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01-GEN/32.usfm

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 \v 17 He said to the servant who was going with the first group, "When my brother Esau meets you, he will ask you, 'To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and to whom do these animals in front of you belong?'
-\v 18 Tell him, 'They belong to your servant Jacob. He has sent them to you as a gift, sir. And he is coming behind us.' "
+\v 18 Tell him, 'They belong to your servant Jacob. He has sent them to you as a gift, sir. And he is coming behind us.'"
 
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01-GEN/42.usfm

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 \v 29 When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
 \v 30 "The man who governs the whole land of Egypt talked very harshly to us. He acted toward us as though we were spying on his country.
 \v 31 But we told him, 'We are honest men! We are not spies.
-\v 32 Originally there were twelve of us who were brothers, the sons of one father. One has died, and our youngest brother is with our father in Canaan.'
+\v 32 Originally there were twelve. f us who were brothers, the sons of one father. One has died, and our youngest brother is with our father in Canaan.'
 
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 \v 33 The man who is the governor of the land did not believe us, so he said to us, 'This is how I will know if you are truly honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me. Then the rest of you can take some grain for your families that are starving from hunger and go.

01-GEN/49.usfm

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-\v 28 Those twelve sons are the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel. That is what their father said to them as he blessed them, telling to each one words that were right for him.
+\v 28 Those twelve sons are the ancestors of the twelve. ribes of Israel. That is what their father said to them as he blessed them, telling to each one words that were right for him.
 
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 \v 29 Then Jacob said to his sons, "I will soon die and join my ancestors who have already died. Bury my body where some of my ancestors are buried, in the cave that is in the field that was bought from Ephron, who belonged to the Heth people group.

02-EXO/05.usfm

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-\v 1 Then Moses and Aaron went to the king. They said to him, "Yahweh God, whom we Israelite people worship, says this to you: 'Let my people go to the desert in order that they may have a festival to honor me!' "
+\v 1 Then Moses and Aaron went to the king. They said to him, "Yahweh God, whom we Israelite people worship, says this to you: 'Let my people go to the desert in order that they may have a festival to honor me!'"
 \v 2 But the king said, "Yahweh is no one important. I do not need to pay attention to what he says, or  let the Israelite people go. I do not know this Yahweh! Furthermore, I will not let the Israelite people go!"
 
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02-EXO/23.usfm

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 \v 30 I will remove those people groups slowly, a few at a time, until the number of your people increases and you are able to live everywhere in the land.
-\v 31 I will cause the borders of your land to extend from the sea of Reeds in the southeast to the Mediterranean Sea in the northwest, and from the wilderness of Sinai in the southwest to the Euphrates River in the northeast of the country. I will give you the power to remove the people who live there so that you will remove them as you occupy more of the country.
+\v 31 I will cause the borders of your land to extend from the Sea of Reeds in the southeast to the Mediterranean Sea in the northwest, and from the wilderness of Sinai in the southwest to the Euphrates River in the northeast of the country. I will give you the power to remove the people who live there so that you will remove them as you occupy more of the country.
 \v 32 You must not make any agreement with those people or with their gods.
 \v 33 Do not allow those people to live in your land in order that they do not cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, you will not be able to escape from worshiping them and sinning against me just as someone caught in a trap is unable to escape."
 

02-EXO/28.usfm

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 \v 10 He must engrave the names in the order in which Jacob's sons were born. He must engrave six names on one stone and the other six names on the other stone.
 \v 11 A gem cutter should engrave these names on the two stones. Then he should mount the stones in gold settings.
-\v 12 Then he should fasten the stones onto the shoulder straps of the sacred apron to represent the twelve tribes of Israel. In that way, Aaron will carry the names of the tribes on his shoulders in order that I, Yahweh, will never forget my people.
+\v 12 Then he should fasten the stones onto the shoulder straps of the sacred apron to represent the twelve. ribes of Israel. In that way, Aaron will carry the names of the tribes on his shoulders in order that I, Yahweh, will never forget my people.
 
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 \v 13 The settings for the stones must be made from gold.
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 \v 20 In the fourth row, he must put a yellow beryl, an onyx, and a green jasper. All of these stones must be mounted in gold settings.
 
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-\v 21 A gem cutter should engrave on each of these twelve stones the name of one of the sons of Jacob. These names will represent the twelve tribes of Israel.
+\v 21 A gem cutter should engrave on each of these twelve. tones the name of one of the sons of Jacob. These names will represent the twelve. ribes of Israel.
 \v 22 The two chains that are made from pure gold and braided like cords are for attaching the sacred pouch to the sacred apron.
 \v 23 The workman must make two gold rings and attach them to the upper corners of the sacred pouch.
 \v 24 He must make two gold cords and fasten one end of each cord to one of the rings.
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 \v 28 The skilled workman must tie the rings on the sacred pouch to the rings on the sacred apron with a blue cord so that the sacred pouch is above the sash and does not come loose from the sacred apron.
 
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-\v 29 In that way, Aaron will have the names of the twelve tribes of Israel in the sacred pouch close to his chest for making decisions when he enters the holy place.
+\v 29 In that way, Aaron will have the names of the twelve. ribes of Israel in the sacred pouch close to his chest for making decisions when he enters the holy place.
 \v 30 Put into the sacred pouch the two things--named Urim and Thummim--that the priest will use to determine my answers to the questions he asks. In that way, they will be close to his chest when he enters the holy place to talk to me. He will use them to determine what my will is for the Israelite people."
 
