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01-GEN/07.usfm

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 \v 8 Clean animals and unclean animals, birds, and everything that creeps upon the ground,
 \v 9 two by two, male and female, came to Noah and went into the ark, just as God had commanded Noah.
-\v 10 It came about that after the seven days, the water of the flood came upon the earth.
+\v 10 It came about that after the seven days, the waters of the flood came upon the earth.
 
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 \v 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day, all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the windows of heaven were opened.

01-GEN/28.usfm

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 \v 13 Behold, Yahweh stood above it and said, "I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land on which you are lying, I will give to you and to your descendants.
 
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-\v 14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread far out to the west, to the east, to the north, and to the south. In you and in your descendants will all the families of the earth be blessed.
+\v 14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread far out to the west, to the east, to the north, and to the south. Through you and through your descendants will all the families of the earth be blessed.
 \v 15 Behold, I am with you, and I will keep you wherever you go. I will bring you into this land again; for I will not leave you. I will do all that I have promised to you."
 
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02-EXO/34.usfm

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 \v 27 Yahweh said to Moses, "Write down these words, for I pledge myself to these words I have spoken, and have made a covenant with you and Israel."
-\v 28 Moses was there with Yahweh for forty days and nights; he did not eat any food nor drink any water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
+\v 28 Moses was there with Yahweh for forty days and nights; he did not eat any food nor drink any water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten Commandments.
 
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03-LEV/04.usfm

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-\v 22 When a ruler sins without intending to sin, doing any one of all the things that Yahweh his God has commanded not to be done, and if he is guilty, 
-\v 23 then if his sin which he has committed is made known to him, he must bring for his sacrifice a goat, a male without blemish.
+\v 22 When a ruler sins without intending to sin, doing any one of all the things that Yahweh his God has commanded not to be done, and he is guilty, 
+\v 23 then his sin which he has committed is made known to him, he must bring for his sacrifice a goat, a male without blemish.
 
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-\v 27 If anyone of the common people sin without intending to sin, doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and if he is guilty,
-\v 28 then if his sin which he has committed is known to him, then he will bring a goat for his sacrifice, a female without blemish, for the sin that he has committed.
+\v 27 If anyone of the common people sins without intending to sin, doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded him not to be done, and when he realizes his guilt,
+\v 28 then his sin which he has committed is made known to him, then he will bring a goat for his sacrifice, a female without blemish, for the sin that he has committed.
 
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 \v 29 He will lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill the sin offering at the place of burnt offering.
-\v 30 The priest will take some the blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar for burnt offerings. He will pour out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
+\v 30 The priest will take some of the blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar for burnt offerings. He will pour out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
 
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 \v 31 He will cut away all the fat, just as the fat is cut away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest will burn it on the altar to produce a sweet aroma for Yahweh. The priest will make atonement for the man, and he will be forgiven.

03-LEV/06.usfm

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 \v 15 The priest will take up a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering and of the oil and the incense which is on the grain offering, and he will burn it on the altar to produce a sweet aroma as a representative offering.
 
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-\v 16 Aaron and his sons will eat whatever is left of the offering. It must be eaten without yeast in a holy place. They will eat it in the courtyard of the tent of meeting 
+\v 16 Aaron and his sons will eat whatever is left of the offering. It must be eaten without yeast in a holy place. They will eat it in the courtyard of the tent of meeting. 
 \v 17 It must not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their part of my offerings made by fire. It is most holy, as the sin offering and the guilt offering.
 \v 18 For all time to come throughout your people's generations, any male descended from Aaron may eat it as his share, taken from the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Whoever touches them will become holy.'"
 

03-LEV/08.usfm

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-\v 10 Moses took the anointing oil, anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and dedicate them to Yahweh.
+\v 10 Moses took the anointing oil, anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and dedicated them to Yahweh.
 \v 11 He sprinkled the oil on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the washbasin and its base, to dedicate them to Yahweh.
 
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03-LEV/10.usfm

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 \v 5 So they came near and carried them, still wearing their priestly tunics, out of the camp, as Moses had instructed.
-\v 6 Then Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, "Do not let your hair on your heads hang loosely, and do not tear your clothes, so that you may not die, and so that Yahweh may not be angry with all the assembly. But allow your relatives, the entire house of Israel, mourn for those whom the fire of Yahweh has set ablaze.
+\v 6 Then Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, "Do not let your hair on your heads hang loosely, and do not tear your clothes, so that you may not die, and so that Yahweh may not be angry with all the assembly. But allow your relatives, the entire house of Israel, to mourn for those whom the fire of Yahweh has set ablaze.
 \v 7 You must not go out from the entrance of the tent of meeting, or you will die, for the anointing oil of Yahweh is on you." So they acted according to Moses' instructions.
 
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 \v 8 Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying,
-\v 9 "Do not drink wine or strong drink, you, nor your sons who remain with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, so you will not die. This will be a permanent statute throughout your people's generations,
+\v 9 "Do not drink wine or strong drink, you, or your sons who remain with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, so you will not die. This will be a permanent statute throughout your people's generations,
 \v 10 to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,
 \v 11 so that you may teach the people of Israel all the statutes that Yahweh has commanded through Moses."
 

03-LEV/16.usfm

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-\v 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses—this was after the death of Aaron's two sons, when they gone near to Yahweh and then died.
+\v 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses—this was after the death of Aaron's two sons, when they had gone near to Yahweh and then died.
 \v 2 Yahweh said to Moses, "Speak to Aaron your brother and tell him not to come at just any time into the most holy place inside the curtain, before the atonement lid that is on the ark. If he does, he will die, because I appear in the cloud over the atonement lid.
 
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03-LEV/20.usfm

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-\v 19 You must not sleep with your mother's sister, nor with your father's sister, because you would disgrace your close relative. You must carry your own guilt.
+\v 19 You must not sleep with your mother's sister, or with your father's sister, because you would disgrace your close relative. You must carry your own guilt.
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 \v 20 If a man sleeps with his uncle's wife, he has disgraced his uncle. They must carry their own guilt and die childless.
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03-LEV/21.usfm

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 \v 1 Yahweh said to Moses: "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, 'No one among you shall make himself unclean for those who die among his people,
 \v 2 except for a close relative—for his mother and father, for his son and daughter, or for his brother 
-\v 3 or a virgin sister who in his house and who has had no husband. For her he may make himself unclean.
+\v 3 or a virgin sister who is in his house and who has had no husband. For her he may make himself unclean.
 
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03-LEV/27.usfm

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 \v 17 If he dedicates his field during the Year of Jubilee, the estimated value will stand.
-\v 18 But if he dedicate his field after the Jubilee, then the priest must calculate the value of the field by the number of years that remain until the next Year of Jubilee, and the estimated value must be reduced.
+\v 18 But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest must calculate the value of the field by the number of years that remain until the next Year of Jubilee, and the estimated value must be reduced.
  
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04-NUM/03.usfm

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 \v 35 Zuriel son of Abihail must lead the clans of Merari. They must camp on the north side of the tabernacle.
  
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-\v 36 The descendants of Merari must care for the boards of the tabernacle, the crossbars, posts, bases, all the hardware, and everything related to them, including 
+\v 36 The descendants of Merari must care for the framing of the tabernacle, the crossbars, posts, bases, all the hardware, and everything related to them, including 
 \v 37 the pillars and posts of the courtyard that surround the tabernacle, with their sockets, pegs, and ropes.
  
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04-NUM/04.usfm

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 \v 15 When Aaron and his sons have completely covered the holy place and all its equipment, and when the camp moves forward, then the descendants of Kohath must come to carry the holy place. If they touch the holy instruments, they must die. This is the work of the descendants of Kohath, to carry the furnishings in the tent of meeting.
-\v 16 Eleazar son of Aaron the priest must care for the oil for the light. He must supervise the care of the sweet incense, the regular grain offering, the anointing oil, the entire tabernacle and all that is in it, the holy furnishings and articles."
+\v 16 Eleazar son of Aaron the priest oversees the care of the oil for the light, the sweet incense, the regular grain offering, and the anointing oil. He oversees the care of the entire tabernacle and all that is in it, the holy place and its equipment."
  
