diff --git a/24-JER/06.usfm b/24-JER/06.usfm
index c2f2cafa..a59dad42 100644
--- a/24-JER/06.usfm
+++ b/24-JER/06.usfm
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  
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 \q
-\v 4 The kings will say, "Dedicate yourselves to the gods for the battle. Arise, let us attack at noon.
+\v 4 "Dedicate yourselves to the gods for the battle. Arise, let us attack at noon.
 \q It is too bad that the daylight is fading away, that the evening shadows are falling.
 \q
 \v 5 But let us attack at night and destroy her fortresses."
diff --git a/36-ZEP/01.usfm b/36-ZEP/01.usfm
index d1b803ba..f834a3b0 100644
--- a/36-ZEP/01.usfm
+++ b/36-ZEP/01.usfm
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.
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 \p
 \q2
-\v 7 Be silent in the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is approaching; 
-\q2 for Yahweh has prepared the sacrifice and dedicated his guests.
+\v 7 Be silent before the Lord Yahweh! For the day of Yahweh is near; 
+\q2 Yahweh has prepared the sacrifice and set apart his guests.
 \q
 \v 8 "It will come about on the day of Yahweh's sacrifice, 
 \q that I will punish the princes and the king's sons, 
diff --git a/44-JHN/17.usfm b/44-JHN/17.usfm
index 31a4f414..6c7e87a4 100644
--- a/44-JHN/17.usfm
+++ b/44-JHN/17.usfm
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
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 \v 15 I do not ask for you to take them away from the world but for you to keep them from the evil one.
 \v 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
-\v 17 Dedicate them to yourself in the truth. Your word is truth.
+\v 17 Set them apart by the truth. Your word is truth.
  
 \s5
 \v 18 Just as you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
-\v 19 I dedicate myself to you for them, so that they themselves will also be dedicated to you in truth.
+\v 19 For their sakes I have set myself apart, so that they themselves may also be set apart in truth.
  
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 \v 20 I pray not only for these, but also for those who will believe in me through their word
diff --git a/45-ACT/20.usfm b/45-ACT/20.usfm
index 21ec574c..3ef28266 100644
--- a/45-ACT/20.usfm
+++ b/45-ACT/20.usfm
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
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 \v 31 So be on guard. Remember that for three years I did not stop instructing every one of you with tears night and day.
-\v 32 And now I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are dedicated to God.
+\v 32 And now I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are consecrated.
 
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 \v 33 I coveted no man's silver, gold, or clothing.
diff --git a/59-HEB/09.usfm b/59-HEB/09.usfm
index 271092a6..588e3797 100644
--- a/59-HEB/09.usfm
+++ b/59-HEB/09.usfm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 \v 12 It was not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood that he entered into the most holy place once for all and secured our eternal redemption.
 
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-\v 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of a heifer's ashes on those who have become unclean, dedicates them to God for the cleansing of their flesh,
+\v 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of a heifer's ashes on those who have become unclean sets them apart to God for the cleansing of their flesh,
 \v 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
 \v 15 For this reason, he is the mediator of a new covenant. This is so that, since a death has taken place to free those under the first covenant from their sins, those who are called will receive the promise of an eternal inheritance.