ULB shrines changed to high places

04-NUM/33.usfm

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 \v 50 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho and said,
 \v 51 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
-\v 52 then you must drive out all the land's inhabitants before you. You must destroy all their carved figures. You must destroy all their cast figures and demolish all their shrines.
+\v 52 then you must drive out all the land's inhabitants before you. You must destroy all their carved figures. You must destroy all their cast figures and demolish all their high places.
  
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 \v 53 You must take possession of the land and settle in it, because I have given you the land to possess.

05-DEU/33.usfm

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 \q the shield of your help,
 \q and the sword of your majesty?
 \q Your enemies will come trembling to you;
-\q you will stamp down their high places.
+\q you will trample down their high places.
  
 
 

10-2SA/01.usfm

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 \v 18 He commanded the people to teach this Song of the Bow to the sons of Judah, which has been written in The Book of Jashar.
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 \v 19 "Your glory, Israel,
-\q2 is dead, killed on your mountains!
+\q2 is dead, killed on your high places!
 \q How the mighty have fallen!
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 \v 20 Do not tell it in Gath,

11-1KI/13.usfm

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 \v 1 A man of God came out of Judah by the word of Yahweh to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
-\v 2 The man of God cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh and said, "Altar, altar, Yahweh says, 'See, a son will be born to the family of David, Josiah by name, and on you he will sacrifice the priests of the shrines who burn incense on you; on you they will burn men's bones.'"
+\v 2 He cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh: "Altar, altar!" this is what Yahweh says, 'See, a son named Josiah will be born to the family of David, and on you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who now burn incense on you. On you they will burn human bones.'"
 \v 3 Then the man of God gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign that Yahweh has spoken: 'Look, the altar will be split apart, and the ashes on it will be poured out.'"
 
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 \v 31 Then after he had buried him, the old prophet spoke to his sons, saying, "When I am dead, bury me in the tomb in which the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones.
-\v 32 For what he said when he cried out by the word of Yahweh against the altar in Bethel, and against all the temples at the shrines in the cities of Samaria, will surely come about."
+\v 32 For the message he declared by the word of Yahweh, against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses on the high places in the cities of Samaria, will certainly happen.
 
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-\v 33 After this Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but still made priests for the shrines from among all the people. He consecrated whoever would serve, that there might be priests for the shrines.
-\v 34 This thing became sin to the family of Jeroboam and caused it to be cut off and destroyed from the face of the earth.
+\v 33 After this Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but continued to appoint common priests for the high places from among all sorts of people. Any who would serve he consecrated as a priest. 
+\v 34 This matter became sin to the family of Jeroboam and caused his family to be destroyed and to be exterminated from the face of the earth.
 
 
 

11-1KI/14.usfm

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 \v 22 Judah did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh; they provoked him to jealousy with the sins that they committed, more than everything that their fathers had done.
 
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-\v 23 For they also built shrines, sacred stone pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
+\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.
 
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11-1KI/15.usfm

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 \v 13 He also removed Maacah, his grandmother, from being queen, because she had made a disgusting figure out of an Asherah pole. Asa cut down the disgusting figure and burned it at the Kidron Valley.
 
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-\v 14 But the shrines were not taken away. Nevertheless, Asa's heart was completely devoted to Yahweh all his days.
+\v 14 But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless, Asa's heart was completely devoted to Yahweh all his days.
 \v 15 He brought into the house of Yahweh the things that were dedicated to Yahweh by his father and the things that he had dedicated, objects of silver and gold.
 
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11-1KI/22.usfm

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 \v 42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
 
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-\v 43 He walked in the ways of Asa, his father; he did not turn away from them; he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh. However, the shrines were still not taken away. The people were still sacrificing and burning incense at the shrines.
+\v 43 He walked in the ways of Asa, his father; he did not turn away from them; he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh. Yet the high places were not taken away. The people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
 \v 44 Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
 
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12-2KI/15.usfm

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 \v 3 He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, following the example of his father, and doing as Amaziah had done.
 
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-\v 4 However, the shrines were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense at the shrines.
+\v 4 However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense at the high places.
 \v 5 Yahweh afflicted the king so that he was a leper to the day of his death and lived in a separate house. Jotham, the king's son, was over the household and ruled the people of the land.
  
