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01-GEN/32.usfm

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 \v 13 Jacob stayed there that night. He took some of what he had with him as a gift for Esau, his brother:
 \v 14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
 \v 15 thirty milking camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.
-\v 16 These he handed over to his servants, every herd by itself. He said to his servants, "Go on ahead of me and put a space between each of the herds."
+\v 16 These he gave these into the hand of his servants, every herd by itself. He said to his servants, "Go on ahead of me and put a space between each of the herds."
 
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 \v 17 He instructed the first servant, saying, "When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying, 'To whom do you belong? Where are you going? And whose are these animals in front of you?'

03-LEV/26.usfm

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 \v 24 then I will also walk in opposition to you, and I myself will punish you seven times because of your sins.
 
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-\v 25 I will bring a sword on you that will execute vengeance for breaking the covenant. You will be gathered together inside your cities, and I will send a disease among you there, and then you will be defeated by the power of your enemy.
+\v 25 I will bring a sword on you that will execute vengeance for breaking the covenant. You will be gathered together inside your cities, and I will send a disease among you there, and then you will be delivered into the hand of your enemy.
 \v 26 When I cut off your food supply, ten women will be able to bake your bread in one oven, and they will distribute your bread by weight. You will eat but not be satisfied.
 
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05-DEU/01.usfm

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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 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 give us into the hand of the Amorites 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.'"
 
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06-JOS/06.usfm

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 \v 1 Now all the entrances to Jericho were closed because of the army of Israel. No one went out and no one came in.
-\v 2 Yahweh said to Joshua, "See, I have handed over to you Jericho, its king, and its trained soldiers.
+\v 2 Yahweh said to Joshua, "See, I have delivered Jericho into your hand, its king, and its trained soldiers.
 
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 \v 3 You must march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once. You must do this for six days.

07-JDG/02.usfm

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-\v 16 Then Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them from the power of those who were stealing their possessions. 
+\v 16 Then Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who were stealing their possessions. 
 \v 17 Yet they would not listen to their judges. They were unfaithful to Yahweh and gave themselves like prostitutes to other gods and worshiped them. They soon turned aside from the way their fathers had lived— those who had obeyed the commandments of Yahweh—but they themselves did not do so.
  
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07-JDG/03.usfm

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 \v 9 When the people of Israel called out to Yahweh, Yahweh raised up someone who would come to help the people of Israel, and who would rescue them: Othniel son of Kenaz (Caleb's younger brother).
-\v 10 Yahweh's Spirit empowered him, and he judged Israel and he went out to war. Yahweh gave him victory over Cushan Rishathaim king of Aram. It was the power of Othniel that defeated Cushan Rishathaim.
+\v 10 Yahweh's Spirit empowered him, and he judged Israel and he went out to war. Yahweh gave him victory over Cushan Rishathaim king of Aram. The hand of Othniel defeated Cushan Rishathaim.
 \v 11 The land had peace for forty years. Then Othniel son of Kenaz died.
  
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07-JDG/06.usfm

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 \v 8 Yahweh sent a prophet to the people of Israel. The prophet said to them, "This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: 'I brought you up from Egypt; I brought you out of the house of slavery.
  
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-\v 9 I rescued you from the power of the Egyptians, and from the power of all who were oppressing you. I drove them out before you, and I gave you their land.
+\v 9 I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of all who were oppressing you. I drove them out before you, and I gave you their land.
 \v 10 I said to you, "I am Yahweh your God; I commanded you not to worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living." But you have not obeyed my voice.'"
  
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 \v 12 The angel of Yahweh appeared to him and said to him, "Yahweh is with you, you strong warrior!"
  
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-\v 13 Gideon said to him, "Oh, my master, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers told us about, when they said, 'Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?' But now Yahweh has abandoned us and given us over to the power of Midian."
+\v 13 Gideon said to him, "Oh, my master, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers told us about, when they said, 'Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?' But now Yahweh has abandoned us and given us over into the hand of Midian."
  
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-\v 14 Yahweh looked at him and said, "Go in the strength you already have. Deliver Israel from the power of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?"
+\v 14 Yahweh looked at him and said, "Go in the strength you already have. Deliver Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?"
 \v 15 Gideon said to him, "Please, Lord, how can I deliver Israel? See, my family is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least important in my father's house."
  