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04-NUM/05.usfm

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 \v 20 But if you, a woman under her husband, have gone astray, if you are defiled, and if some other man has slept with you, 
-\v 21 then,' (the priest must cause the woman to swear an oath that can bring down a curse on her, and then he must continue speaking to the woman) 'Yahweh will make you into a curse that will be shown to your people to be such. This will happen if Yahweh causes your thigh to waste away and your abdomen to swell.
+\v 21 then, (the priest must cause the woman to swear an oath that can bring down a curse on her, and then he must continue speaking to the woman) 'Yahweh will make you into a curse that will be shown to your people to be such. This will happen if Yahweh causes your thigh to waste away and your abdomen to swell.
 \v 22 This water that brings the curse will go into your stomach, swell your abdomen and waste away your thighs.' The woman is to reply, 'Yes, let that happen if I am guilty.'
  
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04-NUM/13.usfm

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 \v 9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
 \v 10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
-\v 11 from Joseph's descendants, namely, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi;
+\v 11 from the tribe of Joseph (that is to say, from the tribe Manasseh), Gaddi son of Susi;
 \v 12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
  
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-\v 30 Then Caleb tried to encourage the people gathered around Moses. He said, "Let us attack at once and take it, because we are well able to conquer it."
+\v 30 Then Caleb silenced the people who were before Moses and said, "Let us go up and take possession of the land, for we are certainly able to conquer it."
 \v 31 But the other men who had gone with him said, "We are not able to attack the people because they are stronger than we are."
  
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04-NUM/14.usfm

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 \v 31 But your little ones who you said would be victims, I will take them into the land. They will experience the land that you have rejected! 
 \v 32 As for you, your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness.
-\v 33 Your children will be wanderers in the wilderness for forty years. They must bear the consequences of your acts of rebellion until the wilderness kills your bodies.
+\v 33 Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years. They must bear the consequences of your acts of rebellion until the end of your corpses in the wilderness.
  
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 \v 34 Just as the number of the days during which you examined the land—forty days, you must likewise bear the consequences of your sins for forty years—one year for every day, and you must know what it is like to be my enemy.
-\v 35 I, Yahweh, have spoken. I will certainly do this to all this evil community that is gathered together against me. They will be consumed in this wilderness. Here they will die.'"
+\v 35 I, Yahweh, have spoken. I will certainly do this to all this evil community that is gathered together against me. They will be completely cut off, and here they will die.'"
  
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04-NUM/23.usfm

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 \q Yahweh their God is with them,
 \q2 and shouts for their king are among them.
 \v 22 God brought them out of Egypt
-\q2 With strength like that of a wild ox.
+\q2 with strength like that of a wild ox.
  
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04-NUM/31.usfm

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 \v 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
-\v 2 "Avenge the people of Israel against the Midianites. After doing that, you will die and be gathered to your people."
+\v 2 "Take vengeance on the Midianites for what they did to the Israelites. After doing that, you will die and be gathered to your people."
  
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05-DEU/01.usfm

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 \v 9 I spoke to you at that time, saying, 'I am not able to carry you myself alone.
-\v 10 Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and, look, you are today as the stars of heaven for multitude.
+\v 10 Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and, look, you are today as the multitude of the stars of heaven.
 \v 11 May Yahweh, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are, and bless you, as he has promised you!
 
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 \v 21 Look, Yahweh your God has set the land before you; go up, take possession, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you; do not be afraid, neither be discouraged.'
 
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-\v 22 Every one of you came to me and said, 'Let us send men ahead of us, so that they may search out the land for us, and bring us word about the way by that we should attack, and about the cities to which we will come.'
-\v 23 The thing pleased me well; I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe.
+\v 22 Every one of you came to me and said, 'Let us send men ahead of us, so that they may search out the land for us, and bring us word about the way by which we should attack, and about the cities to which we will come.'
+\v 23 The advice pleased me well; I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe.
 \v 24 They turned and went up into the hill country, came to the valley of Eshcol, and scouted it.
 
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 \v 26 Yet you refused to attack, but rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God.
 \v 27 You complained in your tents and said, "It is because Yahweh hated us that he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to defeat us by the power of the Amorites, and to destroy us.
-\v 28 Where can we go now? Our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, 'Those people are bigger and taller than we are; their cities are large and are fortified up to the heavens; moreover, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.'
+\v 28 Where can we go now? Our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, 'Those people are bigger and taller than we are; their cities are large and are fortified up to the heavens; moreover, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.'"
 
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 \v 31 and also in the wilderness, where you have seen how Yahweh your God carried you, as a man carries his son, everywhere you went until you came to this place.'
 
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-\v 32 But in this thing you did not believe Yahweh your God,
-\v 33 who went before you on the way to find a place for you to make camp; he went in fire by night to show you the way you should go, and in a cloud by day.
+\v 32 Yet in spite of this word you did not believe Yahweh your God,
+\v 33 who went before you on the way to find a place for you to make camp, in fire by night and in a cloud by day.
 
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05-DEU/02.usfm

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 \v 7 For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand; he has known your walking through this great wilderness. For these forty years Yahweh your God has been with you, and you have lacked nothing."'
  
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-\v 8 So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the Arabah road, from Elath and from Ezion Geber.
-\p And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
+\v 8 So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the Arabah road, from Elath and from Ezion Geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
  
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-\v 9 Yahweh said to me, 'Do not trouble Moab, and do not fight with them in battle. For I will not give you his land for your own possession, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot, for their possession.'"
+\v 9 Yahweh said to me, 'Do not trouble Moab, and do not fight with them in battle. For I will not give you his land for your own possession, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot, for their possession.'
  
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 \v 22 This Yahweh also did for the people of Esau, who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them, and the descendants of Esau succeeded them and have lived in their place even until today.
  
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-\v 23 And the Awites, who lived in villages as far as Gaza—the Caphtorim, who came out of Caphtor, destroyed them and lived in their place.)
+\v 23 And the Avvites, who lived in villages as far as Gaza—the Caphtorim, who came out of Caphtor, destroyed them and lived in their place.)
  
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 \v 24 "'Now rise up, go on your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon; look, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to possess it, and fight with him in battle.

05-DEU/03.usfm

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 \v 7 But all the cattle and the spoil of the cities, we took as spoils for ourselves.
  
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-\v 8 At that time we took the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon"
+\v 8 At that time we took the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon
 \v 9 (Mount Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir)
-\v 10 "and all the cities of the plain, all Gilead, and all Bashan, all the way to Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan."
+\v 10 and all the cities of the plain, all Gilead, and all Bashan, all the way to Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan."
  
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 \v 12 "This land that we took in possession at that time—from Aroer, that is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead, and its cities—I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
-\v 13 The rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half tribe of Manasseh: all the region of Argob, and all Bashan." (The same territory is called the land of Rephaim.
+\v 13 The rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half tribe of Manasseh: all the region of Argob, and all Bashan. (The same territory is called the land of Rephaim.
  
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-\v 15 "I gave Gilead to Machir.
+\v 15 I gave Gilead to Machir.
 \v 16 To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave territory from Gilead to the valley of the Arnon—the middle of the valley is the territory's border—and to the Jabbok River, which is the border with the descendants of Ammon.
  
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-\v 17 Another of its borders is also the plain of the Jordan River valley, from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah" (that is, the Salt Sea) "to the slopes of Mount Pisgah eastward.
+\v 17 Another of its borders is also the plain of the Jordan River valley, from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Salt Sea) to the slopes of Mount Pisgah eastward.
  
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05-DEU/04.usfm

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 \v 33 Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live?
  
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-\v 34 Or has God ever attempted to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a display of great power, and by great terrors, as everything that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
+\v 34 Or has God ever attempted to go and take for himself a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a display of great power, and by great terrors, as everything that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
  
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 \v 35 To you these things were shown, so that you might know that Yahweh is God, and that there is no one else besides him.

05-DEU/05.usfm

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 ancestors' wickedness by bringing punishment on the children, to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
-\v 10 and showing covenant faithfulness to thousands of them who love me and keep my commandments.
+\v 10 and showing covenant faithfulness to thousands, to those who love me and keep my commandments.
  
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 \v 12 Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you.
 \v 13 For six days you will labor and do all your work;
-\v 14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. In it you will not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor any foreigner who is within your gates. This is so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
+\v 14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. On it you will not do any work—not you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor any foreigner who is within your gates. This is so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
  
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 \v 15 You will call to mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by a display of power. Therefore Yahweh your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

05-DEU/06.usfm

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 \v 23 and he brought us out from there, so that he might bring us in, to give us the land that he swore to our fathers.
  