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 \v 34 Jotham did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh. He followed the example of all his father Azariah had done.
-\v 35 However, the shrines were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense at the shrines. Jothan built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh.
+\v 35 However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense at the high places. Jothan built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh.
 \v 36 As for the other matters concerning Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in The Book of the Events of the Kings of Judah?
 
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12-2KI/17.usfm

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 \v 8 and walking in the practices of the nations whom Yahweh had driven out before the people of Israel, and in the practices of the kings of Israel that they had done.
 
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-\v 9 The people of Israel secretly did things that were not right against Yahweh their God. They built shrines in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
+\v 9 The people of Israel did secretly—against Yahweh their God—things that were not right. They built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the watchtower to the fortress.
 \v 10 They also set up sacred stone pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
 
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12-2KI/18.usfm

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 \v 3 He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, following the example of all that David, his ancestor, had done.
 
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-\v 4 He removed the shrines, destroyed the sacred stone pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke to pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because in those days the people of Israel were burning incense to it; it was called "Nehushtan."
+\v 4 He removed the high places, destroyed the sacred stone pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke to pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because in those days the people of Israel were burning incense to it; it was called "Nehushtan."
 \v 5 Hezekiah trusted in Yahweh, the God of Israel, so that after him there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among the kings who were before him.
 
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12-2KI/21.usfm

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 \v 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah.
 \v 2 He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, like the disgusting things of the nations whom Yahweh had driven out before the people of Israel.
-\v 3 For he rebuilt the shrines that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he built altars for Baal, made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and he bowed down to all the stars of heaven and worshiped them.
+\v 3 For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he built altars for Baal, made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and he bowed down to all the stars of heaven and worshiped them.
 
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 \v 4 Manasseh built pagan altars in the house of Yahweh, although Yahweh had commanded, "It is in Jerusalem that my name will be forever."

12-2KI/23.usfm

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 \v 4 The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests under him, and the gatekeepers, to bring out of the temple of Yahweh all the vessels that were made for Baal and Asherah, and for all the stars of heaven. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields in the Kidron Valley and carried their ashes to Bethel.
-\v 5 He removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had chosen to burn incense at the shrines in the cities of Judah and in the places around Jerusalem—those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and the moon, to the planets, and to all the stars of heaven.
+\v 5 He got rid of the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had chosen to burn incense at the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places around Jerusalem—those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and the moon, to the planets, and to all the stars of heaven.
 
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 \v 6 He brought out the Asherah pole from the temple of Yahweh, outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley and burned it there. He beat it to dust and threw that dust onto the graves of the common people.
 \v 7 He cleared out the rooms of the cultic prostitutes who were in the temple of Yahweh, where the women wove garments for Asherah.
 
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-\v 8 Josiah brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah and defiled the shrines where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba. He destroyed the shrines at the gates, the shrines that were at the entrance to the Gate of Joshua, built by a city governor named Joshua. These shrines were to the left of the city gate as one entered the city.
-\v 9 Even though the priests of those shrines were not allowed to serve at the altar of Yahweh in Jerusalem, they were allowed to eat unleavened bread, like their brother priests.
+\v 8 Josiah brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba. He destroyed the high places at the gates that were at the entrance to the gate of Joshua (the city governor), on the left side of the city gate.
+\v 9 Although the priests of those high places were not allowed to serve at the altar of Yahweh in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.
 
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 \v 10 Josiah defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of Ben Hinnom, so that no one might offer his son or his daughter as a burnt offering in the fire to Molech.
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 \v 12 Josiah the king destroyed the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the temple of Yahweh. Josiah smashed them into pieces and threw them into the Kidron Valley.
-\v 13 Josiah defiled the shrines that were east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Corruption that Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth, the disgusting idol of the Sidonians; for Chemosh, the disgusting idol of Moab; and for Milcom, the disgusting idol of the people of Ammon.
-\v 14 King Josiah broke into pieces the sacred stone pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled in their places with human bones.
+\v 13 The king ruined the high places east of Jerusalem, south of the mount of corruption that Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth, the detestable idol of the Sidonians; for Chemosh, the detestable idol of Moab; and for Milcom, the detestable idol of the people of Ammon.
+\v 14 He broke the stone pillars into pieces and cut down the Asherah poles and he filled those places with the bones of human beings.
 
