
+\v 9 When that man comes, the man who invited both of you will come say to you, 'Let this man take your seat!' Then you will have to take the least important seat, and you will be ashamed.
 
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-\v 10 Instead, when you are invited to a feast, go and sit in the least important seat. Then when the man who invited everyone comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, come sit in a better seat!’ Then all the people who are eating with you will see that he is honoring you.
+\v 10 Instead, when you are invited to a feast, go and sit in the least important seat. Then when the man who invited everyone comes, he will say to you, 'Friend, come sit in a better seat!' Then all the people who are eating with you will see that he is honoring you.
 \v 11 For God will humble those who exalt themselves, and he will exalt those who humble themselves."
 
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 \v 25 But Abraham replied, 'Child, remember that while you were alive on earth you enjoyed many good things. But Lazarus was miserable. Now he is happy here, and you are suffering.
-\v 26 Besides that, God has placed a huge ravine between you and us. So those who want to go from here to where you are, are not able to. Furthermore, no one can cross from there to where we are, either.’ 
+\v 26 Besides that, God has placed a huge ravine between you and us. So those who want to go from here to where you are, are not able to. Furthermore, no one can cross from there to where we are, either.' 
 
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 \v 29 But Abraham replied, 'No, I will not do that, because your brothers have what Moses and the prophets wrote long ago. They should obey what they wrote!'
 \v 30 But the rich man replied, 'No, Father Abraham, that will not be enough! But if someone from those who have died goes back to them and warns them, they will turn from their sinful behavior.'
-\v 31 Abraham said to him, 'No! If they do not listen to what Moses and the prophets wrote, even if someone would rise from among the dead and go warn them, they would still not be convinced that they should turn from their sinful behavior.’”
+\v 31 Abraham said to him, 'No! If they do not listen to what Moses and the prophets wrote, even if someone would rise from among the dead and go warn them, they would still not be convinced that they should turn from their sinful behavior.'"
 
 
 

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 \v 9 You will not thank your servant for doing the work that he had been told to do!
-\v 10 Similarly, when you have done everything that God has told you to do, you should say, ‘We are only God's servants and do not deserve for him to thank us. We have only done the things that he told us to do.'"
+\v 10 Similarly, when you have done everything that God has told you to do, you should say, 'We are only God's servants and do not deserve for him to thank us. We have only done the things that he told us to do.'"
 
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43-LUK/22.usfm

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 \v 69 But from now on, I, the Son of Man, will be sitting next to almighty God and ruling!"
-\v 70 Then they all asked, "If that is so, are you saying that you are the Son of God?” He answered, “Yes, it is just like you say."
+\v 70 Then they all asked, "If that is so, are you saying that you are the Son of God?" He answered, "Yes, it is just like you say."
 \v 71 Then they said to each other, "We certainly do not need any more people to testify against him! We ourselves have heard him say that he is equal to God!"
 
 

43-LUK/23.usfm

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 \v 34 But Jesus said, "Father, forgive these people who did this, because they do not really know whom they are doing this to." Then the soldiers divided his clothes by gambling with something like dice, to decide which piece of clothing each one would get.
 
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-\v 35 Many people stood nearby, watching. Even the Jewish leaders were mocking Jesus: “He saved other people! If God has really chosen him to be the Messiah, he should save himself!"
+\v 35 Many people stood nearby, watching. Even the Jewish leaders were mocking Jesus: "He saved other people! If God has really chosen him to be the Messiah, he should save himself!"
 
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 \v 36 The soldiers also mocked him. They came up to him and offered him some sour wine.
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 \v 42 Then he said to Jesus, "Jesus, please remember to save me when you begin to rule as king!"
-\v 43 Jesus replied, "I want you to know that today you will be with me in paradise!”
+\v 43 Jesus replied, "I want you to know that today you will be with me in paradise!"
 
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 \v 45 There was no light from the sun. And the thick curtain that closed off the most holy place in the temple split into two pieces. 
 
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-\v 46 When that happened, Jesus shouted loudly, "Father, I put my spirit into your care!” After he said that, he stopped breathing and died.
+\v 46 When that happened, Jesus shouted loudly, "Father, I put my spirit into your care!" After he said that, he stopped breathing and died.
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 \v 47 When the centurion who was over the soldiers saw what happened, he said, "Indeed, this man has done nothing wrong!"  What he said honored God.
 

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-\v 35 At this time of the year you usually say, ‘There are four months left, and then we will harvest the crops.’  Yet look all around you!  The fields are ready for harvest at this moment. The non-Jews are now wanting God to rule over them; they are like the fields that are now ready to be harvested. 
+\v 35 At this time of the year you usually say, 'There are four months left, and then we will harvest the crops.'  Yet look all around you!  The fields are ready for harvest at this moment. The non-Jews are now wanting God to rule over them; they are like the fields that are now ready to be harvested. 
 \v 36 The one who believes this and is ready to work in this kind of harvest is already receiving his payment and is gathering much fruit for eternal life. Those who sow the seed and those who reap the harvest will be glad together.
 
