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-\v 1 In this book is written what Moses had said to all the Israelites, after they had set up their tents east of the Jordan—in the desert plain along the Jordan—near a place named Suph, between Paran on one side of the Jordan River and the towns of Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab on the other side of the river.
+\v 1 In this book is written what Moses said to all the Israelites, after they had set up their tents east of the Jordan—in the desert plain along the Jordan—near a place named Suph, between Paran on one side of the Jordan River and the towns of Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab on the other side of the river.
 \v 2 To walk from Mount Sinai to Kadesh Barnea, people usually travel for only eleven days, going by way of the hill country called Edom.
 
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 \v 3 Forty years after the Israelites had left Egypt, Moses told the Israelite people everything that Yahweh had commanded him.
-\v 4 This was after they had defeated Sihon, the king of the Amor people. who lived in the city of Heshbon, and Og, the king of the region of Bashan, who lived in towns of Ashtaroth and Edrei.
+\v 4 This was after they had defeated Sihon, the king of the Amor people, who lived in the city of Heshbon; and Og, the king of the region of Bashan, who lived in towns of Ashtaroth and Edrei.
 
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-\v 15 So I took the wise and respected men that your ancestors chose from your tribes, and I appointed them to be your leaders. I appointed some to rule over one thousand people, some to have authority over one hundred people, some to have authority over fifty people, and some to have authority over ten people. I also appointed other officers from throughout your tribes.
+\v 15 So I took the wise and respected men that your ancestors chose from your tribes, and I appointed them to be your leaders. I appointed some to have authority over one thousand people, some to have authority over one hundred people, some to have authority over fifty people, and some to have authority over ten people. I also appointed other officers from throughout your tribes.
 \v 16 I instructed your leaders, 'Listen to the disputes that occur among your people. Judge each dispute, including disputes between close relatives and quarrels between your people and people from other countries who live among you.
 
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 \v 17 You must not play favorites. You must treat poor people and important people equally. You must not worry about what anyone will think, because you will decide matters as God wants you to. If any dispute is very difficult and you are unable to decide it, bring it to me, and I will decide.'
-\v 18 At that time I also told to you many other things."
+\v 18 At that time I also told to you many other things.
 
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-\v 19 "Then, just like Yahweh our God commanded us, we left Mount Sinai and went through that huge desert that is very dangerous, on the road to the hill country where the Amor people live. We arrived at Kadesh Barnea.
+\v 19 Then, just like Yahweh our God commanded us, we left Mount Sinai and went through that huge desert that is very dangerous, on the road to the hill country where the Amor people live. We arrived at Kadesh Barnea.
 
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 \v 20 I said to your ancestors, 'We have now come to the hill country where the Amor people live. This is part of the area that Yahweh our God, the one whom our ancestors worshiped, is giving to us.
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 \v 22 But your ancestors all came to me and said, 'Before we go, we should first send some men there to explore the land, in order that they can return and tell us which will be the best road to go there and what kind of towns are there.'
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 \v 23 I thought that it would be good to do that, so I chose twelve men, one man from each tribe.
-\v 24 They went up into the hill country as far as Eshcol Valley, and they explored all that area.
+\v 24 They went up into the hill country as far as Eshcol Valley and they explored all that area.
 
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-\v 25 They picked some of the fruit that they found there and brought it to us. They reported that the land that Yahweh our God was giving to us is very good."
+\v 25 They picked some of the fruit that they found there and brought it to us. They reported that the land that Yahweh our God was giving to us is very good.
 
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-\v 26 "But your ancestors refused to go and conquer that land. They rebelled against what Yahweh our God had commanded them to do, and they would not go into that land.
+\v 26 But your ancestors refused to go and conquer that land. They rebelled against what Yahweh our God had commanded them to do, and they would not go into that land.
 \v 27 Your ancestors stayed in their tents and complained. They said, 'Yahweh hates us. So he has brought us here from Egypt just to allow the Amor people to destroy us.
 \v 28 We do not want to go there. The men whom we sent there have made us very discouraged. They have told us that the people there are much stronger and taller than we are, and that there are very high walls around their towns. Also they reported that they had seen giants there that are descendants of Anak.'
 
