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 \v 1 David and some of the temple officials chose some of the descendants of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to be in charge of the preaching and to play harps and lyres and cymbals. This is a list of the men whom they chose for that work:
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-\v 2 From the sons of Asaph they chose Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Aserelah. Asaph supervised them. And the king appointed Asaph to preach.
+\v 2 From the sons of Asaph they chose Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. Asaph supervised them, and the king appointed Asaph to preach.
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 \v 3 From the sons of Jeduthun they chose six men: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah. Jeduthun supervised them and also preached, playing his harp while he thanked and praised Yahweh.
 
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-\v 4 From the sons of Heman they chose Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Eze, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
-\v 5 They were all sons of Heman, who was King David's prophet. God promised to cause Heman to be strong, so altogether, God gave him fourteen sons and three daughters.
+\v 4 From the sons of Heman they chose Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
+\v 5 They were all sons of Heman, who was King David's prophet. God promised to cause Heman to be strong, so altogether God gave him fourteen sons and three daughters.
 
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 \v 6 All those men were supervised by their fathers while they played music in the temple of Yahweh. They played cymbals, lyres, and harps. And their fathers—Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman—were supervised by the king.
 \v 7 Those men and their relatives were all trained and skilled for playing musical instruments in the temple. That was their work for Yahweh. Including their relatives, there were 288 of them.
-\v 8 All of them, including ones who were young and those who were old, cast lots to determine what work they would do.
+\v 8 All of them—it did not matter whether they were young or old, a teacher or a student—cast lots to determine what work they would do.
 
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-\v 9 From the family of Asaph, the first ones selected were Joseph and 12 of his sons and relatives.
+\v 9 From the family of Asaph, the first ones selected were Joseph and twelve of his sons and relatives.
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-\v 10 Next, Gedaliah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 10 Next, Gedaliah and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
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-\v 11 Next, Zaccur and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 11 Next, Zaccur and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
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-\v 12 Next, Nethaniah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 12 Next, Nethaniah and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
 
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-\v 13 Next, Bukkiah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 13 Next, Bukkiah and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
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-\v 14 Next, Jesarelah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 14 Next, Jesarelah and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
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-\v 15 Next, Jeshaiah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 15 Next, Jeshaiah and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
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-\v 16 Next, Mattaniah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 16 Next, Mattaniah and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
 
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-\v 17 Next, Shimei and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 17 Next, Shimei and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
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-\v 18 Next, Azarel and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 18 Next, Azarel and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
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-\v 19 Next, Hashabiah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 19 Next, Hashabiah and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
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-\v 20 Next, Shubael and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 20 Next, Shubael and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
 
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-\v 21 Next, Mattithiah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 21 Next, Mattithiah and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
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-\v 22 Next, Jerimoth and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 22 Next, Jerimoth and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
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-\v 23 Next, Hananiah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 23 Next, Hananiah and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
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-\v 24 Next, Joshbekashah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 24 Next, Joshbekashah and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
 
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-\v 25 Next, Hanani and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 25 Next, Hanani and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
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-\v 26 Next, Mallothi and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 26 Next, Mallothi and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
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-\v 27 Next, Eliathah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 27 Next, Eliathah and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
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-\v 28 Next, Hothir and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 28 Next, Hothir and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
 
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-\v 29 Next, Giddalti and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 29 Next, Giddalti and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
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-\v 30 Next, Mahazioth and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 30 Next, Mahazioth and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
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-\v 31 Next, Romamti-Eze and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.
+\v 31 Next, Romamti-Ezer and twelve of his sons and relatives were selected.
 
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 \v 7 The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah's relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men.
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-\v 8 All of those descendants of Obed-Edom and their sons and relatives were capable people and strong workers. Altogether there were 62 of them.
+\v 8 All of those descendants of Obed-Edom and their sons and relatives were capable people and strong workers. Altogether there were sixty-two of them.
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-\v 9 Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether.
+\v 9 Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were eighteen of them altogether.
 
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 \v 10 Another guard was Hosah's son Shimri, a descendant of Merari. Hosah appointed Shimri to be the leader, even though he was not Hosah's oldest son.
-\v 11 Hosah's other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.
+\v 11 Hosah's other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were thirteen sons and relatives of Hosah.
 
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-\v 23 Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
+\v 23 Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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-\v 24 Shubuel, a descendant of Moses's son Gershom, was the leader who was in charge of the money chests.
+\v 24 Shubael, a descendant of Moses's son Gershom, was the leader who was in charge of the money chests.
 \v 25 Others who did that work were the descendants of Gershom's younger brother Eliezer. Those men were Eliezer's son Rehabiah, Rehabiah's son Jeshaiah, Jeshaiah's son Joram, Joram's son Zichri, and Zichri's son Shelomith.
 
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-\v 26 Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the valuable things that had been dedicated to Yahweh by King David, by the leaders of the family groups, by the army commanders of one thousand soldiers and commanders of 100 soldiers, and by other army commanders.
+\v 26 Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the valuable things that had been dedicated to Yahweh by King David, by the leaders of the family groups, by the army commanders of one thousand soldiers and commanders of one hundred soldiers, and by other army commanders.
 \v 27 Some of the things that those army officers had taken from Israel's enemies in battles they dedicated for the repair of the temple of Yahweh.
 \v 28 And Shelomith and his relatives were also in charge of everything that had been dedicated to Yahweh by the prophet Samuel, by King Saul, and by David's two army commanders Abner and Joab.
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 \v 29 From the descendants of Izhar, Kenaniah and his sons were given work outside the temple area. They were officials and judges in various places in Israel.
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-\v 30 From the descendants of Hebron, Hashabiah and his relatives were responsible for the work done for Yahweh and for the king in all the area west of the Jordan river. There were 1,700 of them who were able to do their work well.
+\v 30 From the descendants of Hebron, Hashabiah and his relatives were responsible for the work done for Yahweh and for the king in all the area west of the Jordan River. There were 1,700 of them who were able to do their work well.
 
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 \v 31 It was written in the records of the descendants of Hebron that Jeriah was their leader. When David had been ruling for almost forty years, they searched in those records, and they found names of capable men descended from Hebron who were at the city of Jazer in the region of Gilead.
-\v 32 Jeriah had 2,700 relatives who were able to do their work well, and who were leaders of their families. King David put them in charge of governing the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the western half of the tribe of Manasseh, to be sure that all the people did what God and the king told them to do.
+\v 32 Jeriah had 2,700 relatives who were able to do their work well and who were leaders of their families. King David put them in charge of governing the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh, to be sure that all the people did what God and the king told them to do.
 
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