diff --git a/17-EST/09.usfm b/17-EST/09.usfm
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 \v 20 Mordecai wrote down all the things that had happened. Then he sent letters to the Jews who lived throughout the empire of King Ahasuerus.
 \v 21 He called them to observe the fourteenth and the fifteenth day of Adar every year,
-\v 22 because those were the days when the Jews got victory over their enemies. He also told them that they should celebrate on those days by feasting and giving gifts of food to each other and especially to the poor people. They would remember it as the month in which they changed from being sad to being a time of great joy. They went from sorrow to celebrating.
+\v 22 because those were the days when the Jews got victory over their enemies. It was in that month that their sorrow was turned to joy. Mordecai's letter told them that they should celebrate on those days by feasting and giving gifts of food to each other and especially to the poor people. 
 
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 \v 23 So the Jews agreed to do what Mordecai wrote. They agreed to celebrate on those days every year.
diff --git a/20-PRO/22.usfm b/20-PRO/22.usfm
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@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 \q2 and your anger will become like a trap, a trap that will take charge of your life.
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-\v 26 Be careful that you do not sign contracts to pay for the debts of others,
+\v 26 Be careful that you do not shake hands and promise to pay for the debts of others,
 \q2 and do not make or sign a pledge so another person can take out a loan.
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 \v 27 For if you cannot pay it back,
diff --git a/59-HEB/11.usfm b/59-HEB/11.usfm
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 \v 10 Abraham was waiting to live in the permanent city that God himself would design and build.
 
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-\v 11 And even though Sarah was unable to have children because of her old-age, she received the ability to conceive,ecause she considered Yahweh to be faithful because he had made the promise to Abraham that he would have a son. 
+\v 11 And even though Sarah was unable to have children because of her old-age, Abraham received the ability to father a child, because he considered Yahweh to be faithful because he had made the promise to him that he would have a son. 
 \v 11 It was by faith, even though Sarah herself was past the age to conceive a child, that Abraham received the ability to bear a child. This happened even though he was too old, since he considered as faithful the one who had given the promise.
 \v 12 So, although Abraham was too old to have children, from that one man people descended who are as many in number as the stars in the sky and are as countless as the grains of sand along the shore, just like God promised him.