 

02-EXO/39.usfm

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 \v 6 Bezalel and his men cut two onyx stones and enclosed them in a tiny frame, and a skilled gem cutter engraved on the stones the names of the twelve sons of Jacob.
-\v 7 They fastened the stones to the shoulder straps of the sacred apron to represent the twelve tribes of Israel, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
+\v 7 They fastened the stones to the shoulder straps of the sacred apron to represent the twelve. ribes of Israel, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
 
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 \v 8 They made the sacred chest pouch with the same materials as the sacred apron and embroidered it in the same way.
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 \v 13 In the fourth row, they put a yellow beryl, a red carnelian, and a green jasper. They put tiny gold frames around each of the stones.
 
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-\v 14 On each of the twelve stones they engraved the name of one of the sons of Jacob, to represent one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
+\v 14 On each of the twelve. tones they engraved the name of one of the sons of Jacob, to represent one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
 \v 15 They made two chains from pure gold and braided them like cords, to attach the sacred pouch to the sacred apron.
 \v 16 They made two gold rings, and they attached them to the upper corners of the sacred pouch.
 

03-LEV/05.usfm

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-\v 7 If you are poor and cannot afford to bring a lamb, you must bring to Yahweh two doves or two young pigeons. One will be an offering for your sin, and the other will be an offering that will be completely burned on the altar.
+\v 7 If you are poor and cannot afford to bring a lamb, you must bring to Yahweh two pigeons or two young pigeons. One will be an offering for your sin, and the other will be an offering that will be completely burned on the altar.
 \v 8 You must bring them to the priest. First he will offer one of them to be an offering for your sin. He will wring its neck to kill it, but he must not pull off its head completely.
 \v 9 Then he must sprinkle some of the blood against the side of the altar. The remaining blood must be drained out at the base of the altar. That will be an offering for your sin.
 
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-\v 11 However, if you are very poor and cannot afford two doves or two young pigeons, you must bring to be an offering for your sin two liters of fine flour. You must not put olive oil or incense on it, because it is an offering for sin.
+\v 11 However, if you are very poor and cannot afford two pigeons or two young pigeons, you must bring to be an offering for your sin two liters of fine flour. You must not put olive oil or incense on it, because it is an offering for sin.
 
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 \v 12 You must take it to the priest. He will take a handful of it to symbolize that the whole offering truly belongs to Yahweh, and burn it on the altar, on top of the other offerings.

03-LEV/10.usfm

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 \q1 'Those priests who come near to me—
 \q2 I will show them that they must honor me;
 \q1 in the presence of all the people
-\q2 I am the one whom they must honor.' "
+\q2 I am the one whom they must honor.'"
 \m But Aaron said nothing.
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 \v 4 Then Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, who were the sons of Aaron's uncle Uzziel, and said to them, "Take the corpses of your cousins outside the camp, away from being in front of the sacred tent."

03-LEV/11.usfm

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 \v 46 Those are the regulations concerning animals and birds, all the living creatures that live in water or creep along on the ground.
-\v 47 You must learn what things I say are acceptable to me and what things are not, and learn what things you are permitted to eat and what things you are not permitted to eat.' "
+\v 47 You must learn what things I say are acceptable to me and what things are not, and learn what things you are permitted to eat and what things you are not permitted to eat.'"
 
 
 

03-LEV/12.usfm

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 \v 7 The priest will offer these animals to Yahweh in order that she may be made acceptable to him again. Then she will be purified from her flow of blood when the baby was born.
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-\v 8 If a woman who gives birth to a child cannot afford a lamb, she must bring two doves or two young pigeons. One will be burned completely on the altar, and one will be an offering to enable her to become acceptable to God again. By doing that, the priest will cause her to be forgiven for any sins she has committed, and she no longer will need to be avoided."
+\v 8 If a woman who gives birth to a child cannot afford a lamb, she must bring two pigeons or two young pigeons. One will be burned completely on the altar, and one will be an offering to enable her to become acceptable to God again. By doing that, the priest will cause her to be forgiven for any sins she has committed, and she no longer will need to be avoided."
 
 
 

03-LEV/14.usfm

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 \v 21 But if the person has gotten well is poor and cannot afford to bring all those animals, he must bring to the priest one male lamb for the priest to lift it up and offer it to Yahweh. This will be a sacrifice because the sick person was not able to give to Yahweh the things that he was required to give him. He must also bring about two liters of flour offering mixed with about one third liter of olive oil; this will be an offering made from flour. He must also bring about one third liter of olive oil. 
-\v 22 He must also bring two doves or two young pigeons, one for Yahweh to forgive his sins, and one for the priest to burn whole on the altar.
+\v 22 He must also bring two pigeons or two young pigeons, one for Yahweh to forgive his sins, and one for the priest to burn whole on the altar.
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 \v 23 On that same day, the eighth day, that person must take those things to the priest at the entrance to the sacred tent, to offer them to Yahweh.
 
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 \v 29 He must put the rest of the oil that is in his hand on the head of the person whose has gotten well. This will show that Yahweh has forgiven that person's sins.
 
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-\v 30 Then the priest must sacrifice the doves or the pigeons, whichever that person has brought.
+\v 30 Then the priest must sacrifice the pigeons or the pigeons, whichever that person has brought.
 \v 31 One will be a sin offering and the other will be completely burned on the altar, along with the offering made from flour. By doing that, the priest will atone for that person's sins.
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 \v 32 These are the regulations for anyone who has a contagious skin disease and who is poor and cannot afford the usual offerings, in order that he can be with people again."

03-LEV/15.usfm

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 \v 13 If such a man gets well from his flow of fluid, he must wait for seven days. Then he must wash his clothes and bathe in water from a spring or stream. Then he will be able to be with others.
-\v 14 On the eighth day, he must take two doves or two young pigeons and come in front of Yahweh at the entrance of the sacred tent, and give them to the priest.
+\v 14 On the eighth day, he must take two pigeons or two young pigeons and come in front of Yahweh at the entrance of the sacred tent, and give them to the priest.
 \v 15 The priest will sacrifice them. One bird will be an offering for the man's sin, and the priest will completely burn the other one on the altar. Then the man will be pure again and acceptable to Yahweh.
 