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 \v 34 Yahweh heard what they said, and he became angry. He solemnly declared,
-\v 35-36 'Caleb son of Jephunneh, will enter the land. He has obeyed me completely. So I will give to him and to his descendants some of the land that he explored. He is the only one of all you people who will enter that land. None of these evil people will ever see that good land which I solemnly promised to give to your ancestors.'
+\v 35-36 'Caleb son of Jephunneh will enter the land. He has obeyed me completely. So I will give to him and to his descendants some of the land that he explored. He is the only one of all you people who will enter that land. None of these evil people will ever see that good land that I solemnly promised to give to your ancestors.'
 
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-\v 8 So we continued to travel. We avoided going through the hill country where the descendants of Esau live. We turned from the road that goes along the plain of the Jordan valley, and comes up from Ezion Geber and Elath, and we traveled along the desert road of Moab.
+\v 8 So we continued to travel. We avoided going through the hill country where the descendants of Esau live. We turned from the road that goes along the plain of the Jordan valley and comes up from Ezion Geber and Elath, and we traveled along the desert road of Moab.
 
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 \v 20 (That region is also called the land of the Repha giants, who formerly lived there. The Ammon people call them the Zamzum group.
 \v 21 They were a large and powerful group, who were as tall as the descendants of Anak. But Yahweh destroyed them, and the Ammon people drove them away and took their land from them and started to live there.
-\v 22 Yahweh had done the same thing for the descendants of Esau who live in the hill country of Edom. He got rid of the Hor people. with the result that the Edom people took their land from them and started to live there. They still live there.
+\v 22 Yahweh had done the same thing for the descendants of Esau who live in the hill country of Edom. He got rid of the Hor people, with the result that the Edom people took their land from them and started to live there. They still live there.
 
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 \v 23 People who came from the island of Crete got rid of the Av group who previously lived in the land close to the Mediterranean Sea, as far south as Gaza. They took their land from them and started to live there.)
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 \v 24 "After we had gone through the region of Moab, Yahweh said to us, 'Now cross the Arnon River. I will help you to defeat the army of Sihon, the king of the Amor people. who lives in the city of Heshbon. So attack their army and start to take their land from them.
-\v 25 Today I will begin to cause everyone, everywhere, to be afraid of you. Everyone who hears about you will tremble and be terrified.'
+\v 25 Today I will begin to cause everyone everywhere to be afraid of you. Everyone who hears about you will tremble and be terrified.'
 
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-\v 1 "Then we turned north and went toward the region of Bashan. Og, the king of that area, and all his soldiers marched south to fight against us at the city of Edrei.
-\v 2 Yahweh said to me, 'Do not be afraid of him, because I will enable your army to defeat him and all his army and to capture all their land. Do to him what you did to Sihon, the king of the Amor people. who ruled in Heshbon.'
+\v 1 "Then we turned north and went toward the region of Bashan. Og the king of that area and all his soldiers marched south to fight against us at the city of Edrei.
+\v 2 Yahweh said to me, 'Do not be afraid of him, because I will enable your army to defeat him and all his army and to capture all their land. Do to him what you did to Sihon the king of the Amor people who ruled in Heshbon.'
 
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 \v 21 And I told Joshua, 'You have seen everything that Yahweh our God did to those two kings, Sihon and Og. He will do the same thing to the people who are now in the land that you will be entering.
-\v 22 Do not be afraid of those people, because Yahweh our God is the one who will fight for you all.'"
+\v 22 Do not be afraid of those people, because Yahweh our God is the one who will fight for you all.'
 
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-\v 23 "At that time, I earnestly prayed, saying
+\v 23 At that time, I earnestly prayed, saying,
 \v 24 'Yahweh our Lord, you have merely begun to show me that you are very great and to show me the powerful things that you can do. There is certainly no god in heaven or on earth who can do the powerful things that you have done.
 \v 25 So please allow me to cross the Jordan River and to see the good land on the east side, the beautiful hill country and the mountains in Lebanon.'
 