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-\v 24 Yahweh commanded us to always keep all these statutes, to fear him our God for our good, so that he might keep us alive, as we are today.
+\v 24 Yahweh commanded us to always keep all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God for our good, so that he might keep us alive, as we are today.
 \v 25 If we keep all these commands before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us, this will be our righteousness.'
  
 

05-DEU/08.usfm

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 \v 2 You will call to mind all the ways that Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order that he might humble you, that he might test you to know what was in your heart, as to whether you would keep his commandments or not.
  
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-\v 3 He humbled you, and made you hunger, and fed you with manna, which you had not known, nor which your ancestors had known, nor your fathers. He did those to make you know that people do not live by bread only, but rather, it is by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh that people live.
+\v 3 He humbled you, and made you hunger, and fed you with manna, which you had not known, nor which your ancestors had known, nor your fathers. He did that to make you know that people do not live by bread only, but rather, it is by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh that people live.
  
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05-DEU/15.usfm

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 \v 8 but you must surely open your hand to him and surely lend him sufficient for his need.
  
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-\v 9 Be careful not to have a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is near,' so that you not be stingy in regard to your poor brother and give him nothing; he might cry out to Yahweh about you, and it would be sin for you.
+\v 9 Be careful not to have a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is near,' so that you will not be stingy in regard to your poor brother and give him nothing; he might cry out to Yahweh about you, and it would be sin for you.
 \v 10 You must surely give to him, and your heart must not be sorry when you give to him, because in return for this Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you put your hand to.
  
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05-DEU/18.usfm

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 \v 12 For whoever does these things is detestable to Yahweh; it is because of these detestable things that Yahweh your God is driving them out from before you.
 \v 13 You must be blameless before Yahweh your God.
-\v 14 For these nations that you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery and divination; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you so to do.
+\v 14 For these nations that you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery and divination; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you to do so.
  
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05-DEU/19.usfm

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 \v 4 This is the law for the one who kills another and who flees there to live: whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and did not previously hate him—
-\v 5 as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand deals a stroke with the ax to cut down a tree, and the head slips from the haft and strikes his neighbor so that he dies—then that man must flee to one of these cities and live.
+\v 5 as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand strikes with the ax to cut down a tree, and the head slips from the shaft and strikes his neighbor so that he dies—then that man must flee to one of these cities and live.
  
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 \v 6 Otherwise the blood avenger might go after the one who took a life, and in hot anger he overtakes him because it was a long journey. And he strikes him and kills him, though that man did not deserve to die; and so he does not deserve the death penalty since he did not hate his neighbor before this happened.

05-DEU/20.usfm

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 \v 5 The officers must speak to the people and say, 'What man is there who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, so that he does not die in battle and another man dedicates it.
  
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-\v 6 What man is there who has planted a vineyard and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, so that he does not die in battle and another man uses its fruit.
-\v 7 What man is there who is engaged to marry a woman but has not yet married her? Let him go and return to his house so that he does not die in battle and another man marries her.'
+\v 6 Is there anyone who has planted a vineyard and has not enjoyed its fruit? Let him go home, so he will not die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
+\v 7 What man is there who is engaged to marry a woman but has not yet married her? Let him go home so that he does not die in battle and another man marries her.'
  
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05-DEU/22.usfm

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 \v 18 The elders of that city must take that man and punish him;
-\v 19 and they must fine him one hundred shekels of silver, and give them to the father of the girl, because the man put a bad reputation on a virgin of Israel. She must be his wife; he may not send her away during all his days.
+\v 19 and they must fine him one hundred shekels of silver, and give them to the father of the girl, because the man has caused a bad reputation for a virgin of Israel. She must be his wife; he may not send her away during all his days.
  
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 \v 20 But if this thing is true, that the proof of virginity was not found in the girl,

05-DEU/23.usfm

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-\v 21 When you make a vow to Yahweh your God, you must not be slow in fulfilling it, for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; it would be sin in you not to fulfill it.
-\v 22 But if you will refrain from making a vow, it will be no sin in you.
+\v 21 When you make a vow to Yahweh your God, you must not be slow in fulfilling it, for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; it would be sin for you not to fulfill it.
+\v 22 But if you will refrain from making a vow, it will be no sin for you.
 \v 23 That which has gone out from your lips you must observe and do; according as you have vowed to Yahweh your God, anything that you have freely promised with your mouth.
  
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05-DEU/26.usfm

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 \v 13 You must say before Yahweh your God, 'I have brought out of my house the things that belong to Yahweh, and have given them to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your commandments that you have given me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, neither have I forgotten them.
  
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-\v 14 I have not eaten any of it in my mourning, nor have I put it somewhere else when I was impure, not have I given any of it in honor of the dead. I have listened to the voice of Yahweh my God; I have obeyed everything you have commanded me to do.
+\v 14 I have not eaten any of it in my mourning, nor have I put it somewhere else when I was impure, nor have I given any of it in honor of the dead. I have listened to the voice of Yahweh my God; I have obeyed everything you have commanded me to do.
 \v 15 Look down from the holy place where you live, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the land that you have given us, as you had sworn to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.'
  
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05-DEU/27.usfm

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 \v 4 When you have passed over the Jordan, set up these stones that I am commanding you about today, on Mount Ebal, and plaster them with plaster.
-\v 5 There you must you build an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar of stones; but you must raise no iron tool to work the stones.
+\v 5 There you must build an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar of stones; but you must raise no iron tool to work the stones.
  
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05-DEU/28.usfm

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 \v 67 In the morning you will say, 'I wish it were evening!' and in the evening you will say, 'I wish it were morning!' because of the fear in your hearts and the things your eyes will have to see.
-\v 68 Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again by ships, by the route about which I had said to you, 'You will see Egypt no more again.' There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will purchase you."
+\v 68 Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again by ships, by the route about which I had said to you, 'You will not see Egypt again.' There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will purchase you."
  
 
 

06-JOS/05.usfm

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-\v 13 When Joshua was near Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold a man was standing in front of him; he had drawn his sword and it was in his hand. Joshua went to him and said, "Are you for us or for our enemies?"
+\v 13 When Joshua was near Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing in front of him; he had drawn his sword and it was in his hand. Joshua went to him and said, "Are you for us or for our enemies?"
 
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 \v 14 He said, "Neither. For I am the commander of the army of Yahweh. Now I have come." Then Joshua lay facedown on the ground to worship and said to him, "What does my master say to his servant?"

06-JOS/13.usfm

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 \v 2 This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites,
-\v 3 (from Shihor, which is east of Egypt, and northward to the border of Ekron, which is considered property of the Canaanites; the five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron—the territory of the Awites).
+\v 3 (from Shihor, which is east of Egypt, and northward to the border of Ekron, which is considered property of the Canaanites; the five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron—the territory of the Avvites).
 
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 \v 4 In the south, there are still all the lands of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the border of the Amorites;

06-JOS/22.usfm

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 \v 33 Their report was good in the eyes of the people of Israel. The people of Israel blessed God and spoke no more about making war against the Reubenites and the Gadites, in order to destroy the land where they had settled.
 
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-\v 34 The Reubenites and the Gadites named the altar "Witness," for they said "It is a witness between us that Yahweh is God."
+\v 34 The Reubenites and the Gadites named the altar "Witness," for they said, "It is a witness between us that Yahweh is God."
 
 
 

07-JDG/06.usfm

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 \v 34 But the Spirit of Yahweh came over Gideon. Gideon blew a trumpet, calling out the clan of Abiezer, so they might follow him.
-\v 35 He sent messengers all throughout Manasseh, and they, too, were called out to follow him. He also sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they went up to meet him.
+\v 35 He sent messengers all throughout Manasseh, and they too, were called out to follow him. He also sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they went up to meet him.
  
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07-JDG/08.usfm

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 \v 25 They answered, "We are glad to give them to you." They spread out a cloak and every man threw on it the earrings from his plunder. 
  
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-\v 26 The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold. This plunder was in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple clothing that were worn by the kings of Midian, and in addition to the chains that had been around their camels' necks.
+\v 26 The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold. This plunder was in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple clothing that was worn by the kings of Midian, and in addition to the chains that had been around their camels' necks.
  