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-\v 15 Josiah also broke down the altar that was at Bethel and the shrine that Jeroboam son of Nebat, the one who had made Israel sin, had constructed. He burned the altar at the shrine 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. Jeroboam was . 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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 \v 18 So Josiah said, "Let it alone. No one should move his bones." So they let his bones alone, along with the bones of the prophet who had come from Samaria.
 
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-\v 19 All the temples and shrines that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke Yahweh to anger—Josiah took them away. He did to them exactly what had been done at Bethel.
-\v 20 He also killed all the priests of the shrines on the altars there, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
+\v 19 And Josiah removed all the houses on the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made, and that provoked Yahweh to anger. He did to them exactly what had been done at Bethel.
+\v 20 He slaughtered all the priests of the high places on the altars and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
 
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14-2CH/11.usfm

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 \v 13 The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel went over to him from within their borders.
 \v 14 For the Levites left their pasturelands and property in order to come to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had driven them away, so that they could no longer perform priestly duties for Yahweh.
-\v 15 Jeroboam appointed for himself priests for the shrines and the idols of calves and goats that he had made.
+\v 15 Jeroboam appointed for himself priests for the high places and the idols of calves and goats he had made.
  
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 \v 16 People from all the tribes of Israel came after them, those who set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel; they came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

14-2CH/14.usfm

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 \v 1 Abijah slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David. Asa, his son, became king in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
 \v 2 Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of Yahweh his God,
-\v 3 for he took away the foreign altars and the shrines; he broke down the sacred stone pillars and cut down the Asherah poles.
+\v 3 for he took away the foreign altars and the high places. He broke down the stone pillars and cut down the Asherah poles.
 \v 4 He commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, and to carry out the law and the commandments.
  
  
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-\v 5 Also he took away from all the cities of Judah the shrines and the incense altars. The kingdom was quiet under him.
+\v 5 Also he took away the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under him.
 \v 6 He built fortified cities in Judah, for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him peace.
  
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14-2CH/17.usfm

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 \v 5 So Yahweh established the rule in his hand; all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat. He had riches and honor in abundance.
-\v 6 His heart was fixed on Yahweh's ways. He also took away the shrines and the Asherah poles from Judah.
+\v 6 His heart was fixed on Yahweh's ways. He also took the high places and the Asherah poles out of Judah.
  
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14-2CH/20.usfm

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 \v 31 Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
 \v 32 He walked in the ways of Asa, his father; he did not turn away from them; he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh.
-\v 33 However, the shrines were still not taken away, nor had the people yet directed their hearts to the God of their ancestors.
+\v 33 However, the high places were not taken away. The people still had not directed their hearts to the God of their ancestors.
  
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 \v 34 As for the other matters concerning Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu son of Hanani, which is recorded in The Book of the Kings of Israel.

14-2CH/21.usfm

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-\v 11 In addition, Jehoram had also built shrines in the mountains of Judah; he made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to act like a prostitute. In this way he led Judah astray.
+\v 11 In addition, Jehoram had also built high places in the mountains of Judah and he made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to live like prostitutes, and he led Judah astray.
  
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 \v 12 A letter from the prophet Elijah came to Jehoram. It said, "This is what Yahweh, the God of David, your ancestor, says: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat, your father, nor in the ways of Asa, king of Judah,

14-2CH/28.usfm

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 \v 3 In addition, he burned incense in the valley of Ben Hinnom and put his children in fire as burnt offerings, following after the desecrations of the people groups which Yahweh had driven out before the people of Israel.
-\v 4 He sacrificed and burned incense at the shrines, on the hills, and under every green tree.
+\v 4 He sacrificed and burned incense at the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.
 
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 \v 24 Ahaz gathered together the furnishings of the house of God and cut them to pieces. He shut the doors of the house of Yahweh and he made for himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
-\v 25 In every city of Judah he made shrines to burn sacrifices to other gods, and in this way provoked to anger Yahweh, the God of his ancestors.
+\v 25 In every city of Judah he made high places to burn sacrifices to other gods. He provoked Yahweh, the God of his ancestors, to anger.
 