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 \v 28 If the woman is healed of her flow of blood, she must wait seven days before she touches anyone.
-\v 29 On the eighth day, she must take two doves or two pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the sacred tent.
+\v 29 On the eighth day, she must take two pigeons or two pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the sacred tent.
 \v 30 The priest must sacrifice one of them as an offering for her sins, and he must completely burn the other one on the altar. Then she will be pure again and acceptable to Yahweh.
 
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03-LEV/17.usfm

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 \v 15 If any of you Israelites or any foreigner who is living among you eats any meat from an animal that died or that was killed by wild animals, you must wash your clothes and bathe. Then you must not touch anyone else until that evening.
-\v 16 If you do not obey this rule, I will certainly punish you.' "
+\v 16 If you do not obey this rule, I will certainly punish you.'"
 
 
 

03-LEV/18.usfm

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 \v 29 You must not allow people who do any of those detestable things to associate with you, who are my people.
-\v 30 Obey all that I command you to do, and do not defile yourselves by following any of the disgusting habits of the people who were there before you came. I, Yahweh your God, am the one who is commanding these things.' "
+\v 30 Obey all that I command you to do, and do not defile yourselves by following any of the disgusting habits of the people who were there before you came. I, Yahweh your God, am the one who is commanding these things.'"
 
 
 

03-LEV/19.usfm

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 \v 35 When you are measuring things, to see how long they are or how much they weigh or how many there are,
 \v 36 use correct measuring sticks and scales and weights on the scales and measuring baskets and other measuring containers. I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you out of Egypt.
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-\v 37 Obey carefully all my laws and decrees. It is I, Yahweh, who am commanding you these things.' "
+\v 37 Obey carefully all my laws and decrees. It is I, Yahweh, who am commanding you these things.'"
 
 
 

03-LEV/20.usfm

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-\v 27 You must execute any man or woman among you who consults the spirits of dead people or other spirits. Kill them by throwing stones at them; they will be responsible for their own deaths.' "
+\v 27 You must execute any man or woman among you who consults the spirits of dead people or other spirits. Kill them by throwing stones at them; they will be responsible for their own deaths.'"
 
 
 

03-LEV/21.usfm

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 \v 22 Priests who have defects are permitted to eat the various kinds of holy food offered to me.
-\v 23 But because of their defects, they must not go near the curtain in the sacred tent or near the altar, because if they did that, they would desecrate my sacred tent. I am Yahweh, the one who sets those places apart for myself and for my honor.' "
+\v 23 But because of their defects, they must not go near the curtain in the sacred tent or near the altar, because if they did that, they would desecrate my sacred tent. I am Yahweh, the one who sets those places apart for myself and for my honor.'"
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 \v 24 So Moses told this to Aaron and to his sons and to all the Israelite people.

03-LEV/22.usfm

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 \v 24 You must not offer to me animals whose reproductive organs are bruised, crushed, or torn or cut. You must not injure the reproductive organs of any animal in your land,
-\v 25 and you must not accept such animals that are sold to you by a foreigner. You must not offer them to me as food for me. Such animals will not be accepted by me, because they are deformed or have defects.' "
+\v 25 and you must not accept such animals that are sold to you by a foreigner. You must not offer them to me as food for me. Such animals will not be accepted by me, because they are deformed or have defects.'"
 
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03-LEV/25.usfm

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 \v 53 During those years that he is working for the man who bought him, the man who bought him must treat him like he would treat a hired worker, and all of you must make sure that his owner does not treat him cruelly.
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 \v 54 And even if a fellow Israelite who has sold himself to a rich man is not able to pay for himself to be freed by any of these ways, he and his children must be freed in the year of celebration,
-\v 55 because it is as though you Israelites are my slaves, whom I, Yahweh your God, freed from being slaves in Egypt.' "
+\v 55 because it is as though you Israelites are my slaves, whom I, Yahweh your God, freed from being slaves in Egypt.'"
 
 
 

04-NUM/06.usfm

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 \v 9 If anyone dies very suddenly when he is near you, then your hair that you have dedicated to me is no longer sacred. So you must wait seven days and then shave it all off. Then you must perform a special ritual to cause yourself to become acceptable to me again.
 
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-\v 10 The next day you must bring two doves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the sacred tent.
+\v 10 The next day you must bring two pigeons or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the sacred tent.
 \v 11 The priest must kill the birds and offer them as sacrifices. One of them will be an offering to take away the guilt of your sin, and the other will be an offering that is burned completely to please me. After the priests burns them on the altar, I will forgive you for having come close to a corpse, and when your hair grows again it will be dedicated to me again.
 
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04-NUM/07.usfm

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 \v 1 When Moses had finished setting up the sacred tent, he poured oil on it, and set it apart for the honor of Yahweh. He also dedicated the things that are inside the sacred tent, and the altar for burning sacrifices, and all the things that would be used at the altar.
-\v 2 Then the leaders of the twelve Israelite tribes, the same men who had helped Aaron and Moses to count the men who could fight in battles,
+\v 2 Then the leaders of the twelve. sraelite tribes, the same men who had helped Aaron and Moses to count the men who could fight in battles,
 \v 3 came to the sacred tent, bringing gifts to Yahweh. They brought six sturdy carts and twelve oxen, one ox from each of the leaders and a cart from each of the two leaders.
 