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 \v 27 Gideon made an ephod out of the earrings and put it in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there. It became a trap for Gideon and for those in his house.

08-RUT/01.usfm

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-\v 1 It happened in the days when the judges ruled that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem of Judah went to the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons.
+\v 1 It happened in the days when the judges ruled that there was a famine in the land, and a certain man of Bethlehem of Judah went to the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons.
 \v 2 The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife was Naomi. The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, who were Ephrathites of Bethlehem of Judah. They arrived at the country of Moab and lived there.
 
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11-1KI/03.usfm

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 \v 23 Then the king said, "One of you says, 'This is my son who is alive, and your son is dead,' and the other says, 'No, your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.'"
 \v 24 The king said, "Bring me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king.
-\v 25 Then the king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to this woman, and half to the other."
+\v 25 Then the king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to this woman and half to the other."
 
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 \v 26 Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king, for her heart was full of compassion for her son, and she said, "Oh, my master, give her the living child, and by no means kill him." But the other woman said, "He shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide him."

11-1KI/04.usfm

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 \v 5 Azariah son of Nathan was over the officers. 
 Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and the king's friend.
 \v 6 Ahishar was over the household. 
-Adoniram son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.
+Adoniram son of Abda was over the men who were subjected to forced labor.
 
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11-1KI/05.usfm

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 \v 13 King Solomon conscripted labor out of all Israel. The forced laborers numbered thirty thousand men.
-\v 14 He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts. One month they were in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was over the forced laborers.
+\v 14 He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts. One month they were in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was over the men who were subjected to forced labor.
 
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 \v 15 Solomon had seventy thousand who carried burdens and eighty thousand who were stonecutters in the mountains,

11-1KI/06.usfm

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 \v 16 He built twenty cubits onto the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built this room to be the inner room, the most holy place.
 \v 17 The main hall, that is, the holy place that was in front of the most holy place, was forty cubits long.
-\v 18 There was cedar inside the house, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers. All was cedar inside. No stonework was seen there.
+\v 18 There was cedar inside the house, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers. All was cedar inside. No stonework was visible on the inside.
 
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 \v 19 Solomon prepared the inner room inside the house in order to place the ark of the covenant of Yahweh there.

11-1KI/08.usfm

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-\v 37 Suppose there is famine in the land, or suppose that there is disease, blight or mildew, locusts or caterpillars; or suppose that an enemy attacks the city gates in their land, or that there is any 
-plague or sickness—
+\v 37 Suppose there is famine in the land, or suppose that there is disease, blight or mildew, locusts or caterpillars; or suppose that an enemy attacks the city gates in their land, or that there is any plague or sickness—
 \v 38 and suppose then that prayers and requests are made by a person or by all your people Israel—each knowing the plague in his own heart as he spreads out his hands toward this temple.
 
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11-1KI/09.usfm

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 \v 1 After Solomon had finished building the house of Yahweh and the king's palace, and after he had accomplished all that he wanted to do,
-\v 2 it happened that Yahweh appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
+\v 2 and Yahweh appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
 
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 \v 3 And Yahweh said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your request that you have made before me. I have dedicated this house, which you have built, to myself, to put my name there forever, and my eyes and my heart will be there for all time.

11-1KI/14.usfm

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-\v 1 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam fell sick.
+\v 1 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became very sick.
 \v 2 Jeroboam said to his wife, "Please arise and disguise yourself, so you will not be recognized as my wife, and go to Shiloh, because Ahijah the prophet is there; he is the one who spoke about me, saying that I would become king over these people.
 \v 3 Take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to Ahijah. He will tell you what will happen to the child."
 
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 \v 23 For they also built for themselves high places, stone pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
-\v 24 There were also cultic prostitutes in the land. They did the same despicable things that the nations did, which Yahweh drove out before the people of Israel.
+\v 24 There were also cultic prostitutes in the land. They did the same despicable practices as the nations that Yahweh had driven out before the people of Israel.
 
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11-1KI/16.usfm

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 \v 2 "Although I exalted you out of the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made my people Israel to sin, so as to provoke me to anger with their sins.
 
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-\v 3 See, I will completely sweep away Baasha and his family, and I will make your family like the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat.
+\v 3 See, I will completely sweep away Baasha and his family and I will make your family like the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat.
 \v 4 The dogs will eat anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat anyone who dies in the fields."
 
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 \v 8 In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah; he reigned two years.
 \v 9 His servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now Elah was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah.
-\v 10 Zimri went in, attacked him, and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and became king in his place.
+\v 10 Zimri went in, attacked him and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and became king in his place.
 
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 \v 11 When Zimri began to reign, as soon as he had sat on his throne, he killed all the family of Baasha. He left alive not a single male child, neither of his relatives nor of his friends.
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 \v 15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned only for seven days in Tirzah. Now the army was camped by Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
 \v 16 The army camped there heard it said, "Zimri has plotted and has killed the king." So that day in the camp, all Israel declared Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel.
-\v 17 Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
+\v 17 Omri went up from Gibbethon and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
 
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 \v 25 Omri did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh and acted more wickedly than all who had been before him.
-\v 26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and in his sins by which he led Israel to sin, to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their idols.
+\v 26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins by which he led Israel to sin, to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to be angry with their worthless idols.
 
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 \v 27 As for the other matters concerning Omri which he did, and the might that he showed, are they not written in The Book of the Events of the Kings of Israel?
-\v 28 So Omri slept with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria; Ahab his son became king in his place.
+\v 28 So Omri slept with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria and Ahab his son became king in his place.
 
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11-1KI/18.usfm

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-\v 1 So after many days the word of Yahweh came to Elijah, in the third year of the drought, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land."
+\v 1 So after many days the word of Yahweh came to Elijah, in the third year of the drought, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab and I will send rain on the land."
 \v 2 Elijah went to show himself to Ahab; now the famine was severe in Samaria.
 
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 \v 5 Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the water springs and brooks. Perhaps we will find grass and save the horses and mules alive, so that we will not lose all the animals."
-\v 6 So they divided the land between them to pass through it and look for water. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way.
+\v 6 So they divided the land between them to pass through it and look for water. Ahab went one way by himself and Obadiah went another way.
 
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-\v 16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab; he told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
-\v 17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is it you, you troublemaker of Israel?"
+\v 16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him what Elijah said. And the king went to meet Elijah.
+\v 17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is it you? You troublemaker of Israel!"
 
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 \v 18 Elijah answered, "I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father's family are the troublemakers by abandoning the commandments of Yahweh and by following the Baal idols.
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 \v 30 Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me," and all the people came near to him. Then he repaired the altar of Yahweh that was lying in ruin.
 \v 31 Elijah took twelve stones, each stone representing one of the tribes of the sons of Jacob—it was to Jacob that the word of Yahweh had come, saying, "Your name will be Israel."
-\v 32 With the stones he built an altar in the name of Yahweh, and he dug a trench around the altar large enough to contain two seahs of seeds.
+\v 32 With the stones he built an altar in the name of Yahweh and he dug a trench around the altar large enough to contain two seahs of seeds.
 
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 \v 33 Then he placed the wood for a fire and cut the bull in pieces, and he laid the pieces on the wood. And he said, "Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood."
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 \v 41 Elijah said to Ahab, "Get up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of much rain."
-\v 42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Then Elijah went up to the top of Carmel, bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.
+\v 42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Then Elijah went up to the top of Carmel, bowed himself down on the earth and put his face between his knees.
 
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 \v 43 He said to his servant, "Go up now, look toward the sea." His servant went up and looked and said, "There is nothing." So Elijah said, "Go again, seven times."
-\v 44 At the seventh time the servant said, "Look, there is a cloud going up from the sea, as small as a man's hand." Elijah replied, "Go up and say to Ahab, 'Make ready your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you.'"
+\v 44 At the seventh time the servant said, "Look, there is a cloud going up from the sea, as small as a man's hand." Elijah replied, "Go up and say to Ahab, 'Make ready your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.'"
 
