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04-NUM/13.usfm

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 \v 30 Caleb told the people who were standing near Moses to be quiet. Then he said, "We should go there and take the land, because we are certainly able to conquer it!"
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-\v 31 But the men who had gone with him said, "No, we cannot attack and defeat those people! They are much stronger than we are!"
+\v 31 But the men who had gone with him said, "No, we cannot attack and defeat those people. They are much stronger than we are!"
 
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 \v 32 So those men gave to the Israelite people a bad report about the land that they had explored. They said, "The land that we explored destroys the life those who try to attack it. And all the people living there are very tall. 
-\v 33 We also saw giants there. They are the descendants of Anak (who come from the Nephilim, those giant people). When we saw these giants we felt as small as grasshoppers and they thought that we looked like grasshoppers too!"
+\v 33 We also saw giants there. They are the descendants of Anak (who come from the Nephilim, those giant people). When we saw these giants we felt as small as grasshoppers and they thought that we looked like grasshoppers too."
 
 
 

04-NUM/16.usfm

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 \v 18 So each of those men got a pan to burn incense. They put in it incense and hot coals to light it, and then they all stood at the entrance of the sacred tent with Aaron and Moses.
-\v 19 Then Korah summoned all the people who supported him and who were against Moses, and they also gathered at the entrance of the tent. Then the glory of Yahweh appeared to all of them
+\v 19 Then Korah summoned all the people who supported him and who were against Moses, and they also gathered at the entrance of the tent. Then the glory of Yahweh appeared to all of them.
 
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-\v 20 and Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses,
+\v 20 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?"

04-NUM/18.usfm

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 \v 25 Yahweh said to Moses,
-\v 26 "Tell this to the descendants of Levi, 'When you receive one tenth of all the crops and animals from the Israelite people, you must present one tenth of all that to me to be a sacred offering.
+\v 26 "Tell this to the descendants of Levi, 'When you receive one tenth of all the crops and animals from the Israelite people, you must present one tenth of all that to me to be a sacred offering,
-\v 27 Just like the other Israelites present one tenth of the grain and wine that they produce,
+\v 27 just like the other Israelites present one tenth of the grain and wine that they produce.
 
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-\v 28 you must present to me one tenth of all that you receive from them. That will be your sacred offering to me. You must present it to Aaron.
+\v 28 You must present to me one tenth of all that you receive from the Israelite people. That will be your sacred offering to me. You must present it to Aaron.
 \v 29 Select the best parts of the things that are given to you to present them to me.'
 
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04-NUM/20.usfm

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-\v 6 Moses and Aaron turned away from the people and went to the entrance of the sacred tent and prostrated themselves on the ground. Then Yahweh appeared to them with his bright glory,
+\v 6 Moses and Aaron turned away from the people and went to the entrance of the sacred tent and prostrated themselves on the ground. Just then Yahweh appeared to them with his bright glory.
 
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-\v 7 and he said to Moses,
+\v 7 When Yahweh appeared in glory, he said,
 \v 8 "You and Aaron must take Aaron's walking stick with you and gather all the people together. While the people are watching, command that large rock over there to pour out water. Water for the people will flow from it. All they and all their livestock will have enough water to drink."
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 \v 9 So Moses did what Yahweh told him to do. He took Aaron's walking stick from the place in the sacred tent where it was kept.

04-NUM/21.usfm

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 \v 18 Sing about this well
 \q2 which our leaders dug;
 \q2 they dug out the dirt with their royal scepters and their walking sticks."
-\m Then the Israelites left that wilderness and went through Mattanah,
+\m Then the Israelites left that wilderness and went through Mattanah.
 
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-\v 19 Nahaliel, and Bamoth village.
+\v 19 The Israelites also went throught Nahaliel, and Bamoth village.
 \v 20 Then they went to the valley in Moab where Mount Pisgah rises above the wilderness.
 
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04-NUM/26.usfm

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 \v 63 Those were the men whom Eleazar and Moses said should be counted. They counted the Israelite people on the plains of Moab, on the east side of the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
-\v 64 None of the men whom they counted were on the lists that were made by Aaron and Moses when the Israelites were in the Sinai Desert,
+\v 64 None of the men whom they counted were on the lists that were made by Aaron and Moses when the Israelites were in the Sinai Desert.
 