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 \v 26 Now the rest of his deeds, and all his ways, first and last, see, they are written in The Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

14-2CH/31.usfm

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-\v 1 Now when all this was finished, all the people of Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke to pieces the sacred stone pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and broke down the shrines and the altars in all of Judah and Benjamin. They also did this in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned, every man to his own land and to his own city.
+\v 1 Now when all this was finished, all the people of Israel who were there went out to the cities of Judah and broke to pieces the stone pillars and they cut down the Asherah poles, and they broke down the high places and the altars in all of Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned, every one to his own possession and his own city.
  
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14-2CH/32.usfm

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 \v 11 Is not Hezekiah misleading you, that he may give you over to die by famine and by thirst, when he tells you, "Yahweh our God will rescue us from the hand of the king of Assyria"?
-\v 12 Has not this same Hezekiah taken away his shrines and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, "On one altar you will worship, and on it you will burn your sacrifices?"
+\v 12 Has not this same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, "On one altar you must worship, and on it you must burn your sacrifices?"
  
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 \v 13 Do you not know what I and my ancestors have done to all the people groups of other lands? Were the gods of the people groups of the lands able in any way to rescue their land from my power?

14-2CH/33.usfm

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 \v 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
 \v 2 He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, like the disgusting things of the nations whom Yahweh had driven out before the people of Israel.
-\v 3 For he rebuilt the shrines that Hezekiah, his father, had pulled down, and he built altars for the Baals, made Asherah poles, and bowed down to all the stars of heaven and worshiped them.
+\v 3 For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he built altars for the Baals, he made Asherah poles, and he bowed down to all the stars of heaven and worshiped them.
  
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 \v 4 Manasseh built pagan altars in the house of Yahweh, although Yahweh had commanded, "It is in Jerusalem that my name will be placed forever."
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 \v 16 He rebuilt the altar of Yahweh and offered on it sacrifices of fellowship offerings and thank offerings; he commanded Judah to serve Yahweh, the God of Israel.
-\v 17 However, the people still sacrificed at the shrines, but only to Yahweh, their God.
+\v 17 However, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to Yahweh, their God.
  
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 \v 18 As to the other matters concerning Manasseh, his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the deeds of the kings of Israel.
-\v 19 His prayer also, and how God was begged by him, all his sin and his trespasses, and the places where he had built shrines and set up the Asherah poles and the carved figures, before he humbled himself—they are written about in the Chronicles of the Seers.
+\v 19 In that account there is history of his prayer, and how God was moved by it. There is also an account of all his sin and his trespasses, and the places where he had built high places and set up the Asherah poles and the carved figures, before he humbled himself—they are written about in the Chronicles of the Seers.
 \f + \ft Some modern versions have \fqa the Chronicles of Hozai \fqb , which is the reading of the original text. But many modern versions correct it to read \fqa the Chronicles of the Seers \fqb . Also, a few modern versions have \fqa the Chronicles of his seers \fqb . \f*
 \v 20 So Manasseh slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in his own house. Amon, his son, became king in his place.
  

14-2CH/34.usfm

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 \v 1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
 \v 2 He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in the ways of David his ancestor, and did not turn away either to the right or to the left.
-\v 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek after the God of David, his ancestor. In the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the shrines, the Asherah poles, and the the carved figures, and the cast metal figures.
+\v 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek after the God of David, his ancestor. In the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, the Asherah poles, and the carved figures and the cast metal figures.
  
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 \v 4 The people broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; he cut apart the incense altars that were above them. He broke the Asherah poles and the carved figures, and the cast metal figures, in pieces until they were dust. He scattered the dust on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

18-JOB/09.usfm

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 \q and who covers up the stars,
 \q
 \v 8 who by himself stretches out the heavens
-\q and who tramples down and subdues the waves of the sea,
+\q and tramples down the waves of the sea,
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 \v 9 who makes the Bear, Orion, the Pleiades,
 \q and the constellations of the south.

19-PSA/018.usfm

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-\v 33 He makes my feet swift like a deer and places me on the mountains!
+\v 33 He makes my feet swift like a deer and places me on the heights!
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 \v 34 He trains my hands for war and my arms to bend a bow of bronze.
 