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-\v 48 His Jewish enemies replied to him, “We are certainly right in stating that you are a Samaritan—you are not really a true Jew at all!—and that a demon lives in you!"
+\v 48 His Jewish enemies replied to him, "We are certainly right in stating that you are a Samaritan—you are not really a true Jew at all!—and that a demon lives in you!"
 \v 49 Jesus replied, "A demon does not live in me! I honor my Father, and you dishonor me!
 
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-\v 57 Then the Jewish leaders said to him, “You are not fifty years old yet!  You have seen Abraham?"
+\v 57 Then the Jewish leaders said to him, "You are not fifty years old yet!  You have seen Abraham?"
 \v 58 Jesus said to them, "I am telling you the truth: before Abraham was, I AM."
 \v 59 So they picked up stones to put him to death. However, Jesus hid himself, left the temple, and went somewhere else.
 

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 \v 15 So the Pharisees asked the man again about how he was now able to see. He said to them, "The man put mud on my eyes and I washed, and now I see."
 
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-\v 16 Some of the Pharisees said, "We know this man Jesus is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath day.”  Others from that group asked, “If he were a sinner, how could he do such works of power that everyone sees?" So there was a difference of opinion among the Pharisees.
+\v 16 Some of the Pharisees said, "We know this man Jesus is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath day."  Others from that group asked, "If he were a sinner, how could he do such works of power that everyone sees?" So there was a difference of opinion among the Pharisees.
 \v 17 They asked the blind man again, "What do you say about him, since he is the one who restored your sight?" The man said, "He is a prophet." 
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 \v 18 Now the Jews who were opposed to Jesus did not believe the man had been blind then became able to see again. So they sent someone to bring in the man's parents so that they could be questioned also.

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 \v 8 The disciples said, "Teacher, just a short while ago the Jews who oppose you wanted to murder you with stones, and now you want to go back there again!"
-\v 9  Jesus answered them, “You know there are twelve hours of light in a day, is that not true? The one who walks during the daytime will walk safely because he can see what is in the road.
+\v 9  Jesus answered them, "You know there are twelve hours of light in a day, is that not true? The one who walks during the daytime will walk safely because he can see what is in the road.
 
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 \v 10 However, when a person walks during the night, he may easily stumble because he cannot see."

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-\v 27 Now my soul is greatly troubled. Should I say, ‘Father, save me from this time when I will suffer and die!’? No, for this is the very reason I came into this world.
+\v 27 Now my soul is greatly troubled. Should I say, 'Father, save me from this time when I will suffer and die!'? No, for this is the very reason I came into this world.
 \v 28 My Father, show how powerful you are in all you have said, in all you have done, and in all you are!"
 
 

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 \v 9 So Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, wash not only my feet! Wash my hands and my head also!"
 
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-\v 10 Jesus said to him, “One who has taken a bath needs only to wash his feet. The rest of his body is already clean. You are clean, but not all of you."
+\v 10 Jesus said to him, "One who has taken a bath needs only to wash his feet. The rest of his body is already clean. You are clean, but not all of you."
 \v 11 He knew who was going to hand him over. That is the reason he said, "Not all of you are clean."
 
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-\v 18 I am not saying this about all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. However, what is written in Scripture must come true: ‘The one who ate my food with me as a friend, he has turned against me and treated me like an enemy.'
+\v 18 I am not saying this about all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. However, what is written in Scripture must come true: 'The one who ate my food with me as a friend, he has turned against me and treated me like an enemy.'
 
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 \v 8 Philip said to Jesus, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be all we will ever want!"
-\v 9 Jesus said to him, "Philip, I have been with you so long, and still you do not know me.  Those who have seen me, have seen my Father. So why do you say ‘Show us the Father’?
+\v 9 Jesus said to him, "Philip, I have been with you so long, and still you do not know me.  Those who have seen me, have seen my Father. So why do you say 'Show us the Father'?
 
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 \v 10 Do you not believe that I am joined to my Father and that my Father is joined to me? The things I have told you—I did not think of these things; rather, it is my Father who has sent me to tell you all of these things, for my Father is joined to me and works through me.

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 \v 6 When the chief priests and temple guards saw him, they shouted, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him! As for me, I find no reason to punish him."
 
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-\v 7 The Jewish leaders replied to Pilate, “We have a certain law that says he ought to die because he claimed to be the Son of God."
+\v 7 The Jewish leaders replied to Pilate, "We have a certain law that says he ought to die because he claimed to be the Son of God."
 \v 8 When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid. 
 \v 9 He entered his headquarters once more and called the soldiers to bring Jesus back inside. Then he said to Jesus, "From where do you come?" However, Jesus gave him no answer.
 