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-\v 10 On the day that the altar was dedicated, the twelve leaders brought other gifts to be dedicated and put them in front of the altar.
-\v 11 Yahweh said to Moses, "Each of the next twelve days one leader should bring his gifts for the dedication of the altar."
+\v 10 On the day that the altar was dedicated, the twelve. eaders brought other gifts to be dedicated and put them in front of the altar.
+\v 11 Yahweh said to Moses, "Each of the next twelve. ays one leader should bring his gifts for the dedication of the altar."
 
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-\v 84-86 When the altar was dedicated to Yahweh, those twelve leaders brought these gifts:
-\li twelve silver plates and twelve silver bowls, weighing a total of about twenty-eight kilograms, each of them weighed on the scales kept in the sacred tent,
-\li twelve gold dishes filled with incense, weighing a total of about 1.4 kilograms, each weighed on those same scales,
+\v 84-86 When the altar was dedicated to Yahweh, those twelve. eaders brought these gifts:
+\li twelve. ilver plates and twelve. ilver bowls, weighing a total of about twenty-eight kilograms, each of them weighed on the scales kept in the sacred tent,
+\li twelve. old dishes filled with incense, weighing a total of about 1.4 kilograms, each weighed on those same scales,
 
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-\v 87-88 twelve bulls, twelve rams, and twelve one year old male lambs to be sacrifices that were completely burned along with the flour offerings,
-\li twelve goats to be sacrificed to take away the guilt of the people's sins,
+\v 87-88 twelve. ulls, twelve. ams, and twelve. ne year old male lambs to be sacrifices that were completely burned along with the flour offerings,
+\li twelve. oats to be sacrificed to take away the guilt of the people's sins,
 \li and twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty goats, and sixty male lambs that were one year old, to be sacrifices to restore the people's fellowship with Yahweh.
 
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04-NUM/14.usfm

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 \v 33 And like shepherds wander around in the desert as they take care of their sheep, your children will wander around in this desert for forty years. Because you adults were not loyal to me, your children will suffer until you all die in the desert.
 
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-\v 34 You will suffer for your sins for forty years. That will be one year for each of the forty days that the twelve men explored Canaan land. And I will be like an enemy to you.
-\v 35 This will certainly happen because I, Yahweh, have said it! I will do these things to every one in this group that has plotted against me. They will all die right here in this wilderness!' "
+\v 34 You will suffer for your sins for forty years. That will be one year for each of the forty days that the twelve. en explored Canaan land. And I will be like an enemy to you.
+\v 35 This will certainly happen because I, Yahweh, have said it! I will do these things to every one in this group that has plotted against me. They will all die right here in this wilderness!'"
 
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04-NUM/15.usfm

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 \v 14 If any foreigners visit you or live among you, if they also want to bring a sacrifice that will be pleasing to me when it is burned on the altar, they must obey these same instructions.
 \v 15 I consider that those who have always been Israelites and those who are foreigners are equal, and so they must all obey the same instructions. All of your descendants must also continue to obey these instructions of mine.
-\v 16 You Israelites and the foreigners who live among you must all obey the same instructions.' "
+\v 16 You Israelites and the foreigners who live among you must all obey the same instructions.'"
 
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 \v 30 But those who disobey my commands deliberately, both Israelites and the foreigners who live among you, have sinned against me by doing that. So they must be expelled from your camp.
-\v 31 They have despised my commands and deliberately disobeyed them, so they must be punished for their sin by never being allowed to live among you again.' "
+\v 31 They have despised my commands and deliberately disobeyed them, so they must be punished for their sin by never being allowed to live among you again.'"
 
 
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04-NUM/17.usfm

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 \v 1 Then Yahweh said to Moses,
-\v 2 "Tell the Israelite people to bring to you twelve walking sticks. They should bring one from each of the leaders of the twelve tribes. You should carve each leader's name on his stick.
+\v 2 "Tell the Israelite people to bring to you twelve. alking sticks. They should bring one from each of the leaders of the twelve tribes. You should carve each leader's name on his stick.
 
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 \v 8 The following morning, when he went into the tent, he saw that Aaron's stick, which represented the tribe of Levi, had sprouted. It had produced leaves and blossoms, and it had also produced almonds that were ripe!
-\v 9 Moses brought all the sticks out of the sacred tent and showed them to the people. Each of the twelve leaders took back his own stick.
+\v 9 Moses brought all the sticks out of the sacred tent and showed them to the people. Each of the twelve. eaders took back his own stick.
 
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04-NUM/18.usfm

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 \v 30 Also, tell this to the descendants of Levi, 'When you present those best portions of grain and wine as your offering to me, I will consider that those gifts are as though they came from your own grain and wine.
 \v 31 You descendants of Levi and your families are permitted to eat the rest of that food, and you may eat it wherever you want to, because it is your payment for the work that you do at the sacred tent.
-\v 32 If you give to the priests the best portions of what you receive, you will not be punished by me for accepting one tenth of the gifts that the people bring to me. But you must consider those gifts to be sacred. If you sin by eating those things in ways that are contrary to these regulations that I have given to you, you will be executed.' "
+\v 32 If you give to the priests the best portions of what you receive, you will not be punished by me for accepting one tenth of the gifts that the people bring to me. But you must consider those gifts to be sacred. If you sin by eating those things in ways that are contrary to these regulations that I have given to you, you will be executed.'"
 
 
 

04-NUM/22.usfm

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 \v 9 During the night, God appeared to Balaam and asked him, "Who are these men who are staying with you?"
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 \v 10 Balaam replied, "Balak, the king of Moab, sent these men to tell me this message,
-\v 11 'A huge group of people has come from Egypt, and they have spread all over this area. Please come immediately to curse them. Then I may be able to defeat them and expel them from this area.' "
+\v 11 'A huge group of people has come from Egypt, and they have spread all over this area. Please come immediately to curse them. Then I may be able to defeat them and expel them from this area.'"
 