19-PSA/078.usfm

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 \q to this mountain that his right hand acquired.
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 \v 55 He drove out the nations from before them
-\q and assigned them their inheritance;
-\q he settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
+\q and assigned them their inheritance.
+\q He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
  
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-\v 58 For they made him angry with their pagan shrines
+\v 58 For they made him angry with their high places
 \q and provoked him to jealous anger with their idols.
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 \v 59 When God heard this, he was angry

23-ISA/15.usfm

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 \q1 Indeed, in one night Ar of Moab is laid waste and destroyed; 
 \q1 indeed, in one night Kir of Moab is laid waste and destroyed.
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-\v 2 They have gone up to the temple, the people of Dibon went up to the high places to weep; 
+\v 2 They have gone up to the temple, the people of Dibon went up to the heights to weep; 
 \q1 Moab laments over Nebo and over Medeba. 
 \q1 All their heads are shaved bare and all their beards are cut off.
 

23-ISA/36.usfm

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 \v 6 Look, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed that you use as a walking staff, 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.
-\v 7 But if you say to me, "We are trusting in Yahweh our God," is not he the one whose shrines and altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, "You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem"?
+\v 7 But if you say to me, "We are trusting in Yahweh our God," is not he the one whose high place and altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, "You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem"?
 
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 \v 8 Now therefore, I want to make you a good offer from my master the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able to find riders for them.

23-ISA/58.usfm

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-\v 14 "Then you will find delight in Yahweh; and I will make you ride on the high places of the earth; 
+\v 14 "Then you will find delight in Yahweh; and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; 
 \q1 I will feed you from the inheritance of Jacob your father—for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken."
 
 

24-JER/07.usfm

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 \v 30 For the sons of Judah have done evil in my eye—this is Yahweh's declaration—they have set their detestable things in the house where my name is proclaimed, in order to defile it.
  
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-\v 31 Then they built the shrine of Topheth that is in the valley of Ben Hinnom. They did this to burn their sons and daughters in fire—something that I did not command. It never came up in my mind.
+\v 31 Then they built the high place of Topheth that is in the valley of Ben Hinnom. They did this to burn their sons and daughters in fire—something that I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.
 \v 32 So see, days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when it will no longer be called Topheth or valley of Ben Hinnom. It will be the valley of Slaughter; they will bury bodies in Topheth until there is no room left.
  
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24-JER/17.usfm

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-\v 3 They remember their altars on the mountains in the countryside. I will turn your wealth and all of your treasures into plunder for others.
-\q For your sin is everywhere within all of your borders.
+\v 3 My mountain in the field and all your wealth along with all of your treasures, 
+\q I will give as plunder to others. 
+\q That is the price of your high places 
+\q and the sin that is throughout all your territories.
+
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 \v 4 You will lose the inheritance that I gave to you.
 \q I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know,

24-JER/19.usfm

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 \v 4 I will do this because they have abandoned me and profaned this place. In this place they offer sacrifices to other gods that they did not know. They, their ancestors, and the kings of Judah have also filled this place with innocent blood.
-\v 5 They built shrines for Baal in order to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to him—something that I did not command. I did not tell them to do this, nor did it even come up in my heart.
+\v 5 They built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to him—something that I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind.
 
  
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24-JER/26.usfm

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 \v 18 They said, "Micah the Morashite was prophesying in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. He spoke to all the people of Judah and said, 'Yahweh of hosts says this:
-Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount will become a hill of thickets.'
+Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount will become a hill overgrown with thickets.'
 \v 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all of Judah put him to death? Did he not fear Yahweh and appease the face of Yahweh so that Yahweh would relent concerning the disaster that he proclaimed to them? So will we do greater evil against our own lives?"
  
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24-JER/32.usfm

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 \v 33 They turned their backs to me instead of their faces, though I had eagerly taught them. I tried to teach them, but not one of them listened in order to receive correction.
 \v 34 Then they placed their detestable things in the house in order to pollute it, the house where my name was called.
-\v 35 Next they built shrines for Baal in the valley of Ben Hinnom in order to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech, something that I did not command them to do, something that never even was thought of in my heart—this disgusting thing for them to do in order to make Judah sin.'
+\v 35 They built high places for Baal in the valley of Ben Hinnom in order to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech. I did not command them and it never entered my mind that they should do this detestable thing, and so cause Judah to sin.'
  