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-\v 65 because Yahweh had said about them, "They will all die in this desert," and that is what happened. The only ones who were still alive were Jephunneh's son Caleb and Nun's son Joshua.
+\v 65 They were told what Yahweh had said. He said, "They will all die in this desert," and that is what happened. The only ones who were still alive were Jephunneh's son Caleb and Nun's son Joshua.
 
 
 

04-NUM/28.usfm

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 \v 26 On the day of the Harvest festival, when you bring to me the first grain that you have harvested, you must gather together to worship me. Do not do any regular work that you would normally do on that day.
 \v 27 Bring to me two young bulls, one male sheep, and seven male lambs that are one year old. When they are completely burned on the altar, the smell will be very pleasing to me.
-\v 28 Also bring a flour offering of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil. For each bull bring 5.7 liters, and with each male sheep bring 3.8 liters, 
+\v 28 Also bring a flour offering of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil. For each bull bring 5.7 liters, and with each male sheep bring 3.8 liters. 
 
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-\v 29 and with each of the lambs bring 1.9 liters. 
+\v 29 For each of the lambs bring 1.9 liters. 
 \v 30 Also sacrifice one male goat to make atonement for your sins.
 \v 31 Bring these offerings and the offering of wine in addition to the animals and flour that you burn on the altar each day. And remember that the animals that you sacrifice must have no defects.'"
 

04-NUM/31.usfm

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 \v 9 They captured all the women and children of the Midian people group and took away their cattle, their flocks of sheep, and herds of goats, and all their other possessions.
-\v 10 Then they burned down all the houses in the towns and villages where the people of the Midian people group lived,
+\v 10 Then they burned down all the houses in the towns and villages where the people of the Midian people group lived.
 
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-\v 11 but they took home with them all the women and children and animals and possessions.
+\v 11 But they took home with them all the women and children and animals and possessions.
 \v 12 They brought all these to Eleazer and Moses, and to the rest of the Israelite people who were at their camp on the plains of Moab, near the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
 
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04-NUM/35.usfm

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 \v 22 But someone might accidentally shove someone else, or he might accidentally throw something at another person and hit him, but not because he hates that person.
-\v 23 Or he might drop a rock on someone that he could not see. If the one who does that did not plan to hurt anyone and did not hate the person who was killed,
+\v 23 Or he might drop a rock on someone that he could not see. There is a law for the one who does that did not plan to hurt anyone and did not hate the person who was killed.
 
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-\v 24 then the people of that city must decide whether the relative of the dead person has the right to get revenge, or whether the one who killed the other person truly did it accidentally.
+\v 24 That law is that the people of that city must decide whether the relative of the dead person has the right to get revenge, or whether the one who killed the other person truly did it accidentally.
 \v 25 If they decide that the killer planned to kill the other person, they must not allow him to stay in their city. But if they decide that it was done accidentally, they must protect the killer from being killed by the dead person's relative. They must send the killer to one of the cities where he will be safe, and allow him to stay there until the high priest dies. After that, the killer may go back to his home, because the dead person's relative no longer has the right to get revenge.
 
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05-DEU/02.usfm

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 \v 6 When you travel near their land, buy food and water from them.'
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-\v 7 Do not forget that Yahweh our God has blessed you in everything that you have done. He knows what has happened to you while you have wandered in this huge desert. But he has been with you during those forty years, and as a result you have had everything that you needed 
+\v 7 Do not forget that Yahweh our God has blessed you in everything that you have done. He knows what has happened to you while you have wandered in this huge desert. But he has been with you during those forty years, and as a result you have had everything that you needed. 
 
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05-DEU/03.usfm

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 \v 3 So Yahweh enabled us to defeat King Og and all his army. We killed them all; we did not allow any of them to remain alive.
-\v 4 There were sixty cities in that region of Argob, in King Og's kingdom of Bashan. But we captured all of them
+\v 4 There were sixty cities in that region of Argob, in King Og's kingdom of Bashan. But we captured all of them.
 
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 \v 5 All those cities had high walls around them with gates and bars. We also captured many villages that did not have walls around them.