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 \v 15 But Balak sent another group of leaders to Balaam. It was a group that was larger and they were more important than the men in the first group.
 \v 16 They went to Balaam and told him this,
 \pi "This is what King Balak says, 'Please do not allow anything to hinder you from coming here.
-\v 17 I will pay you a lot of money if you come, and I will do anything that you ask me to do. Just come and curse these Israelite people for me!' "
+\v 17 I will pay you a lot of money if you come, and I will do anything that you ask me to do. Just come and curse these Israelite people for me!'"
 
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04-NUM/28.usfm

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 \v 29 and with each of the lambs bring 1.9 liters. 
 \v 30 Also sacrifice one male goat to make atonement for your sins.
-\v 31 Bring these offerings and the offering of wine in addition to the animals and flour that you burn on the altar each day. And remember that the animals that you sacrifice must have no defects.' "
+\v 31 Bring these offerings and the offering of wine in addition to the animals and flour that you burn on the altar each day. And remember that the animals that you sacrifice must have no defects.'"
 
 
 

04-NUM/33.usfm

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-\v 8 Then they left Pi Hahiroth and walked through the sea of Reeds and continued three days into the Etham Desert, and set their tents at Marah.
+\v 8 Then they left Pi Hahiroth and walked through the Sea of Reeds and continued three days into the Etham Desert, and set their tents at Marah.
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 \v 9 Then they left Marah and went to Elim. There were twelve springs and seventy palm trees there. They set up their tents there.
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-\v 10 Then they left Elim and went to the area near the sea of Reeds and set up their tents there.
+\v 10 Then they left Elim and went to the area near the Sea of Reeds and set up their tents there.
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-\v 11 Then they left the sea of Reeds and went near the wilderness of Sin and set up their tents there.
+\v 11 Then they left the Sea of Reeds and went near the wilderness of Sin and set up their tents there.
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 \v 12 Then they left the wilderness of Zin and went to Dophkah and set up their tents there.
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 \v 55 If you do not force the people who live there to leave, they will cause you to have much trouble. They will be like sharp hooks in your eyes, and like thorns in your sides. And they will bring trouble to you, in that land where you will be living.
-\v 56 And then I will punish you, as I had planned to punish them.' "
+\v 56 And then I will punish you, as I had planned to punish them.'"
 
 
 

04-NUM/34.usfm

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 \v 10 The border on the east will start at Hazar Enan and extend south to Shepham.
 \v 11 From there it will extend east of Ain to Riblah and then along the hills that are east of Galilee Lake.
 \v 12 Then the border will extend south along the Jordan River and end at the Dead Sea.
-\p Those will be the borders around your country.' "
+\p Those will be the borders around your country.'"
 
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04-NUM/35.usfm

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 \v 33 You must execute people who truly murder others. If you did not do that, you would be causing the people who live in the land to become unacceptable to me. Anyone who deliberately kills an innocent person must be executed.
-\v 34 I am Yahweh, and I live among you Israelites, so do not spoil the land by allowing people to murder others without being punished.' "
+\v 34 I am Yahweh, and I live among you Israelites, so do not spoil the land by allowing people to murder others without being punished.'"
 
 
 

05-DEU/02.usfm

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-\v 1 "Then we turned around and went through the desert toward the sea of Reeds as Yahweh told us to do, and we wandered in Edom for many years.
+\v 1 "Then we turned around and went through the desert toward the Sea of Reeds as Yahweh told us to do, and we wandered in Edom for many years.
 \p
 \v 2 Then Yahweh said to me,
 \v 3 'You have been wandering around this hill country for a long enough time. Now turn and travel toward the north.

05-DEU/11.usfm

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 \v 3 Think about the various miracles that he performed in Egypt, things that showed how powerful he is. Think about what he did to the king of Egypt and to all the land that he ruled.
 
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-\v 4 Think about what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and their chariots. Think about how he caused the sea of Reeds to flood and sweep away their army as they were coming after your ancestors. Think about how they have suffered from that even until now.
+\v 4 Think about what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and their chariots. Think about how he caused the Sea of Reeds to flood and sweep away their army as they were coming after your ancestors. Think about how they have suffered from that even until now.
 \v 5 Think about what Yahweh did for your ancestors in the desert before you arrived at this place.
 
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05-DEU/25.usfm

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-\v 11 When two men are fighting with each other, and the one man's wife comes near to help her husband by grabbing hold of the other man's genitals,
+\v 11 When two men are fighting with each other, and the one man's wife comes up to help her husband by grabbing hold of the other man's genitals,
 \v 12 do not act mercifully toward her; cut off her hand.
 
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06-JOS/02.usfm

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 \v 9 and said to them, "We know that Yahweh has given you this land. All our people are terrified of you—we are so afraid of you that we will not resist you at all. 
 
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-\v 10 We have heard about how Yahweh dried up the water of the sea of Reeds for you to cross when you left Egypt. We heard what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites who lived on the other side of the Jordan River, and how you totally destroyed everyone and everything in their kingdom.
+\v 10 We have heard about how Yahweh dried up the water of the Sea of Reeds for you to cross when you left Egypt. We heard what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites who lived on the other side of the Jordan River, and how you totally destroyed everyone and everything in their kingdom.
 \v 11 When we heard about those things, we were terrified. We no longer have courage to fight against you, for Yahweh is God, and he rules everything up in heaven and down here on earth.
 