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07-JDG/15.usfm

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 \v 11 Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in the cliff of Etam, and they said to Samson, "Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What is this you have done to us?" Samson said to them, "They did to me, and so I have done to them." 
  
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-\v 12 They said to Samson, "We have come down to tie you up and give you over to the power of the Philistines." Samson said to them, "Swear to me that you will not kill me yourselves."
+\v 12 They said to Samson, "We have come down to tie you up and give you into the hands of the Philistines." Samson said to them, "Swear to me that you will not kill me yourselves."
 \v 13 They said to him, "No, we will only tie you with ropes and hand you over to them. We promise we will not kill you." Then they tied him up with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock.
  
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10-2SA/18.usfm

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-\v 19 Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, "Let me now run to the king with the good news, how Yahweh has rescued him from his enemies."
+\v 19 Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, "Let me now run to the king with the good news, how Yahweh has rescued him from the hand of his enemies."
 \v 20 Joab answered him, "You will not be the bearer of news today; you must do it another day. Today you will bear no news because the king's son is dead."
 
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-\v 28 Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, "All is well." And he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground and said, "Blessed be Yahweh your God, who has handed over the men who lifted up their hand against my master the king."
+\v 28 Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, "All is well." And he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground and said, "Blessed be Yahweh your God, who has delivered the men who raised up their hand against my master the king."
 \v 29 So the king replied, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" Ahimaaz answered, "When Joab sent me, the king's servant, to you, king, I saw a great disturbance, but I did not know what it was."
 \v 30 Then the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So Ahimaaz turned aside, and stood still.
 

12-2KI/11.usfm

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 \v 9 So the commanders of hundreds obeyed everything Jehoiada the priest commanded. Each one took his men, those who were to come in to serve on the Sabbath, and those who were to stop serving on that Sabbath; and they came to Jehoiada, the priest.
-\v 10 Then Jehoiada, the priest, handed over to the commanders of hundreds the spears and shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of Yahweh.
+\v 10 Then Jehoiada, the priest, gave over to the commanders of hundreds the spears and shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of Yahweh.
 
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 \v 11 So the guard stood, each man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, surrounding the king.

12-2KI/18.usfm

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 \v 28 Then the chief commander stood and shouted in a loud voice in the Jews' language, saying, "Listen to the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.
 \v 29 The king says, 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to rescue you from my power.
-\v 30 Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, "Yahweh will surely rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria."' 
+\v 30 Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, "Yahweh will surely rescue us, and this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria."' 
 
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 \v 31 Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: 'Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and from his own fig tree, and drink from the water in his own cistern.

13-1CH/10.usfm

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 \v 13 So Saul died because he was unfaithful to Yahweh. He did not obey Yahweh's instructions, but asked for advice from someone who talked with the dead.
-\v 14 He did not seek guidance from Yahweh, so Yahweh killed him and handed over the kingdom to David son of Jesse.
+\v 14 He did not seek guidance from Yahweh, so Yahweh killed him and turned over the kingdom to David son of Jesse.
 
 
 

13-1CH/22.usfm

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 \v 17 David also ordered all the leaders of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
-\v 18 "Yahweh your God is with you and has given you peace on every side. He has handed over to me the region's inhabitants. The region is subdued before Yahweh and his people.
+\v 18 "Yahweh your God is with you and has given you peace on every side. He has given the region's inhabitants into my hand. The region is subdued before Yahweh and his people.
 \v 19 Now seek Yahweh your God with all your heart and your soul. Get up and build the holy place of Yahweh God. Then you can bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh and the things that belong to God into the house built for Yahweh's name."
 
 

17-EST/06.usfm

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 \v 7 Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king takes pleasure in honoring,
 \v 8 let royal robes be brought, robes that the king has worn, and a horse that the king has ridden and on whose head is the royal crest.
-\v 9 Then let the robes and the horse be handed over to one of the king's most noble officials. Let them dress the man whom the king takes pleasure in honoring, and let them lead him on the horse through the city streets. Let them proclaim before him, 'This is what is done to the one whom the king takes pleasure in honoring!'"
+\v 9 Then let the robes and the horse be given to one of the king's most noble officials. Let them dress the man whom the king takes pleasure in honoring, and let them lead him on the horse through the city streets. Let them proclaim before him, 'This is what is done to the one whom the king takes pleasure in honoring!'"
 