05-DEU/10.usfm

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 \v 3 So I made a chest. I used wood from an acacia tree to make it. Then I cut two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I went up the mountain carrying the tablets.
-\v 4 There Yahweh wrote on the tablets the same Ten Commandments that he had written on the first tablet. They are the commandments that he had spoken to your ancestors from the midst of the fire on the mountain, when they had gathered at the bottom of the mountain. Then Yahweh gave the tablets to me,
+\v 4 There Yahweh wrote on the tablets the same Ten Commandments that he had written on the first tablet. They are the commandments that he had spoken to your ancestors from the midst of the fire on the mountain, when they had gathered at the bottom of the mountain. Then Yahweh gave the tablets to me.
 
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-\v 5 and I turned and went down the mountain. Then, just as he had commanded, I put them in the chest that I had made. And they are still there."
+\v 5 Carrying the tablets, I turned and went down the mountain. Then, just as he had commanded, I put them in the chest that I had made. And they are still there."
 
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05-DEU/14.usfm

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 \v 11 You are permitted to eat the flesh of any bird that is acceptable to Yahweh.
 \v 12 But eagles, vultures, osprey,
-\v 13 buzzards, all kinds of kites,
+\v 13 buzzards, and all kinds of kites you may not eat.
 
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-\v 14 all kinds of crows and ravens,
+\v 14 You are not permitted to eat all kinds of crows and ravens,
 \v 15 and the ostrich, and the night hawk, the sea gull, no kind of hawk,
 \v 16 the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,
-\v 17 pelicans, vultures that eat dead animals, cormorants,
+\v 17 pelicans, vultures that eat dead animals, cormorants.
 
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-\v 18 and the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat you must not eat.
+\v 18 And you are not permitted to each the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat you must not eat.
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 \v 19 All insects with wings and which swarm are unacceptable to Yahweh; do not eat them.
 \v 20 But other insects with wings are acceptable to eat.

05-DEU/16.usfm

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 \v 14 Each married couple along with their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi who are in that town, and the foreigners, orphans, and widows who are living among you, should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh.
 
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-\v 15 Honor Yahweh our God by celebrating this festival for seven days in the place that he chooses for you to worship him. You should all be joyful, because Yahweh will have blessed your harvest and all the other work that you have done
+\v 15 Honor Yahweh our God by celebrating this festival for seven days in the place that he chooses for you to worship him. You should all be joyful, because Yahweh will have blessed your harvest and all the other work that you have done.
 
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05-DEU/28.usfm

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 \v 1 "If you do what Yahweh our God tells you to do and faithfully obey everything that I am today commanding you to do, he will cause you to become greater than any other nation on the earth.
-\v 2 If you obey Yahweh, this is what he will do to bless you:
+\v 2 If you obey Yahweh, all these blessings will come to you.
 
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-\v 15 But if you do not do what Yahweh our God is telling you to do, and if you do not faithfully obey all his rules and regulations that I am giving to you today, this is what he will do to curse you:
+\v 15 But if you do not do what Yahweh our God is telling you to do, and if you do not faithfully obey all his rules and regulations that I am giving to you today, he will bring these curses upon you and he will let them have their full force against you.
 
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05-DEU/29.usfm

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 \v 10 Today all of us are standing in the presence of Yahweh our God—I, the leaders of all your tribes, your elders, your officials, all you Israelite men,
-\v 11 your wives, your children, and the foreigners who live among us and cut wood for us and carry water for us,
+\v 11 your wives, your children, and the foreigners who live among us and cut wood for us and carry water for us.
 
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 \v 12 You are all here today to agree to accept this covenant with Yahweh, and to bind yourselves to it.
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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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 \v 20 Yahweh will not forgive anyone who is stubborn like that. Instead, he will be extremely angry with that person, and all the curses that I have told you about will happen to that person, until Yahweh destroys that person and his family forever.

05-DEU/33.usfm

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 \v 13 I say this about the tribes of Joseph:
 \q I desire that Yahweh will bless their land
 \q by giving them rain from the sky
-\q and water from deep down in the ground,
+\q and water from deep down in the ground.
 
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-\v 14 by giving them good fruit ripened by the sun
+\v 14 I desire that Yahweh will bless their land by giving them good fruit ripened by the sun
 \q and good crops in the right months.
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-\v 15 I desire that very nice fruit will grow on trees in their ancient mountains.
+\v 15 I desire that Yahweh give them that very nice fruit that will grow on trees in their ancient mountains.
 