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06-JOS/04.usfm

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 \v 1 After the people of Israel all crossed over the Jordan River, Yahweh said to Joshua,
-\v 2 "Choose twelve men, one from each tribe, and tell them to pick up twelve large stones from the middle of the Jordan, where the priests are standing in the dry riverbed.
+\v 2 "Choose twelve men, one from each tribe, and tell them to pick up twelve. arge stones from the middle of the Jordan, where the priests are standing in the dry riverbed.
 \v 3 Carry those stones and put them down at the place you will stay tonight."
 
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-\v 4 So Joshua chose twelve men, one from each tribe. Joshua called them together
+\v 4 So Joshua chose twelve. en, one from each tribe. Joshua called them together
 \v 5 and said to them, "Go into the middle of the Jordan riverbed, to the place where the priests are standing and holding the sacred chest that Yahweh, your God, gave you. Each of you must pick up a large stone, one for each tribe, each one carrying a stone on his sholder—twelve stones for the twelve tribes of the people of Israel.
 
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-\v 8 So the people of Israel did what Joshua commanded them to do. They went and picked up twelve large stones from the middle of the Jordan riverbed, one stone for each of the tribes of Israel, just as Yahweh had told Joshua, and they carried the stones to where they were staying, and they put the stones down there.
-\v 9 Then Joshua took twelve other stones and stacked them up in the middle of the Jordan River, where the priests who carried the sacred chest of Yahweh were standing. And that monument is still there to this day.
+\v 8 So the people of Israel did what Joshua commanded them to do. They went and picked up twelve. arge stones from the middle of the Jordan riverbed, one stone for each of the tribes of Israel, just as Yahweh had told Joshua, and they carried the stones to where they were staying, and they put the stones down there.
+\v 9 Then Joshua took twelve. ther stones and stacked them up in the middle of the Jordan River, where the priests who carried the sacred chest of Yahweh were standing. And that monument is still there to this day.
 
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06-JOS/21.usfm

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 \v 39 There were also the cities of Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands.
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-\v 40 In all the clans descended from Merari received twelve cities because the Israelite leaders had thrown lots for them.
+\v 40 In all the clans descended from Merari received twelve. ities because the Israelite leaders had thrown lots for them.
 
 
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07-JDG/04.usfm

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 \v 6 One day she sent for Barak son of Abinoam and called him to come to her. He was from Kedesh (in the area where the descendants of Naphtali lived). She said to him, "This is what Yahweh, the God we worship, is commanding you to do: 'Take 10,000 men with you, some from Naphtali and some of Zebulun, and gather all your men together at Mount Tabor.
-\v 7 Yahweh will make me able to persuade Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, to come with his chariots and his army, to the Kishon River, a few miles away. I will enable your men to defeat them there.' "
+\v 7 Yahweh will make me able to persuade Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, to come with his chariots and his army, to the Kishon River, a few miles away. I will enable your men to defeat them there.'"
 
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07-JDG/20.usfm

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 \v 21 The men of the tribe of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and fought against them, and they killed 22,000 soldiers from Israel on that day.
 
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-\v 22 But the soldiers of Israel strengthened themselves. They  formed the battle line in the same place where they had taken positions on the first day. 
-\v 23 And the people of Israel went up and they cried out to Yahweh for help, and they prayed until evening. And they sought counsel and advice from Yahweh about what they should do: "Should we draw near again to fight against our brothers, the people of Benjamin?" And Yahweh said, "Attack them!"
+\v 22 But the soldiers of Israel encouraged themselves. Then they got ready to fight the next day in the same battle lines as on the first day. 
+\v 23 Then they came together and begged Yahweh for help; they prayed until evening. They asked advice from Yahweh about what they should do: "Should we go again to fight against our brothers, the people of Benjamin?" Yahweh answered, "Attack them!"
 
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09-1SA/07.usfm

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-\v 10 While Samuel was burning the offering, the Philistine army came near to attack the Israelites. But Yahweh caused it to thunder very loudly. The men of the Philistine army became very frightened, and then they became confused. So the Israelites were able to defeat them.
-\v 11 The Israelite men ran out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistine soldiers almost to the town of Bethcar, and killed many Philistine soldiers while they were trying to run away.
+\v 10 While Samuel was burning the offering, the Philistine army came near to attack the Israelites. But Yahweh caused it to thunder very loudly. The men of the Philistine army became very frightened, and then they panicked. So the Israelites were able to drive them back completely.
+\v 11 The Israelite men ran out of Mizpah and chased the Philistine soldiers almost to the town of Bethcar. They killed many Philistine soldiers who were trying to run away.
 
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09-1SA/14.usfm

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-\v 36 Then Saul said to the Israelite soldiers, "Let us pursue the Philistine soldiers tonight. We can attack them all night. We will not allow any of them to escape alive."
+\v 36 Then Saul said to the Israelite soldiers, "Let us chase the Philistine soldiers tonight. We can attack them all night. We will not allow any of them to escape alive."
 \p The Israelite soldiers answered, "We will do whatever you think is the best thing for us to do."
 \p But the priest said, "We should ask Yahweh what he thinks we should do."
-\v 37 So Saul asked God, "Should we pursue the Philistine soldiers? Will you enable us to defeat them?" But God did not answer Saul that day.
+\v 37 So Saul asked God, "Should we chase the Philistine soldiers? Will you enable us to defeat them?" But God did not answer Saul that day.
 
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10-2SA/02.usfm

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 \v 14 Abner said to Joab, "Let us tell some of our young men to fight each other!" Joab replied, "Very well!"
 \p
-\v 15 So twelve men from the tribe of Benjamin fought for Ishbosheth, against twelve of David's soldiers.
+\v 15 So twelve. en from the tribe of Benjamin fought for Ishbosheth, against twelve. f David's soldiers.
 