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24-JER/48.usfm

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 \v 34 From the shouts at Heshbon as far as Elealeh, their sound is heard at Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah, since even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
-\v 35 For I will put an end to anyone in Moab who makes sacrifices at the shrines and to anyone who burns incense to his gods—this is Yahweh's declaration.
+\v 35 For I will put an end to anyone in Moab who makes sacrifices on the high places and burns incense to his gods—this is Yahweh's declaration.
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 \v 36 So my heart is lamenting for Moab like a flute. My heart is lamenting like flutes for the people of Kir Heres. The riches they gained are gone.
 \v 37 For every head is bald and every beard shaved. Incisions are on every hand, and sackcloth is around their waists.

26-EZK/06.usfm

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 \v 5 I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel before their idols, and scatter your bones around your altars.
 
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-\v 6 Everywhere you live, cities will be laid waste and the high places shall be desolate, so that your altars will be laid waste and made desolate. Then they will be broken and disappear, your pillars will be cut down and your works will be wiped away.
-\v 7 The dead will fall down in your midst, and you will know that I am Yahweh!
+\v 6 Everywhere you live, cities will be laid waste and the high places ruined, so that your altars will be laid waste and made desolate. Then they will be broken and disappear, your pillars will be cut down and your works will be wiped away.
+\v 7 The dead will fall down in your midst and you will know that I am Yahweh!
 
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26-EZK/16.usfm

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 \v 15 But you trusted in your own beauty, and you acted like a whore because of your fame; you poured out your acts of prostitution on everyone who passed by. You became the property of those men!
-\v 16 Then you took your clothes and with them you made for yourself shrines decorated in various colors, and you acted like a prostitute at them. This should not have come about! It should not have been!
+\v 16 Then you took your clothes and with them you made high places for yourself decorated in various colors, and there you acted like a prostitutes. This should not have happened! Nor should such things exist!
 
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 \v 17 You took the fine jewels of the gold and silver that I gave you, and you made for yourself male figures, and you did with them as a prostitute would do. 
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 \v 24 you built yourself a ritual place, and have made a shrine in every public place.
 
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-\v 25 You built shrines at the head of every road and desecrated your beauty, for you opened up your legs to every one who passed by and performed many more acts of prostitution.
-\v 26 You have acted like a prostitute with the Egyptians, your neighbor who had great lustful desires, and you committed many more acts of prostitution so as to make me angry.
+\v 25 You built your high place at the head of every road and desecrated your beauty, for you offering your body to every one who passed by and you performed many more acts of prostitution.
+\v 26 You have acted like a prostitute with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, and you committed many more acts of prostitution, provoking me to anger.
 
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 \v 27 So look! I will strike you with my hand and cut off your food. I will hand your life over to your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, to bring you shame because of your lustful behavior.
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 \v 30 Why is your heart so weak?—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—that you would do all these things, deeds of a promiscuous and shameless woman?
-\v 31 When you built your ritual places at the head of every street and made your shrines in every public place, you were not actually a prostitute, since you refused to take pay for your actions!
+\v 31 You have built your high places at the head of every street and made your lofty place in every public square. Yet you were not like a prostitute because you refused to take payment!
 
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 \v 32 You adulterous woman, you accept strangers instead of your husband!
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 \v 38 For I will punish you for adultery and the shedding of blood, and I will bring on you the bloodshed of my anger and passion!
-\v 39 I will give you into their hand so they will throw down your ritual places and break down your shrines, and they will strip you of your clothes and take all of your jewelry; they will leave you naked and bare.
+\v 39 I will give you into their hand so they will throw down your mound and break down your high places and they will strip you of your clothes and take all of your jewelry. They will leave you naked and bare.
 
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 \v 40 Then they will bring up a crowd against you and stone you with stones, and they will cut you apart with their swords.