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-\v 16 I desire that their land will be filled with many good crops,
+\v 16 I desire that Yahweh will bless their land and that he fill the land with many good crops.
-\q blessed by Yahweh, the one who appeared to me in a burning bush.
 \q I desire that Yahweh will bless the tribes of Joseph in all those ways,
-\q because he was his older brothers' leader when they were in Egypt.
+\q because he was the leader over his older brothers when they were in Egypt.
 
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06-JOS/13.usfm

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 \v 17 It also includes Heshbon and all its cities that are in the plateau including Dibon, and Bamoth Baal, and Beth Baal Meon;
 \v 18 and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
-\v 19 and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth Shahar, which stands on a hill within the valley,
+\v 19 and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth Shahar, which stands on a hill within the valley.
 
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-\v 20 Beth Peor, the slopes of Mount Pisgah, Beth Jeshimoth,
+\v 20 The territory also includes Beth Peor, the slopes of Mount Pisgah, Beth Jeshimoth,
 \v 21 all the cities situated along the plateau, and all the kingdom of Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who reigned there in Heshbon, the ones that Moses defeated along with the leaders of Midian, who were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon who ruled there.
 
 

06-JOS/18.usfm

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 \v 17 From there the border extended west to En Shemesh and continued to Geliloth near the hill of Adummim. Then it extended to the great stone of Reuben's son Bohan.
-\v 18 From there the border extended to the northern edge of Beth Arabah and down into the plain along the Jordan..
+\v 18 From there the border extended to the northern edge of Beth Arabah and down into the plain along the Jordan.
 
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 \v 19 From there it extended east to the northern edge of Beth Hoglah and ended at the north end of the Dead Sea, where the Jordan River flows into the Dead Sea. That was the boundary on the south.

07-JDG/03.usfm

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 \v 19 When they arrived at the stone quarries near Gilgal, he told the other men to go on, but he himself turned around and went back to the king of Moab. When he arrived at the palace, he said to the king, "Your majesty, I have a secret message for you." So the king told all his servants to be quiet, and he sent them out of the room.
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-\v 20 Then, as Eglon was sitting alone in the upstairs room of his summer palace, Ehud came close to him and said, "I have a message for you from God." As the king got up from his chair,
+\v 20 Then, as Eglon was sitting alone in the upstairs room of his summer palace, Ehud came close to him and said, "I have a message for you from God." Just then the king got up from his chair.
 
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-\v 21 Ehud reached with his left hand and pulled the dagger from his right thigh, and plunged it into the king's belly.
+\v 21 As the king got up, Ehud reached with his left hand and pulled the dagger from his right thigh, and plunged it into the king's belly.
 \v 22 He thrust it in so far that the handle went into the king's belly, and the blade came out the king's back. Ehud did not pull the dagger out. He left it there, with the handle buried in the king's fat.
 \v 23 Then Ehud left the room. He went out to the porch. He shut the doors to the room and locked them.
 

07-JDG/05.usfm

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 \q2 She pounded the tent peg right through his head.
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 \v 27 He collapsed at her feet
-\q2 and fell; laying flat.
+\q2 and he fell and he layed there and did not move.
-\q1 He collapsed at her feet
+\q1 At her feet he sank down,
-\q2 and fell.
+\q2 and there he fell limp. He was dead.
-\q1 Where he collapsed, there he fell—
-\q2 dead.
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07-JDG/09.usfm

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-\v 15 The thornbush said to the trees, 'If you truly want to appoint me to be your king, come into the shade of my tiny branches. But if you do not want to do that, I hope that fire will come out from me and burn up all the cedar trees in Lebanon country!'~"
+\v 15 The thornbush said to the trees, 'If you truly want to appoint me to be your king, come into the shade of my tiny branches. But if you do not want to do that, I hope that fire will come out from me and burn up all the cedar trees in Lebanon country!'"
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 \v 16 After Jotham finished telling them this parable, he said, "So now I ask you, were you being completely honest and sincere when you appointed Abimelech to be your king? Have you rewarded Gideon (who is also called Jerub Baal) by honoring him as he deserved because of all the good things he did for you? No!
 