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11-1KI/19.usfm

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-\v 1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
+\v 1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
 \v 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of those dead prophets by tomorrow about this time."
 \v 3 When Elijah heard that, he arose and fled for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
 
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 \v 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. He requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is enough, now, Yahweh; take away my life, for I am no better than my dead ancestors."
-\v 5 So he lay down and slept under a broom tree; unexpectedly an angel touched him and said to him, "Get up and eat."
+\v 5 So he lay down and slept under a broom tree. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, "Get up and eat."
 \v 6 Elijah looked, and near his head was bread that had been baked on coals and a jug of water. So he ate and drank and then lay down again.
 
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 \v 20 Then Elisha left the oxen and ran after Elijah; he said, "Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." Then Elijah said to him, "Go back, but think about what I have done to you."
 
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-\v 21 So Elisha returned from Elijah and took the yoke of oxen, killed the animals, and cooked the meat with the wood from the ox yoke; then he gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, went after Elijah, and served him.
+\v 21 So Elisha returned from Elijah and took the yoke of oxen, killed the animals, and cooked the meat with the wood from the ox yoke. Then he gave it to the people and they ate. Then he arose, went after Elijah and served him.
 
 
 

11-1KI/20.usfm

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-\v 1 Ben Hadad king of Aram gathered all his army together; there were thirty-two lesser kings with him, and horses and chariots. He went up, besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
+\v 1 Ben Hadad king of Aram gathered all his army together. There were thirty-two lesser kings with him, and horses and chariots. He went up, besieged Samaria and fought against it.
 \v 2 He sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel, and said to him, "Ben Hadad says this:
 \v 3 'Your silver and your gold are mine. Also your wives and children, the best ones, are now mine.'"
 
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 \v 10 Then Ben Hadad sent his reply to Ahab, and said, "May the gods do so to me and more also, if even the ashes of Samaria will be enough for all the people who follow me to have a handful each."
 
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-\v 11 The king of Israel answered and said, "Tell Ben Hadad, 'No one who is just putting on his armor should boast as if he were taking it off.'"
+\v 11 The king of Israel answered and said, "Tell Ben Hadad, 'No one who is just putting on his armor, should boast as if he were taking it off.'"
 \v 12 Ben Hadad heard this message as he was drinking, he and the kings under him who were in their tents. Ben Hadad commanded his men, "Line yourselves up in position for battle." So they prepared themselves in position of battle to attack the city.
 
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 \v 13 Then behold, a prophet came to Ahab king of Israel and said, "Yahweh says, 'Have you seen this great army? Look, I will place it into your hand today, and you will know that I am Yahweh.'"
 \v 14 Ahab replied, "By whom?" Yahweh replied and said, "By the young officers who serve the governors of the districts." Then Ahab said, "Who will begin the battle?" Yahweh answered, "You."
-\v 15 Then Ahab mustered the young officers who served the governors of the districts. They numbered 232. After them he mustered all the soldiers, all the army of Israel, seven thousand in number.
+\v 15 Then Ahab mustered the young officers who served the governors of the districts. They numbered 232. After them he mustered all the soldiers, all the army of Israel; seven thousand in number.
 
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 \v 18 Ben Hadad said, "Whether they have come out for peace or war, take them alive."
-\v 19 So the young officers who served the governors of the districts went out of the city, and the army followed them.
+\v 19 So the young officers who served the governors of the districts went out of the city and the army followed them.
 
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-\v 20 They each killed his enemy, and the Arameans fled; Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Aram escaped on a horse with some horsemen.
+\v 20 They each killed his enemy and the Arameans fled. Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Aram escaped on a horse along with some horsemen.
 \v 21 Then the king of Israel went out and attacked the horses and chariots, and killed the Arameans in a great slaughter.
 
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 \v 22 So the prophet came to the king of Israel and said to him, "Go, strengthen yourself, and understand and plan what you are doing, because at the return of the year the king of Aram will come up against you again."
-\v 23 The servants of the king of Aram said to him, "Their god is a god of the hills. That is why they were stronger than we were. But now let us fight against them in the plain, and surely there we will be stronger than they.
+\v 23 The servants of the king of Aram said to him, "Their god is a god of the hills. That is why they were stronger than we were. But now let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they are.
 
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-\v 24 And do this, too: take the kings away, every one out of his command, and put army captains in their place.
+\v 24 And do this: remove the kings; take every one away from his command and put army captains in their place.
 \v 25 Muster an army like the army you lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot, and we will fight against them in the plain. Then surely we will be stronger than they are." So Ben Hadad listened to their advice and did as they recommended.
 
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11-1KI/21.usfm

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-\v 1 It later came about that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, near the palace of Ahab, king of Samaria.
+\v 1 Now some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, near the palace of Ahab, king of Samaria.
 \v 2 Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, "Give me your vineyard, so I can have it as a vegetable garden, because it is near my house. In exchange, I will give you a better vineyard, or, if you prefer, I will pay you its value in money."
 
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 \v 11 So the men of his city, the elders and the wealthy who live in his city, did as Jezebel had described to them, as was written in the letters that she had sent to them.
 \v 12 They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth above the people.
-\v 13 The two dishonest men came in and sat before Naboth; they testified against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king." Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death.
+\v 13 The two dishonest men came in and sat before Naboth; they testified against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth cursed both God and the king." Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death.
 \v 14 Then the elders sent word to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned and is dead."
 
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 \v 20 Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, my enemy?" Elijah answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of Yahweh.
 
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-\v 21 Yahweh says this to you: 'Look, I will bring disaster on you and will completely consume and cut off from you every male child and slave and free man in Israel.
+\v 21 Yahweh says this to you: 'See, I will bring disaster on you and will completely consume and cut off from you every male child and slave and free man in Israel.
 \v 22 I will make your family like the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the family of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked me to anger and have led Israel to sin.'
 
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-\v 23 Yahweh has also spoken concerning Jezebel, saying, 'The dogs will eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.'
-\v 24 Anyone who belongs to Ahab and who dies in the city—the dogs will eat that person. And anyone who dies in the field—the birds of the sky will eat that person."
+\v 23 Yahweh has also spoken concerning Jezebel, saying, 'The dogs will eat Jezebel beside the wall of Jezreel.'
+\v 24 Anyone who belongs to Ahab and who dies in the city—the dogs will eat. And anyone who dies in the field—the birds of the sky will eat."
 
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11-1KI/22.usfm

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 \v 5 Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please seek direction from the word of Yahweh for what you should do first."
-\v 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, "Should I go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or should I not?" They said, "Attack, for the Lord will place it into the hand of the king."
+\v 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, "Should I go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or should I not?" They said, "Attack, for the Lord will hand it over to the king."
 
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 \v 13 The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, "Now look, the words of the prophets declare good things to the king with one mouth. Please let your word be like one of them and say good things."
 \v 14 Micaiah replied, "As Yahweh lives, it is what Yahweh says to me that I will say."
-\v 15 When he came to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, should we go to Ramoth Gilead for battle, or not?" Micaiah answered him, "Attack and win. Yahweh will place it into the hand of the king."
+\v 15 When he came to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, should we go to Ramoth Gilead for battle, or not?" Micaiah answered him, "Attack and win. Yahweh will hand it over to the king."
 
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 \v 34 But a certain man drew his bow at random and shot the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. Then Ahab said to the driver of his chariot, "Turn around and carry me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded."
 
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-\v 35 The battle grew worse that day, and the king was held up in his chariot facing the Arameans. He died in the evening. The blood ran out of his wound into the bottom of the chariot.
-\v 36 Then about the time the sun was going down, a cry went up throughout the army, saying, "Every man should go back to his city, and every man should go back to his region!"
+\v 35 The battle grew worse that day and the king was held up in his chariot facing the Arameans. He died in the evening. The blood ran out from his wound into the bottom of the chariot.
+\v 36 Then about the time the sun was going down, a cry went up throughout the army, saying, "Every man should go back to his city; and every man should go back to his region!"
 
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 \v 14 Indeed, fire came down from heaven and consumed the first two captains with their men, but now let my life be precious in your sight."
 
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-\v 15 So the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah, "Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him." So Elijah arose and went down with him to the king.
+\v 15 The angel of Yahweh said to Elijah, "Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him." So Elijah arose and went down with him to the king.
 \v 16 Later Elijah said to Ahaziah, "This is what Yahweh says, 'You have sent messengers to consult with Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. Is it because there is no God in Israel from whom you can ask for information? So now, you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up; you will certainly die.'"
 