26-EZK/18.usfm

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 \v 5 For a man, if he is righteous and carries out justice and righteousness—
-\v 6 if he has not eaten at the mountain shrines, and has not lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel—if he has not defiled his neighbor's wife, nor approached a woman during her monthly period—
+\v 6 if he has not eaten on the mountains, and has not lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel and if he has not defiled his neighbor's wife, nor approached a woman during her monthly period,
  
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 \v 7 if he has not oppressed anyone but instead has returned a pledge to its debtor—if he has not taken what was stolen, but instead gives his food to the hungry and covers the naked with clothes; 
  
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-\v 8 if he does not charge any interest for loans, nor take excessive profit—if he carries out justice and establishes faithfulness between people—
-\v 9 if he walks in my statutes and keeps my decrees to act faithfully—this man is righteous; he will live!—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.
+\v 8 and if he does not charge any interest for loans, nor take excessive profit—if he carries out justice and establishes faithfulness between people,
+\v 9 and if he walks in my statutes and keeps my decrees to act faithfully—this man is righteous!  He will live!—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.
  
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 \v 10 But if he has a violent son who sheds blood and does any of these things—
-\v 11 even though his father does not do any of these things—but if his son instead eats at the mountain shrines and defiles his neighbor's wife—
+\v 11 (though his father does not do any of these things), but he eats upon the mountains and he defiles his neighbor's wife.
  
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-\v 12 if he oppresses the poor and needy, if he seizes and robs and does not return a pledge, if he lifts up his eyes to the idols or commits disgusting actions; 
-\v 13 if he lends charging interest or gains unjust profit, should he live? He will not live! He has done all these disgusting actions. He will surely die; his blood is on him.
+\v 12 If he oppresses the poor and needy, if he seizes and robs and does not return a pledge, if he lifts up his eyes to the idols or commits disgusting actions; 
+\v 13 if he lends charging interest or gains unjust profit, should he live? He will not live! He has done all these disgusting actions. He will surely die. His blood is on him.
  
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 \v 14 But behold! If he bears a son who sees all the sins that his father has committed, and if he himself fears God and does not do such things—
-\v 15 if he does not eat at the mountain shrines, nor lifts his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel—if he does not defile his neighbor's wife;
+\v 15 if he does not eat at the mountains, nor does he lift his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel—if he does not defile his neighbor's wife;
  
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 \v 16 if he does not oppress anyone, seize a pledge, or take stolen things, but instead gives his food to the hungry and covers the naked with clothes—

26-EZK/43.usfm

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 \v 6 The man was standing beside me, and I heard someone else speaking to me from the house.
-\v 7 He said to me, "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet, where I will live in the midst of the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name—they or their kings—with their faithlessness or with the 'corpses' of their kings at their shrines.
-\v 8 They will no longer profane my holy name by putting the thresholds of their shrines next to my own threshold, and their shrines' gateposts next to my own gateposts, with nothing but a wall between me and them. They profaned my holy name with their disgusting actions, so I consumed them with my anger.
+\v 7 He said to me, "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet, where I will live in the midst of the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name—they or their kings—with their faithlessness or with the 'corpses' of their kings at their high places.
+\v 8 They will no longer profane my holy name by putting their threshold next to my threshold, and their gateposts next to my gateposts, with nothing but a wall between me and them. They profaned my holy name with their disgusting actions, so I consumed them with my anger.
  
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 \v 9 Now let them remove their faithlessness and the 'corpses' of their kings from before me, and I will live in their midst forever!

28-HOS/10.usfm

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 \q will be destroyed,
 \q like a chip of wood on the surface of the water.
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-\v 8 The shrines of wickedness—the sin of Israel—
-\q will be destroyed.
+\v 8 The high places of wickedness will be destroyed.
+\q This is the sin of Israel!
 \q Thorns and thistles will grow over their altars.
 \q The people will say to the mountains, "Cover us!"
 \q and to the hills, "Fall on us!"

33-MIC/01.usfm

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 \v 3 Look, Yahweh comes out of his place;
 \q he will come down and tread
-\q on the pagan shrines on the earth.
+\q on the high places on the earth.
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 \v 4 The mountains will melt under him;
 \q the valleys will break apart
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 \q and because of the sins of the house of Israel.
 \q What was the reason for Jacob's rebellion?
 \q Was it not Samaria?
-\q What was the reason for Judah's shrines?
+\q What was the reason for high places of Judah?
 \q Was it not Jerusalem?
  
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