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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 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!'~"
+\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 52 Abimelech and his men came to the tower and he came up to the door to light a fire to burn down the door.
 \v 53 But when Abimelech came near the doorway, a woman who was on the roof dropped a the upper half of a large grinding stone on his head, which cracked the bone of his skull.
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-\v 54 Abimelech quickly called to the young man who carried Abimelech's weapons, and said, "Pull out your sword and kill me with it! I do not want people to say 'A woman killed Abimelech.'~" So the young man thrust his sword into Abimelech, and Abimelech died.
+\v 54 Abimelech quickly called to the young man who carried Abimelech's weapons, and said, "Pull out your sword and kill me with it! I do not want people to say 'A woman killed Abimelech.'" So the young man thrust his sword into Abimelech, and Abimelech died.
 
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 \v 55 When the Israelite soldiers saw that Abimelech was dead, they all returned to their homes.

08-RUT/04.usfm

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 \v 1 Meanwhile, Boaz went up to the meeting place at the gate leading into the town and sat down there. Before long, the close relative that Boaz had mentioned came along. Boaz said to him, "My cousin, come over here and sit down." So the man went and sat down.
-\v 2 Boaz then gathered ten of the elders of the town and asked them to join them. After they sat down,
+\v 2 Boaz then gathered ten of the elders of the town and asked them to join them. So they sat down.
 
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-\v 3 he said to his relative, "As you know, Naomi has returned from Moab. Now she wants to sell her right to the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelech.
+\v 3 Then Boaz said to his relative, "As you know, Naomi has returned from Moab. Now she wants to sell her right to the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelech.
 \v 4 I thought that I should tell you about that, and suggest that you buy it, while these elders who are sitting here are listening. If you are willing to buy the property, do that. But if you do not want to buy it, tell me, so that I will know. I am suggesting this to you because you are the one who has the first right to buy it, and if you do not buy it, I am next in line." The man replied, "I will buy it!"
 
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09-1SA/02.usfm

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 \v 35 I have chosen another man to be my priest. He is one who will serve me faithfully: He will do everything I want. I will make sure that his descendants will be priests and will always serve me by helping the king whom I will choose.
 
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-\v 36 All of your descendants who remain alive will have to go to that priest and ask him to give them money and food, and they will each have to say, "Please allow me to help the other priests, in order that I may earn some money to buy some food."~'~"
+\v 36 All of your descendants who remain alive will have to go to that priest and ask him to give them money and food, and they will each have to say, "Please allow me to help the other priests, in order that I may earn some money to buy some food."'"
 
 
 

09-1SA/03.usfm

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 \p Then Eli realized that it was Yahweh who was calling the boy.
 
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-\v 9 So he said to Samuel, "Go and lie down again. If someone calls you again, say 'Speak to me, Yahweh, because I am listening!'~" So Samuel went and lay down again.
+\v 9 So he said to Samuel, "Go and lie down again. If someone calls you again, say 'Speak to me, Yahweh, because I am listening!'" So Samuel went and lay down again.
 
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 \v 10 Then Yahweh came and stood and called as he had done the other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" Then Samuel said, "Speak to me, because I am listening!"
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 \v 12 When that happens, I will punish Eli and his family. I will do to them everything that I said that I would do.
 \v 13 His sons have shown great disrespect for me by the disgraceful things they have done, and Eli did not keep them back from doing it. So I told him that I would punish his family forever.
-\v 14 I solemnly promised to Eli's family, 'You will never be able to avoid the consequences for your sin, even if you give me sacrifices or offerings.'~"
+\v 14 I solemnly promised to Eli's family, 'You will never be able to avoid the consequences for your sin, even if you give me sacrifices or offerings.'"
 
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09-1SA/10.usfm

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 \v 17 Later Samuel summoned the people of Israel to gather at Mizpah to hear a message from Yahweh.
 \v 18 After they arrived, he said to them, "This is what Yahweh, the God we Israelite people worship, says: 'I brought you Israelite people out of Egypt. I rescued your ancestors from the power of the rulers of Egypt and from all the other kings who oppressed them.
-\v 19 I am the one who saves you from all your troubles and difficulties. But you have shown that you do not want to worship me. Instead, you have asked me to select a man to rule you as king. So now, your tribal and clan leaders must gather in my presence.'~"
+\v 19 I am the one who saves you from all your troubles and difficulties. But you have shown that you do not want to worship me. Instead, you have asked me to select a man to rule you as king. So now, your tribal and clan leaders must gather in my presence.'"
 