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 \v 26 But Yahweh was angry with me because of what your ancestors had done, so he would not pay attention to me. Instead, he said, 'That is enough talk from you! Do not talk to me about that again!
-\v 27 You will climb up to the top of Mount Pisgah and look toward the west and to the east, toward the north and to the south. You must look at it all carefully, because you will not cross the Jordan River to see the land from there.
+\v 27 You will climb up to the top of Mount Pisgah and look toward the west and the east, toward the north and the south. You must look at it all carefully, because you will not cross the Jordan River to see the land from there.
 
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 \v 28 But tell Joshua what he must do; encourage him to be strong, because he is the one who will lead the people across the river so they can occupy the land that you will see from the top of the mountain.'
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 \v 26 Today I am requesting everyone who is in heaven and everyone who is on the earth to watch what you are doing. If you disobey what I am telling you, you will soon all die in the land that you will be crossing the Jordan River to occupy. You will not live very long there; Yahweh will completely get rid of many of you.
 
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-\v 27 And the rest of you, Yahweh will force you to go and live among the people of many other nations. Only a few of you will survive there.
+\v 27 And Yahweh will force the rest of you to go and live among the people of many other nations. Only a few of you will survive there.
 \v 28 When you are in those nations, you will worship gods that are made of wood and stone, gods made by humans, gods that cannot see anything or hear anything or eat anything or smell anything.
 
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 \v 33 Has any group ever remained alive after they heard a god speak to them from the middle of a fire, like we did?
 
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-\v 34 Certainly God has never before tried to take a huge group of people from one nation to another location, like he did for us when he brought us out of Egypt. We saw Yahweh our God use his great power to do miracles to show us who he is, and sent plagues, and did many other things that terrified people, and how he rescued us when the army of Egypt tried to attack us.
+\v 34 Certainly God has never before tried to take a huge group of people from one nation to another location, like he did for us when he brought us out of Egypt. We saw Yahweh our God use his great power to do miracles to show us who he is, and send plagues, and do many other things that terrified people, and how he rescued us when the army of Egypt tried to attack us.
 
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 \v 44 Moses gave God's laws to the Israelite people.
 \v 45 They included all the solemn commands, instructions and laws that Moses spoke to the people of Israel after they had come out of Egypt,
-\v 46 when they were in the valley east of the Jordan River. They were across from the town of Beth Peor, in the land that previously was ruled by Sihon, the king of the Amor people. who lived in Heshbon. Moses and the other Israelites had defeated his army when they came out of Egypt.
+\v 46 when they were in the valley east of the Jordan River. They were across from the town of Beth Peor, in the land that previously was ruled by Sihon, the king of the Amor people, who lived in Heshbon. Moses and the other Israelites had defeated his army when they came out of Egypt.
 
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 \v 47 They captured Sihon's land and the land that Og, the king of the region of Bashan, had ruled. Those were the two kings who ruled the Amor people in the area east of the Jordan River.
-\v 48 Their land extended from the city of Aroer in the south along the Arnon River, as far north as Mount Sirion, which most people call Mount Hermon.
+\v 48 Their land extended from the city of Aroer in the south along the Arnon River as far north as Mount Sirion, which most people call Mount Hermon.
 \v 49 It also included all the area in the plain east of the Jordan River valley, extending to the Sea of Arabah (known as the Dead Sea) and east to the slopes of Mount Pisgah.
 
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-\v 9 You must not bow down to any idol and worship it, because I am Yahweh God, and I will not tolerate you doing that. I will punish anyone who does that, and their children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
+\v 9 You must not bow down to any idol and worship it, because I am Yahweh God, and I will not tolerate you doing that. I will punish anyone who does that, as well as their children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
 \v 10 But I will steadfastly love thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my commandments.
 
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