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 \v 16 Each of them grabbed the head of the man against whom he was fighting, and thrust his sword into that man's side. The result was that all twenty-four of them fell down dead. So that area in Gibeon is now called "Field of Swords."

10-2SA/05.usfm

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 \v 1 Then the leaders of all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said to him, "Listen, we have the same ancestors that you do.
-\v 2 In the past, when Saul was our king, it was you who led our soldiers into battle. You are the one to whom Yahweh promised, 'You will be the leader of my people. You will be their king.' "
+\v 2 In the past, when Saul was our king, it was you who led our soldiers into battle. You are the one to whom Yahweh promised, 'You will be the leader of my people. You will be their king.'"
 
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10-2SA/11.usfm

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 \v 20 if David is angry because so many officers were killed, he may ask you, 'Why did your soldiers go so close to the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot arrows at you from the top of the city wall? 
 
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-\v 21 Do you not remember how Abimelech son of Gideon was killed? A woman who lived in Thebez threw a huge millstone on him from the top of a tower, and he died. So why did our troops go near to the city wall?' If the king asks this, then tell him, 'Your officer Uriah also was killed.' "
+\v 21 Do you not remember how Abimelech son of Gideon was killed? A woman who lived in Thebez threw a huge millstone on him from the top of a tower, and he died. So why did our troops go near to the city wall?' If the king asks this, then tell him, 'Your officer Uriah also was killed.'"
 
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10-2SA/12.usfm

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 \v 11 I solemnly declare to you that I will cause someone from your own family to bring disaster to you. I will take your wives and give them to that person, and he will sleep with them in the daytime, where everyone can see it, and you will know all about it.
-\v 12 What you did, you did secretly, but what I cause to happen, everyone in Israel will be able to see it or know about it.' "
+\v 12 What you did, you did secretly, but what I cause to happen, everyone in Israel will be able to see it or know about it.'"
 \p
 \v 13 David replied, "I have sinned against Yahweh." Nathan said to David, "Yahweh has overlooked your sin. You will not die because of this sin.
 

10-2SA/14.usfm

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 \v 31 Joab knew who had done it, so he went to Absalom's house and said to him, "Why have your servants burned the barley in my field?"
 
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-\v 32 Absalom replied, "Because you did not come to me when I sent messengers to you requesting that you come. I wanted to request that you go to the king to say to him, 'Absalom wants to know what good it did for him to leave Geshur and come here. He thinks that it would have been better for him to stay there. He wants you to allow him to talk to you. And if you think that he has done something that is wrong, you can command that he be executed.' "
+\v 32 Absalom replied, "Because you did not come to me when I sent messengers to you requesting that you come. I wanted to request that you go to the king to say to him, 'Absalom wants to know what good it did for him to leave Geshur and come here. He thinks that it would have been better for him to stay there. He wants you to allow him to talk to you. And if you think that he has done something that is wrong, you can command that he be executed.'"
 \v 33 So Joab went to the king and told him what Absalom had said. Then the king summoned Absalom, and he came to the king and knelt down in front of him with his face touching the ground. Then the king kissed Absalom to show that he was pleased to see him.
 
 

10-2SA/15.usfm

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 \v 9 The king replied, "I will permit you to go safely." So Absalom went to Hebron.
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-\v 10 But while he was there, he secretly sent messengers to all the tribes in Israel to tell them, "When you hear the sound of the trumpets being blown, shout, 'Absalom has become the king at Hebron!' "
+\v 10 But while he was there, he secretly sent messengers to all the tribes in Israel to tell them, "When you hear the sound of the trumpets being blown, shout, 'Absalom has become the king at Hebron!'"
 
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10-2SA/16.usfm

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 \v 9 Then Abishai said to the king, "Your Majesty, this man is as worthless as a dead dog! Why should he be allowed to curse you? Allow me to go over there and cut off his head!"
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-\v 10 But the king replied, "You two sons of Zeruiah, I want nothing to do with you. If he is cursing me because Yahweh told him to do so, then no one should ask him, 'Why are you cursing the king?' " 
+\v 10 But the king replied, "You two sons of Zeruiah, I want nothing to do with you. If he is cursing me because Yahweh told him to do so, then no one should ask him, 'Why are you cursing the king?'" 
 
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10-2SA/19.usfm

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 \v 7 So now go and thank your soldiers for what they did. Because I solemnly declare that if you do not do that, none of them will still be with you by tomorrow morning. That would be worse for you than all the disasters that you have experienced since you were a boy."
 \p
 \v 8 So the king got up and went and sat at the city gate. And all the people were told, "The king is sitting at the gate!" So they all came and gathered around him.
-
+\p Meanwhile, all of Absalom's men had gone home.
 
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-\p Meanwhile, all of Absalom's men had gone home.
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 \v 9 Then all the people throughout the tribes of Israel started to quarrel among themselves. They said to each other, "King David rescued us from the people of Philistia and from our other enemies. But now he has fled from Absalom and left Israel!
 \v 10 We appointed Absalom to be our king, but he died in the battle against David's soldiers. So why does someone not try to bring King David back?"

10-2SA/24.usfm

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 \v 11 When David got up the next morning, Yahweh gave a message to the prophet Gad. He said to him,
-\v 12 "Go and tell this to David, 'I am allowing you to choose one of three things to punish you. I will do whichever one you choose.' "
+\v 12 "Go and tell this to David, 'I am allowing you to choose one of three things to punish you. I will do whichever one you choose.'"
 