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09-1SA/15.usfm

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 \v 1 One day Samuel said to Saul, "Yahweh sent me to appoint you to be the king of the Israelite people. So now listen to this message from Yahweh:
 \v 2 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, has declared this: 'I am going to punish the descendants of Amalek for attacking the Israelite people after the Israelites left Egypt.
-\v 3 So now go with your army and attack the Amalek people group. Destroy them completely—destroy them and everything that belongs to them—the men and women, their children and infants, their cattle and sheep and camels and donkeys. Do not spare any of them!'~"
+\v 3 So now go with your army and attack the Amalek people group. Destroy them completely—destroy them and everything that belongs to them—the men and women, their children and infants, their cattle and sheep and camels and donkeys. Do not spare any of them!'"
 
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09-1SA/18.usfm

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-\v 22 Saul told his servants, "Talk to David privately, and say to him, 'Listen, the king is pleased with you, and all of us his servants love you. So now we think that you should marry Michal and become the king's son-in-law.'~"
+\v 22 Saul told his servants, "Talk to David privately, and say to him, 'Listen, the king is pleased with you, and all of us his servants love you. So now we think that you should marry Michal and become the king's son-in-law.'"
 
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 \v 24 Saul's servant told him what David had said.
 
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-\v 25 Saul replied, "Go and say to David, 'In order for the king to allow you to marry Michal, he wants you to kill one hundred Philistines and to cut off their foreskins and bring the foreskins to him to prove that you have killed them. In that way he will get revenge on his enemies.'~" But what Saul really wanted was that the Philistines would kill David while he was trying to kill them.
+\v 25 Saul replied, "Go and say to David, 'In order for the king to allow you to marry Michal, he wants you to kill one hundred Philistines and to cut off their foreskins and bring the foreskins to him to prove that you have killed them. In that way he will get revenge on his enemies.'" But what Saul really wanted was that the Philistines would kill David while he was trying to kill them.
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 \v 26 When the servants told that to David, he was very pleased that he could become the king's son-in-law by doing that. The king had said how many days he would allow for David to do that. 
 

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 \v 10 So Ahimelech gave it to him, and David left there. He and his men and went to the city of Gath in the region of Philistia, to stay with King Achish.
 \v 11 But the officers of King Achish did not approve of David's coming. They said to King Achish, "This man David is just as powerful as the king of his land. Our enemies, the Israelite people, honored him by dancing and singing,
 \q1 'Saul has killed thousands of his enemies,
-\q2 but David has killed tens of thousands of them!'~"
+\q2 but David has killed tens of thousands of them!'"
 
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12-2KI/05.usfm

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 \v 8 The prophet Elisha heard why the king of Israel had torn his robe, so he sent a message to the king, saying, "Why are you upset? Send Naaman to me, and he will find out that I am a true prophet in Israel."
 \v 9 So Naaman went with his horses and chariots to Elisha's house and waited outside the door.
-\v 10 But Elisha did not come to the door. Instead, he sent a messenger to Naaman to tell him, "Go to the Jordan River and go down seven times into the water.. Then your skin will be well, and you will no longer have leprosy."
+\v 10 But Elisha did not come to the door. Instead, he sent a messenger to Naaman to tell him, "Go to the Jordan River and go down seven times into the water. Then your skin will be well, and you will no longer have leprosy."
 
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12-2KI/20.usfm

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 \v 5 He said, "Go back to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, and say to him, 'I, Yahweh, the God whom your ancestor King David worshiped, have heard what you prayed. And I have seen your tears. So, listen, I am going to heal you. Two days from now you will be able to go up to my temple.
 
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-\v 6 I will enable you to live for fifteen more years. And I will rescue you and this city again from the power of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me well.'~"
+\v 6 I will enable you to live for fifteen more years. And I will rescue you and this city again from the power of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me well.'"
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 \v 7 Isaiah returned to the palace and told Hezekiah what Yahweh had said. Then he said to Hezekiah's servants, "Bring a paste made of boiled figs. Put some of it on his boils, and he will get well." The servants did that, and the king recovered.
 