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12-2KI/17.usfm

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 \v 29 Every ethnic group made gods of their own, and put them in the high places that the Samaritans had made—every ethnic group in the cities where they lived.
 \v 30 The people of Babylon made Succoth Benoth; the people of Cuthah made Nergal; the people of Hamath made Ashima;
-\v 31 the Awites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvites.
+\v 31 the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak. The Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvites.
 
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-\v 34 To this day they persist in their old customs. They neither honor Yahweh, nor do they follow the statutes, decrees, the law, or the commandments that Yahweh gave to the people of Jacob—whom he named Israel- 
+\v 34 To this day they persist in their old customs. They neither honor Yahweh, nor do they follow the statutes, decrees, the law, or the commandments that Yahweh gave to the people of Jacob—whom he named Israel— 
 \v 35 and with whom Yahweh had made a covenant and commanded them, "You will not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor worship them, nor sacrifice to them.
 
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12-2KI/18.usfm

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 \v 19 So the chief commander said to them to tell Hezekiah what the great king, the king of Assyria, said: "What is the source of your confidence?
 \v 20 You speak only useless words, saying there are allies and strength for war. Now in whom are you trusting? Who has given you courage to rebel against me?
-\v 21 Look, you trust in the walking stick of this bruised reed of Egypt, but if a man leans on it will stick into his hand and pierce it. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is to anyone who trusts in him.
+\v 21 Look, you trust in the walking stick of this bruised reed of Egypt, but if a man leans on it, it will stick into his hand and pierce it. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is to anyone who trusts in him.
 
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12-2KI/19.usfm

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 \q2 to the highest elevations of Lebanon. 
 \q I will cut down the tall cedars 
 \q2 and choice fir trees there. 
-\q and I will enter into its farthest parts, 
+\q I will enter into its farthest parts, 
 \q2 its most fruitful forest.
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 \v 24 I have dug wells 

12-2KI/23.usfm

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-\v 15 Josiah also completely destroyed the altar that was at Bethel and the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat (the one who made Israel to sin) had constructed. Jeroboam was . He also burned that altar and the high place, and beat it to dust. He also burned the Asherah pole.
+\v 15 Josiah also completely destroyed the altar that was at Bethel and the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat (the one who made Israel to sin) had constructed. He also burned that altar and the high place and beat it to dust. He also burned the Asherah pole.
 \v 16 As Josiah looked over the area, he noticed the graves that were on the hillside. He sent men to take the bones from the graves; then he burned them on the altar, which defiled it. This was according to the word of Yahweh which the man of God had spoken, the man who spoke of these things beforehand.
 
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13-1CH/11.usfm

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 \v 1 Then all Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Look, we are your flesh and bone.
 \v 2 In the recent past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led the Israelite army. Yahweh your God said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become a ruler over my people Israel.'"
-\v 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them before Yahweh. They anointed David king over Israel. In this way came true the word of Yahweh that had been declared by Samuel.
+\v 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them before Yahweh. They anointed David king over Israel. In this way, the word of Yahweh that had been declared by Samuel came true.
 
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14-2CH/28.usfm

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 \v 7 Zicri, a powerful man from Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king's son, Azrikam, the official over the palace, and Elkanah, who was next to the king.
-\v 8 The army of Israel took captive from their kinsmen 200,000 wives, sons, and daughters. They also took much plunder, which they carried back to Samaria.
+\v 8 The army of Israel took captive from their relatives 200,000 wives, sons, and daughters. They also took much plunder, which they carried back to Samaria.
 
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 \v 9 But a prophet of Yahweh was there, his name was Oded. He went out to meet the army coming into Samaria. He said to them, "Because Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, was angry with Judah, he gave them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reached up to heaven.

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-\v 20 Hezekiah, the king, and Isaiah son of Amaz, the prophet, prayed because of this matter and cried out to heaven.
+\v 20 Hezekiah, the king, and Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, prayed because of this matter and he cried out to heaven.
 \v 21 Yahweh sent an angel, who killed the fighting men, the commanders, and the officers of the king in the camp. So Sennacherib returned shame-faced to his own land. When he had gone into the house of his god, some of his own children killed him there with the sword.
 
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15-EZR/03.usfm

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 \v 3 Then they established the altar on its stand, for dread was on them because of the people of the land. They offered burnt offerings to Yahweh at dawn and evening.
-\v 4 They also observed the Festival of Shelters as it is written, and offered burnt offerings day by day according to the decree, each's day's duty on its day.
-\v 5 Accordingly, there were daily burnt offerings and monthly ones, and offerings for all the fixed feasts of Yahweh, along with all the freewill offerings.
+\v 4 They also observed the Festival of Shelters as it is written and offered burnt offerings day by day according to the decree, each's day's duty on its day.
+\v 5 Accordingly, there were daily burnt offerings and monthly ones and offerings for all the fixed feasts of Yahweh, along with all the freewill offerings.
  
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 \v 20 Mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and had power over everything beyond the River. Tribute and taxes were paid to them.
 \v 21 Now, make a decree for these men to stop and not build this city until I make a decree.
-\v 22 Be careful not to neglect this. Why should damage increase to injure kings?"
+\v 22 Be careful not to neglect this. Why allow this threat to grow and cause more loss for the royal interests?
  
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 \v 3 Then Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar Bozenai, and their companions came and said to them, "Who gave you a decree to build this house and complete these walls?"
 \v 4 They also said, "What are the names of the men building this building?"
-\v 5 But God's eye was on the Jewish elders, and their enemies did not stop them. They were waiting for a letter to be sent to the king and for a decree to be returned to them concerning this.
+\v 5 But God's eye was on the Jewish elders and their enemies did not stop them. They were waiting for a letter to be sent to the king and for a decree to be returned to them concerning this.
  
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 \v 11 I am ordering that if anyone violates this decree, a beam must be pulled from his house and he must be impaled on it. His house must then be turned into a rubbish heap because of this.
-\v 12 May the God who lives there overthrow any king and people who violates this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, am ordering this. Do it completely!"
+\v 12 May the God who lives there overthrow any king and people who violates this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, am ordering this. Let it be done diligently!"
  
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 \v 11 This was the decree that King Artaxerxes gave Ezra the priest and scribe of Yahweh's commandments and statutes for Israel:
 \v 12 "The King of kings Artaxerxes, to the priest Ezra, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven:
-\v 13 I am ordering that anyone from Israel in my kingdom, along with their priests and Levites, who desires to go to Jerusalem, may go with you.
+\v 13 I am ordering that anyone from Israel in my kingdom along with their priests and Levites who desires to go to Jerusalem, may go with you.
  
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 \v 21 Then I proclaimed a fast at the Ahava Canal to humble ourselves before God, to seek a straight path from him for us, our little ones, and all our possessions.
-\v 22 I was embarrassed to ask the king for an army or horsemen to protect us against enemies along the way, since we had said to the king, 'The hand of our God is on all who seek him for good, but his might and wrath are on all who forget him.'
+\v 22 I was ashamed to ask the king for an army or horsemen to protect us against enemies along the way, since we had said to the king, 'The hand of our God is on all who seek him for good, but his might and wrath are on all who forget him.'
 \v 23 So we fasted and sought God about this, and we pled to him.
  
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-\v 35 The ones who came back from the captivity, the people of exile, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all of Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male 
-goats as a sin offering. All were a burnt offering for Yahweh.
+\v 35 The ones who came back from the captivity, the people of exile, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all of Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering. All were a burnt offering for Yahweh.
 \v 36 Then they gave the king's decrees to the king's high officials and the governors beyond the River, and they helped the people and God's house."

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 \v 2 For they have taken some of their daughters and sons, and have mixed the holy people with the people of other lands. And the officials and leaders have been first in this faithlessness.'
  
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-\v 3 When I heard this, I ripped my clothing and robe and tore the hair from my head and beard. Then I sat ashamed.
+\v 3 When I heard this, I tore apart my clothing and robe and pulled out hair from my head and beard, and I sat down, devastated.
 \v 4 All those who trembled at the words of the God of Israel about this faithlessness gathered to me while I was sitting ashamed until the evening offering.
  