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 \v 23 After the soldiers had put Jesus on the cross, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier. However, they kept his tunic separate. This tunic had been woven from top to bottom from one piece of cloth.
-\v 24 So they said to each other, "Let us not tear it. Instead, let us decide who will keep it as one piece by throwing lots for the one who will get it.” This happened to make come true the scripture that said,
+\v 24 So they said to each other, "Let us not tear it. Instead, let us decide who will keep it as one piece by throwing lots for the one who will get it." This happened to make come true the scripture that said,
 \q "They divided my clothes among them.
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 \v 35 The one who saw this bears witness—his testimony is true, and he knows he is telling the truth—so that you may put your trust in Jesus. 
 
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-\v 36 These things happened in order to fulfill what was written in Scripture: “No one will break any of his bones."
+\v 36 These things happened in order to fulfill what was written in Scripture: "No one will break any of his bones."
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 \v 37 And they fulfilled another Scripture that read: 'They will look on the one whom they have pierced.'
 

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-\v 15 When they finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these others love me?" Peter said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know I love you." Jesus said, “Feed my lambs."
-\v 16 Jesus said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He replied, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Be a shepherd to my sheep."
+\v 15 When they finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these others love me?" Peter said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my lambs."
+\v 16 Jesus said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He replied, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Be a shepherd to my sheep."
 
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-\v 17 Jesus said to him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because Jesus asked him three times, "Do you love me?"  Peter said, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep."
+\v 17 Jesus said to him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because Jesus asked him three times, "Do you love me?"  Peter said, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my sheep."
 \v 18 I am telling you the truth: when you were young, you put your own clothes on and you walked about wherever you wanted to go. However, when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone will dress you and will lead you where you do not want to go."
 
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-\v 3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, you let Satan completely control you so that you tried to deceive the Holy Spirit. Why did you do such a terrible thing? You have kept for yourself some of the money you received for selling the land. You did not give us all of it.
-\v 4 Before you sold that land, you truly owned it. And after you sold it, the money was still yours. So why did you ever think about doing this wicked thing? You were not trying to deceive only us! No, you tried to deceive God himself!”
+\v 3 Then Peter said, "Ananias, you let Satan completely control you so that you tried to deceive the Holy Spirit. Why did you do such a terrible thing? You have kept for yourself some of the money you received for selling the land. You did not give us all of it.
+\v 4 Before you sold that land, you truly owned it. And after you sold it, the money was still yours. So why did you ever think about doing this wicked thing? You were not trying to deceive only us! No, you tried to deceive God himself!"
 \v 5 When Ananias heard these words, immediately he fell down dead. And all who heard about Ananias' death became terrified.
 \v 6 Some young men came forward, wrapped his body in a sheet, and carried it out and buried it.
 
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 \v 27 After the captain and his officers had brought the apostles to the Council room, they commanded them to stand in front of the Council members, and the high priest questioned them.
-\v 28 He said to them, “We commanded you not to teach people about that man Jesus! But you have disobeyed us, and you have taught people all over Jerusalem about him! Furthermore, you are trying to make it seem that we are the ones who are guilty for that man's death!”
+\v 28 He said to them, "We commanded you not to teach people about that man Jesus! But you have disobeyed us, and you have taught people all over Jerusalem about him! Furthermore, you are trying to make it seem that we are the ones who are guilty for that man's death!"
 
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 \v 29 But Peter, speaking for himself and the other apostles, replied, "We have to obey what God commands us to do, not what you people tell us to do!

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 \v 3 One day at about three o'clock in the afternoon Cornelius saw a vision. He clearly saw an angel whom God had sent. He saw the angel coming into his room and saying to him, "Cornelius!"
-\v 4 Cornelius stared at the angel and became terrified. Then he asked fearfully, "Sir, what do you want?” The angel who was sent from God answered him, “You have pleased God because you have been praying regularly to him and you often give money to help poor people. Those things have been like a memorial offering to God.
+\v 4 Cornelius stared at the angel and became terrified. Then he asked fearfully, "Sir, what do you want?" The angel who was sent from God answered him, "You have pleased God because you have been praying regularly to him and you often give money to help poor people. Those things have been like a memorial offering to God.
 \v 5 So now command some men to go to Joppa and tell them to bring back a man named Simon whose other name is Peter.
 \v 6 He is staying with a man, also named Simon, who makes leather. His house is near the ocean."
 
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 \v 21 So Peter went down to the men and said to them, "Greetings! I am the man you are looking for. Why have you come?"
 
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-\v 22 They replied, "Cornelius, who is a Roman army officer, sent us here. He is a good man who worships God, and all of the Jewish people who know about him say that he is a very good man. An angel said to him, ‘Tell some men to go to Joppa to see Simon Peter and bring him here, so that you can hear what he has to say.'"
+\v 22 They replied, "Cornelius, who is a Roman army officer, sent us here. He is a good man who worships God, and all of the Jewish people who know about him say that he is a very good man. An angel said to him, 'Tell some men to go to Joppa to see Simon Peter and bring him here, so that you can hear what he has to say.'"
 \v 23 So Peter invited them into the house and told them that they should stay there that night.
 \p The next day Peter got ready and went with the men. Several of the believers from Joppa also went with him.