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-\v 17-18 Another descendant of Judah was Ezrah. Ezrah's sons were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered married Bithiah, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt. The children of Mered and Bithiah were Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah. Ishbah was the father of Eshtemoa. Mered had a wife from Judah. She gave birth to Jered, Heber, and Jekuthiel. Jered was the father of Gedor; Heber was the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel was the father of Zanoah..
+\v 17-18 Another descendant of Judah was Ezrah. Ezrah's sons were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered married Bithiah, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt. The children of Mered and Bithiah were Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah. Ishbah was the father of Eshtemoa. Mered had a wife from Judah. She gave birth to Jered, Heber, and Jekuthiel. Jered was the father of Gedor; Heber was the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel was the father of Zanoah.
 
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13-1CH/09.usfm

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-\v 22 Altogether, there were 212 men who were chosen to guard the gates. Their names were written in the records of the clans in their villages. King David and the prophet Samuel appointed those men because those men were dependable..
+\v 22 Altogether, there were 212 men who were chosen to guard the gates. Their names were written in the records of the clans in their villages. King David and the prophet Samuel appointed those men because those men were dependable.
 \v 23 The work of those gatekeepers and their descendants was to guard the gates of the temple of Yahweh. The temple was built to replace the sacred tent.
 \v 24 There were gatekeepers on each of the four sides of the temple, toward the east, west, north, and south.
 

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 \v 1 Then the people of Israel came to David at the city of Hebron and said to him, "Listen, we have the same ancestors that you have.
-\v 2 In the past, when Saul was our king, it was you who led our Israelite soldiers in our battles. You are the one to whom our Yahweh our God promised, 'You will be the leader of my people; you will be their king.'~"
+\v 2 In the past, when Saul was our king, it was you who led our Israelite soldiers in our battles. You are the one to whom our Yahweh our God promised, 'You will be the leader of my people; you will be their king.'"
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 \v 3 So all the Israelite elders came to David at Hebron. There David made a sacred agreement with them while Yahweh was listening. They anointed him with olive oil to set him apart to be the king of the Israelite people. That is what Yahweh had previously told the prophet Samuel would happen.
 

13-1CH/21.usfm

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 \v 9 Then Yahweh said to Gad, David's prophet,
-\v 10 "Go and tell this to David: 'I am allowing you to choose one of three things to punish you. I will do whichever one you choose.'~"
+\v 10 "Go and tell this to David: 'I am allowing you to choose one of three things to punish you. I will do whichever one you choose.'"
 
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14-2CH/07.usfm

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 \v 21 Although this temple is now so magnificent, when that happens, all the people who pass by will be appalled, and they will say, 'Why has Yahweh done terrible things like this to this country and to this temple?'
-\v 22 And others will reply, 'It happened because they rejected Yahweh, the God to whom their ancestors belonged, the one who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and they have chosen to worship other gods and try to please them. And that is why Yahweh has caused them to experience all these disasters.'~"
+\v 22 And others will reply, 'It happened because they rejected Yahweh, the God to whom their ancestors belonged, the one who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and they have chosen to worship other gods and try to please them. And that is why Yahweh has caused them to experience all these disasters.'"
 
 
 

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 \v 2 But Yahweh spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
 \v 3 "Go and tell this to Solomon's son Rehoboam, the king of Judah, and to all the Israelite people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin:
-\v 4 'Yahweh says that you must not go to fight against the people of Israel; it is as though they are your own relatives. All of you must go home. What has happened is what Yahweh wanted to happen.'~" So Shemaiah went and told that to them, and they all paid attention to what Yahweh had commanded them to do; they did not attack Jeroboam and his soldiers.
+\v 4 'Yahweh says that you must not go to fight against the people of Israel; it is as though they are your own relatives. All of you must go home. What has happened is what Yahweh wanted to happen.'" So Shemaiah went and told that to them, and they all paid attention to what Yahweh had commanded them to do; they did not attack Jeroboam and his soldiers.
 
 
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14-2CH/12.usfm

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-\v 5 Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and the other leaders of Judah who had gathered in Jerusalem because they were afraid of the army of Shishak. Shemaiah said to them, "Yahweh says this: 'You have abandoned me; so now I am abandoning you, to allow you to be captured by the army of Shishak.'~"
+\v 5 Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and the other leaders of Judah who had gathered in Jerusalem because they were afraid of the army of Shishak. Shemaiah said to them, "Yahweh says this: 'You have abandoned me; so now I am abandoning you, to allow you to be captured by the army of Shishak.'"
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 \v 6 Then the king and the other Israelite leaders humbled themselves and said, "What Yahweh is doing to us is just."
 