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 \v 5 But at the evening offering I arose from my position of humiliation in my torn clothes and robe, and knelt down and spread my hands to Yahweh my God.
-\v 6 I said, 'My God, I am ashamed and too humiliated to raise my face to you, for our iniquities increase over our head, and our guilt grows to the heavens.
+\v 6 I said, 'My God, I am ashamed and disgraced to raise my face to you, for our iniquities increase over our head, and our guilt grows to the heavens.
  
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 \v 1 As Ezra prayed and confessed, he wept and threw himself down before God's house. A very great assembly of Israelite men, women, and children gathered to him, for the people were weeping very greatly.
-\v 2 Shekaniah son of Jehiel of the descendants of Elam said to Ezra, "We ourselves have committed treason against our God and have lived with foreign women from the people of the other lands. But now there is hope for Israel concerning this.
+\v 2 Shekaniah son of Jehiel of the descendants of Elam said to Ezra, "We have been unfaithful to our God and have married foreign women from the people of the other lands. But in spite of this, there is still hope for Israel.
  
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-\v 5 So Ezra rose and made the priestly officials, the Levites, and all of Israel promise to act in this way. They promised.
+\v 5 So Ezra rose and made the priestly officials, the Levites, and all of Israel promise to act in this way. So they all took a solemn oath.
 \v 6 Then Ezra rose from before God's house and went to the rooms of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. He did not eat any bread or drink any water, since he was mourning concerning the faithlessness of those who had been in captivity.
  
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-\v 14 Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the king's pool. The place was too narrow for the animal I was riding to pass through. 
+\v 14 Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool. The place was too narrow for the animal I was riding to pass through. 
 
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 \v 6 Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate. They set the beams, and set its doors and its bolts and its bars.
-\v 7 Next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite made repairs, with Jadon the Meronothite. They were leading men of Gibeon and Mizpah. Mizpah was where the governor of the province beyond the River lived.
+\v 7 Next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, who were men from Gibeon and Mizpah, made repairs on the portion where the governor of the province beyond the River lived.
 
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-\v 19 Next to him Ezer repaired. He was son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, who repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory, at the buttress.
+\v 19 Next to him repaired Ezer son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, who repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory, at the corner of the wall.
 
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-\v 20 After him Baruch son of Zabbai devotedly repaired another section, from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
+\v 20 After him Baruch son of Zabbai devotedly repaired another section, from the corner of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
 \v 21 After him Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz repaired another section, from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib.
 
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 \v 22 Next to him the priests, the men from the area around Jerusalem, repaired.
 \v 23 After them Benjamin and Hasshub repaired opposite their own house. After them Azariah son of Maaseiah son of Ananiah repaired next to his own house.
-\v 24 After him Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress.
+\v 24 After him Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the corner of the wall.
 
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-\v 25 Palal son of Uzai repaired over against the buttress and the tower that extends upward from the upper house of the king at the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh repaired.
+\v 25 Palal son of Uzai repaired over against the corner of the wall and the tower that extends upward from the upper house of the king at the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh repaired.
 \v 26 Now the temple servants living in Ophel repaired to the point opposite the Water Gate on the east of the projecting tower.
 \v 27 After him the Tekoites repaired another section, opposite the great tower that stands out, as far as the wall of Ophel.
 

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-\v 1 Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian and the rest of our enemies heard that I rebuilt the wall and that there were no longer any sections left broken open, although I had not yet set up the doors in the gates, 
+\v 1 Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and that there were no longer any sections left broken open, although I had not yet set up the doors in the gates, 
 \v 2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, "Come, let us meet together somewhere in the plain of Ono." But they intended to do harm to me.
 
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 \v 61 These were the people who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Charsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer. But they could not prove that they or their ancestors' families were descendants from Israel:
-\v 62 The descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642.
-\v 63 And from the priests: The descendants of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai (who took his wife from the daughters of Barzillai of Gilead and was called by their name).
+\v 62 the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642.
+\v 63 And were from the priests: The descendants of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai (who took his wife from the daughters of Barzillai of Gilead and was called by their name).
 
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 \v 6 Ezra gave thanks to Yahweh, the great God, and all the people lifted up their hands and answered, "Amen! Amen!" Then they bowed their heads and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.
 \v 7 Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah—the Levites—helped the people understand the law, while the people remained in their place.
 \f + \ft Most modern versions, including the ULB and UDB, translate so as to identify as Levites all the persons named in this verse. However, some modern versions translate so as to put \fqa the Levites \fqb in the same list as the individuals first named. \f* 
-\v 8 They read in the book, the law of God, making it clear with interpretation and giving the meaning so the people understood the reading. 
+\v 8 They read in the book, The Law of God, making it clear with interpretation and giving the meaning so the people understood the reading. 
 
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 \v 13 On the second day the leaders of the ancestors' families from all the people, the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe to gain insight from the words of the law.
 \v 14 And they found written in the law how Yahweh had commanded through Moses that the people of Israel should live in tents during the festival of the seventh month.
-\v 15 They should make a proclamation in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, "Go out into the hill country, and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtle, palms and shade trees, to make temporary shelters," as it is written.
+\v 15 They should make a proclamation in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, "Go out into the hill country, and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtle, palms and shade trees, to make temporary shelters, as it is written."
 
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 \v 16 So the people went out and brought the branches back and made themselves tents, each on their own roofs, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, in the open place by the Water Gate, and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim.

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 \v 36 Now we are slaves in the land you gave our ancestors to enjoy, its fruit and its good gifts, and behold, we are slaves! 
-\v 37 The rich yield from our land goes to the kings you have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please. We are in great distress."
+\v 37 The rich yield from our land goes to the kings you have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.
 
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 \v 38 Because of all this, we make a firm covenant in writing. On the sealed document are the names of our princes, Levites, and priests."

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-\v 15 In those days saw I in Judah people treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on donkeys, and also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of heavy loads, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. I protested that they were selling food on that day.
+\v 15 In those days I saw in Judah people treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on donkeys, and also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of heavy loads, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. I protested that they were selling food on that day.
 
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 \v 16 Men from Tyre living in Jerusalem brought in fish and all kinds of goods, and they sold them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah and in the city!

17-EST/01.usfm

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 \v 6 The courtyard of the garden was decorated with curtains of white cotton and violet, with cords of fine linen and purple, hung on silver rings from pillars of marble. There were couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and colored paving stones.
 
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-\v 7 Drinks were served in golden cups. Each cup was unique, and there was much royal wine that came because of the king's generosity.
+\v 7 Drinks were served in golden cups. Each cup was unique and there was much royal wine that came because of the king's generosity.
 \v 8 The drinking was carried out in keeping with the decree, "There must be no compulsion." The king had given orders to all the staff of his palace to do for them whatever each guest desired. 
 
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@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
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 \v 19 If it pleases the king, let a royal decree be sent out from him, and let it be written in the laws of the Persians and the Medes, which cannot be repealed, that Vashti may no longer come before him. Let the king give her position as queen to another who is better than she.
-\v 20 When the king's decree is proclaimed throughout all his vast kindom, all the wives will honor their husbands, from the greatest to the least significant."
+\v 20 When the king's decree is proclaimed throughout all his vast kingdom, all the wives will honor their husbands, from the greatest to the least significant."
 
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 \v 21 The king and his noblemen were pleased with this advice, and the king did as Memucan proposed. 

17-EST/05.usfm

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 \v 7 Esther answered, "My petition and my request is this,
-\v 8 if I have found favor in the eyes of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and to honor my request. Let the king and Haman come to the feast that I will prepare for you tomorrow, and I will answer the king's question."
+\v 8 if I have found favor in the eyes of the king and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and to honor my request. Let the king and Haman come to the feast that I will prepare for you tomorrow and I will answer the king's question."
 
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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 \v 13 But all this that I am experiencing is worth nothing to me, as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate."
 
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-\v 14 Then Zeresh his wife said to Haman and all his friends, "Let them make a gallows fifty cubits high. In the morning speak to the king for them to hang Mordecai on it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast." This pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
+\v 14 Then Zeresh his wife said to Haman and all his friends, "Let them make a gallows fifty cubits high. In the morning speak to the king for them to hang Mordecai on it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast." This pleased Haman and he had the gallows constructed.
 
 
 

17-EST/08.usfm

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 \p
 \v 3 Then Esther spoke again to the king. She lay facedown on the ground and wept as she pleaded with him to put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite, to the scheme that he had devised against the Jews.
-\v 4 Then the king held out the golden scepter to Esther; she arose and stood before the king.
+\v 4 Then the king held out the golden scepter to Esther, she arose and stood before the king.
 