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19-PSA/063.usfm

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 \v 9 But those who seek to destroy my life
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-\v 10 They will be handed over to the power of the sword,
+\v 10 They will be given over to the power of the sword,
 \q and they will become food for the jackals.
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23-ISA/36.usfm

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 \v 13 Then the the chief commander stood and shouted in a loud voice in the Jews' language, saying, "Listen to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
 \v 14 The king says, 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to rescue you.
-\v 15 Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, "Yahweh will surely rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria."'
+\v 15 Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, "Yahweh will surely rescue us; this city will not given into the hand of the king of Assyria."'
  
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 \v 16  Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: 'Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and from his own fig tree, and drink from the water in his own cistern.

26-EZK/21.usfm

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 \v 10 It will be sharpened in order to engage in great slaughter! It will be polished in order to be like lightning!
 \q Should we rejoice in my son's scepter? The coming sword hates every such rod!
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-\v 11 So the sword will be handed over to be polished, and then to be seized by the hand!
+\v 11 So the sword will be given to be polished, and then to be grasped by the hand!
 \q The sword is sharpened! And it is polished to be given to the hand of a killer!'
  
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26-EZK/31.usfm

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 \v 13 All the birds of the heavens rested on its trunk 
 \q and all the beasts of the field sat on its branches.
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-\v 14 This happened so that none of the other watered trees would ever grow that tall, so that they would not raise their tree tops above the foliage, for no other tree that drank up water would ever again grow that tall. For they were all handed over to death down to the lowest part of the earth, in the midst of the people of mankind who go down to the pit.
+\v 14 This happened so that none of the other watered trees would ever grow that tall, so that they would not raise their tree tops above the foliage, for no other tree that drank up water would ever again grow that tall. For they were all given over to death down to the lowest part of the earth, in the midst of the people of mankind who go down to the pit.
 
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27-DAN/07.usfm

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 \q and the books were opened.
 
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-\v 11 I continued to look because of the boastful words spoken by the horn. I watched while the animal was killed, and its body was destroyed, and it was handed over to be burned up.
+\v 11 I continued to look because of the boastful words spoken by the horn. I watched while the animal was killed, and its body was destroyed, and it was given over to be burned up.
 \v 12 As for the rest of the four animals, their authority to rule was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a period of time.
 
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27-DAN/11.usfm

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 \v 10 His sons will wage war and assemble a great army, which will keep coming and will overflow like a flood, pass through, and repeat the assault all the way to his fortress.
 
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-\v 11 The king of the South will march out in a rage and will fight against the king of the North. The king of the North will raise up a great army, but it will be handed over to the king of the South.
+\v 11 The king of the South will march out in a rage and will fight against the king of the North. The king of the North will raise up a great army, but it will delivered over into the hand of the king of the South.
 \v 12 When the army is carried off, the king of the South will be filled with pride, and will have many thousands of his enemies killed. But he will not succeed. 
 
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30-AMO/01.usfm

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 \q "For three sins of Tyre,
 \q even for four,
 \q I will not turn away punishment,
-\q because they handed over whole people groups to Edom,
+\q because they had delivered up a whole people to Edom,
 \q and they broke their treaty of brotherhood.
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 \v 10 I will send fire on the walls of Tyre,

43-LUK/04.usfm

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 \v 5 Then the devil was leading Jesus up to a high place and he showed him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant of time. 
-\v 6 The devil said to him, "I will give to you all this authority—along with their splendor—because they have been handed over to me to rule over, and to anyone I give it to. 
+\v 6 The devil said to him, "I will give to you all this authority and all their splendor, for they have been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want. 
 \v 7 So then, if you will bow down and worship me, it will be yours."
 
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45-ACT/27.usfm

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-\v 1 When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan Regiment.
+\v 1 When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they put Paul and some other prisoners under the charge of a centurion named Julius of the Augustan Regiment.
 \v 2 We boarded a ship from Adramyttium, which was about to sail along the coast of Asia. So we went to sea. Aristarchus from Thessalonica in Macedonia went with us.
 
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48-2CO/04.usfm

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 \v 10 We always carry in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be shown in our bodies.
 
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-\v 11 We who are alive are always being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be shown in our human bodies.
-\v 12 For this reason, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
+\v 11 We who are alive are always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be shown in our human bodies.
+\v 12 So death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
 
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 \v 13 But we have the same spirit of faith according to that which was written: "I believed, and so I spoke." We also believe, and so we also speak.