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 \v 9 Now the king of Israel and the king of Judah were sitting there on thrones, wearing their royal robes. They were sitting by the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were busy saying words of prophecy to them. 
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-\v 10 One of them whose name was Zedekiah son of Kenaanah, had made from iron something that resembled the horns of a bull. He proclaimed to Ahab, "This is what Yahweh says: 'With horns like these, your army will keep attacking the army of Aram like a bull attacks another animal, until you completely destroy them.'~"
+\v 10 One of them whose name was Zedekiah son of Kenaanah, had made from iron something that resembled the horns of a bull. He proclaimed to Ahab, "This is what Yahweh says: 'With horns like these, your army will keep attacking the army of Aram like a bull attacks another animal, until you completely destroy them.'"
 \v 11 All the other prophets of Ahab agreed. They said, "Yes! If you attack Ramoth in Gilead, you will be successful, because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them."
 
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 \v 15 But King Ahab wished to appear reverent toward Yahweh in front of Jehoshaphat. He said to Miciaiah, "I keep telling you to say only what Yahweh tells you to say!"
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-\v 16 Then Micaiah replied, "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.'~"
+\v 16 Then Micaiah replied, "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 16 Tomorrow march down toward them. They will be climbing up through the pass of Ziz north of En Gedi. You will meet them at the end of the gorge near wilderness of Jeruel.
-\v 17 But you will not need to fight this battle. You soldiers from Jerusalem and other places in Judah, just take your positions, and then stand still and watch what will happen. You will see Yahweh rescue you. Do not be afraid or discouraged. March toward them tomorrow, and Yahweh will be with you.'~"
+\v 17 But you will not need to fight this battle. You soldiers from Jerusalem and other places in Judah, just take your positions, and then stand still and watch what will happen. You will see Yahweh rescue you. Do not be afraid or discouraged. March toward them tomorrow, and Yahweh will be with you.'"
 
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19-PSA/116.usfm

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 \q1
 \v 16 I am one of those who serves Yahweh;
 \q2 I serve him like my mother did.
-\q2 He has ended my troubles..
+\q2 He has ended my troubles.
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 \v 17 So I will offer to him a sacrifice to thank him,

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 \v 4 Then he said to me, "Speak a message for me to these bones. Say to them, 'You dry bones, listen to what Yahweh says.
 \v 5 This is what Yahweh the Lord says to you bones: I will put my breath into each of you, and you will become alive again.
-\v 6 I will fasten tendons to your bones and cause your bones to be covered with flesh. I will cover the flesh with skin. Then I will breathe into you, and you will become alive. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.'~"
+\v 6 I will fasten tendons to your bones and cause your bones to be covered with flesh. I will cover the flesh with skin. Then I will breathe into you, and you will become alive. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.'"
 
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 \q1 "Yahweh, rescue us, your people;
 \q2 do not allow people from other nations to despise us;
 \q1 do not allow them to ridicule us and say,
-\q2 'Why has their God abandoned them?'~"
+\q2 'Why has their God abandoned them?'"
 
 
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30-AMO/07.usfm

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 \v 10 Then Amaziah, the priest at Bethel, sent a message to Jeroboam, the king of Israel. In the message he said, "Amos is plotting against you among the Israelite people. I am worried that the people of this country will not know that he is wrong.
 \v 11 This is what he is saying:
 \q1 'Jeroboam will soon be killed by someone using a sword,
-\q2 and the people of Israel will be exiled.'~"
+\q2 and the people of Israel will be exiled.'"
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 \v 4 The descendants of Esau who now live in Edom may say, 
 \pi "Yes, God has demolished our cities, but we will rebuild houses in the ruins."
 \p But Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, replies, 
-\pi "They may build houses again, but I will demolish them again. Their country will be called 'The land where wicked people live,' and their people will be called 'The people with whom Yahweh is angry forever.'~"
+\pi "They may build houses again, but I will demolish them again. Their country will be called 'The land where wicked people live,' and their people will be called 'The people with whom Yahweh is angry forever.'"
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 \v 5 When you Israelite people yourselves see what Yahweh will do to them, you will say, "It is evident that Yahweh is very powerful even in foreign lands!"