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 \v 5 She said, "If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in your sight, if the thing seems right before the king, and I am pleasing in your eyes, let a decree be written to revoke the letters written by Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the letters that he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces.
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
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 \v 7 King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, "Look, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows, because he was going to attack the Jews.
-\v 8 Write another decree for the Jews in the name of the king, and seal it with the king's ring. For the decree that has already been written in the king's name and sealed with the king's ring cannot be revoked."
+\v 8 Write another decree for the Jews in the name of the king and seal it with the king's ring. For the decree that has already been written in the king's name and sealed with the king's ring cannot be revoked."
 
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
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 \v 10 Mordecai wrote 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 from the royal stud.
-\v 11 The king gave to the Jews who were in every city permission to gather together and to make a stand to protect their lives; to annihiliate, to kill, and to destroy any armed force from any people or province that might attack them, children and women included, or to plunder their possessions.
+\v 11 The king gave to the Jews who were in every city permission to gather together and to make a stand to protect their lives: to annihiliate, to kill, and to destroy any armed force from any people or province that might attack them, children and women included, or to plunder 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 is the month of Adar.
 
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17-EST/10.usfm

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 \v 2 All the achievements of his power and might, together with the full account of the greatness of Mordecai to which the king had raised him, they are written in The Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia.
 
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-\v 3 Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Ahasuerus. He was great among the Jews and popular with his many Jewish brothers, for he sought the welfare of his people, and he spoke for the peace of all his people.
+\v 3 Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Ahasuerus. He was great among the Jews and popular with his many Jewish brothers, for he sought the welfare of his people and he spoke for the peace of all his people.
 
 
 

19-PSA/011.usfm

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 \q what can the righteous do?
 \q
 \v 4 Yahweh is in his holy temple;
-\q his eyes watch, his eyes examine the children of men.
+\q his eyes watch, his eyes examine the children of mankind.
 
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 \q

19-PSA/012.usfm

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 \q You preserve the godly people from this wicked generation and forever.
 \q
 \v 8 The wicked walk on every side
-\q when evil is exalted among the sons of men.
+\q when evil is exalted among the children of mankind.
 
 
 

19-PSA/014.usfm

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 \q
-\v 2 Yahweh looks down from heaven on the sons of mankind
+\v 2 Yahweh looks down from heaven on the children of mankind
 \q to see if there are any who understand,
 \q who seek after him.
 \q

19-PSA/025.usfm

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 \q
 \v 22 Rescue Israel, God,
-\q from all of its troubles!
+\q from all of his troubles!
 
 

19-PSA/029.usfm

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 \q Give praise to Yahweh for his glory and strength. 
 \q
 \v 2 Give to Yahweh the glory that his name deserves.
-\q Bow down to Yahweh and wear clothing that honors his holiness.
+\q Bow down to Yahweh in the splendor of holiness.
 \b
 
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19-PSA/031.usfm

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 \v 19 How great is your goodness
 \q that you have stored up for those who revere you,
 \q that you perform for those who take refuge in you
-\q before all humanity!
+\q before all the children of mankind!
 \q
 \v 20 In the shelter of your presence, you hide them from the plots of men.
 \q You hide them in a shelter from the violence of tongues.

19-PSA/035.usfm

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 \q
 \v 21 They open their mouths wide against me;
-\q they said, "Ha, ha, our eyes have seen it."
+\q they said, "Aha, Aha, our eyes have seen it."
 \q
 \v 22 You have seen it, Yahweh, do not be silent;
 \q Lord, do not be far from me.

19-PSA/036.usfm

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 \v 5 Your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, reaches to the heavens;
 \q your loyalty reaches to the clouds.
 \q
-\v 6 Your justice is like the highest mountains;
-\q your justice is like the deepest sea.
+\v 6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains;
+\q your judgments is like the deepest sea.
 \q Yahweh, you preserve both mankind and the animals.
 
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19-PSA/040.usfm

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 \q he listened to me and heard my cry.
 \q
 \v 2 He brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay,
-\q and he set my feet on a rock and established my going.
+\q and he set my feet on a rock and made my steps secure.
  
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 \q

19-PSA/045.usfm

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 \q I will read aloud the words I have composed about the king;
 \q my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
 \q
-\v 2 You are fairer than the children of men;
+\v 2 You are fairer than the children of mankind;
 \q grace is poured onto your lips;
 \q therefore we know that God has blessed you forever.
  

19-PSA/049.usfm

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 \q
-\v 6 Those who trust in their wealth
-\q and boast about the amount of their riches—
+\v 6 Why should I fear those who trust in their wealth
+\q and boast about the amount of their riches?
 \q
 \v 7 It is certain that no one can redeem his brother
 \q or give God a ransom for him,

19-PSA/053.usfm

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 \q They are corrupt and have done abominable iniquity;
 \q there is no one who does good.
 \q
-\v 2 God looks down from heaven on the sons of mankind 
+\v 2 God looks down from heaven on the children of mankind 
 \q to see if there are any who understand,
 \q who seek after him.
 \q

19-PSA/063.usfm

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 \q
 \v 5 It will be as if I ate a meal of marrow and fatness;
-\q with joyful lips my mouth will praise you.
+\q with joyful lips my mouth will praise you,
 \q
 \v 6 when I think about you on my bed
 \q and meditate on you in the night hours.

19-PSA/066.usfm

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 \q
 \v 5 Come and see the works of God;
-\q he is fearsome in his deeds toward the children of men.
+\q he is fearsome in his deeds toward the sons of mankind.
 \q
 \v 6 He turned the sea into dry land;
 \q they went through the river on foot;

19-PSA/072.usfm

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 \q Amen and Amen.
 \b
 \q
-\v 20 The prayers of David son of Jesse, are finished.
+\v 20 The prayers of David son of Jesse are finished.

19-PSA/089.usfm

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 \q How long will your anger burn like fire?
 \q
 \v 47 Oh, think about how short my time is,
-\q and for what uselessness you have created all the sons of men!
+\q and for what uselessness you have created all the children of mankind!
 \q
 \v 48 Who can live and not die,
 \q or rescue his own life from the power of sheol? 

19-PSA/146.usfm

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 \v 1 Praise Yahweh.
 \q Praise Yahweh, my soul.
 \q
-\v 2 I will praise Yahweh as long as I live;
+\v 2 I give praise to Yahweh with all my life;
 \q I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
  
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20-PRO/01.usfm

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 \v 7 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge—
 \q fools despise wisdom and discipline.
 \q
-\v 8 My son, hear the instruction of your father,
+\v 8 My son, hear the instruction of your father
 \q and do not lay aside the rules of your mother;
 \q
 \v 9 they will be a graceful wreath for your head

20-PRO/03.usfm

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 \c 3
 \q
-\v 1 My son, do not forget my commands,
+\v 1 My son, do not forget my commands
 \q and keep my teachings in your heart,
 \q
 \v 2 for length of days and years of life

20-PRO/05.usfm

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 \v 1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom;
 \q listen carefully to my understanding,
 \q
-\v 2 so you may learn about discretion,
+\v 2 so you may learn about discretion
 \q and your lips may protect knowledge.
 
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 \q
-\v 3 For the lips of an adulteress drip with honey,
+\v 3 For the lips of an adulteress drip with honey
 \q and her mouth is smoother than oil,
 \q
 \v 4 but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood,
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 \v 7 And now, my sons, listen to me;
 \q do not turn away from listening to the words of my mouth.
 \q
-\v 8 Keep your path far away from her,
+\v 8 Keep your path far away from her
 \q and do not come near the door of her house.
 
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-\v 15 Drink water from your own cistern,
+\v 15 Drink water from your own cistern
 \q and drink running water from your own well.
 \q
-\v 16 Should your springs overflow everywhere,
+\v 16 Should your springs overflow everywhere
 \q and your streams of water flow in the public squares?
 \q
-\v 17 Let them be for yourself alone,
+\v 17 Let them be for yourself alone
 \q and not for strangers with you.
 
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 \q
-\v 18 May your fountain be blessed, 
+\v 18 May your fountain be blessed 
 \q and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
 \q
 \v 19 For she is a loving deer and a graceful doe.