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11-1KI/01.usfm

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 \v 46 So Solomon is now our king.
 \v 47 Furthermore, the palace officials came to His Majesty, King David, to tell him that they approved of what he had done. They said, 'We wish that God will make Solomon even more famous than you have been and enable him to be an even better king than you have been.' When they said that, the king, lying on his bed, bowed his head to worship Yahweh.
-\v 48 Then he said, 'I praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelites worship, because he has allowed one of my sons to become the king today and has permitted me to see it happen.' "
+\v 48 Then he said, 'I praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelites worship, because he has allowed one of my sons to become the king today and has permitted me to see it happen.'"
 
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 \v 49 Then all of Adonijah's guests trembled, so they all immediately got up and left and scattered.
 \v 50 Adonijah was afraid of what Solomon would do, so he went to the sacred tent and grabbed the projections at the corners of the altar, because he thought that no one would kill him there.
-\v 51 But someone told Solomon, "See, Adonijah is afraid of you, so he has gone to the sacred tent and is holding on to the altar. He is saying, 'Before I leave, I want King Solomon to solemnly promise that he will not command that I be executed.' "
+\v 51 But someone told Solomon, "See, Adonijah is afraid of you, so he has gone to the sacred tent and is holding on to the altar. He is saying, 'Before I leave, I want King Solomon to solemnly promise that he will not command that I be executed.'"
 
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11-1KI/03.usfm

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-\v 23 Then the king said, "Both of you are saying, 'My baby is the one that is alive and the one that is dead is yours.' "
+\v 23 Then the king said, "Both of you are saying, 'My baby is the one that is alive and the one that is dead is yours.'"
 \v 24 So he said to one of his servants, "Bring me a sword." So the servant brought a sword to the king.
 \v 25 Then the king said to the servant, "Cut the baby that is alive into two parts. Give one part to each of the women."
 

11-1KI/07.usfm

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 \v 15 He made two bronze pillars. Each one was 8.3 meters tall and 5.5 meters  around.
-\v 16 He also made two bronze tops to be put on top of the pillars. Each top was 2.3 meters tall.
+\v 16 He also made two gleaming bronze tops to be put on top of the pillars. Each top was 2.3 meters tall.
 \v 17 Then he made bronze networks of chains like wreaths to decorate the top of each pillar. There were seven of these networks at the top of each pillar.
 
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 \v 44 the big tank,
-\li1 the twelve statues of oxen on whose backs the tank was placed,
+\li1 the twelve. tatues of oxen on whose backs the tank was placed,
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 \v 45 the pots, shovels for the ashes of the altar, and bowls.
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-\p Huram and his workers made all these things for King Solomon and put them outside the temple. They were all made of polished bronze.
+\p Huram and his workers made all these things for King Solomon and put them outside the temple. They were all made of bronze that the workmen polished for it to gleam brightly.
 
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11-1KI/11.usfm

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 \v 37 I will enable you to become the king of Israel, and you will rule over all the territory that you want to.
 \v 38 If you obey all that I command you to do, and conduct your life as I want you to, and if you do what I say is right by obeying my laws and commandments like David did, I will help you. I will make sure that your descendants will rule after you die, like I promised to do for David.
-\v 39 Because of Solomon's sins, I will punish David's descendants, but I will not continue to punish them forever.' "
+\v 39 Because of Solomon's sins, I will punish David's descendants, but I will not continue to punish them forever.'"
 
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11-1KI/12.usfm

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 \v 22 But God spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
 \v 23 "Go and tell this to Solomon's son Rehoboam, the king of Judah, and to all the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin and the people from the northern tribe who live in Judah:
-\v 24 'Yahweh says that you must not go to fight against your own relatives, the people of Israel. All of you must go home. What has happened is what Yahweh wanted to happen.' " So Shemaiah went and told that to them, and they all listened what Yahweh had commanded them to do, and they went home.
+\v 24 'Yahweh says that you must not go to fight against your own relatives, the people of Israel. All of you must go home. What has happened is what Yahweh wanted to happen.'" So Shemaiah went and told that to them, and they all listened what Yahweh had commanded them to do, and they went home.
 
 
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11-1KI/13.usfm

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 \v 1 One day a prophet, obeying what Yahweh commanded him to do, went from Judah north to Bethel. He arrived there right at the time that Jeroboam was standing at the altar, ready to burn incense.
-\v 2 Saying what Yahweh told him to say, the prophet shouted, "This is what Yahweh says about this altar, 'I want you to know that some day a descendant of King David will be born. His name will be Josiah, and he will come here. He will slaughter at this altar the priests who are burning incense for sacrifices on the hills in this area, and he will burn the bones of dead people on this altar.' "
+\v 2 Saying what Yahweh told him to say, the prophet shouted, "This is what Yahweh says about this altar, 'I want you to know that some day a descendant of King David will be born. His name will be Josiah, and he will come here. He will slaughter at this altar the priests who are burning incense for sacrifices on the hills in this area, and he will burn the bones of dead people on this altar.'"
 \v 3 Then the prophet also said, "This is what will prove to you that Yahweh has said this: This altar will be split apart, and the ashes that are on it will be scattered."
 
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 \v 15 The old prophet said to him, "Come home with me and eat some food."
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 \v 16 He replied, "No, I am not allowed to go with you into your house, or to eat or drink anything with you,
-\v 17 because Yahweh told me, 'Do not eat or drink anything here, and do not return home on the road on which you came.' "
+\v 17 because Yahweh told me, 'Do not eat or drink anything here, and do not return home on the road on which you came.'"
 
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 \v 20 While they were sitting at the table, Yahweh spoke to the old man.
 \v 21 Then he cried out to the prophet from Judah, "This is what Yahweh says: 'You have disobeyed him, and you have not done what he commanded you to do.
-\v 22 Instead, you have come back here and had things to eat and drink in a place where he commanded you not to do that. As a result, you will be killed, and your body will not be buried in the grave where your ancestors are buried.' "
+\v 22 Instead, you have come back here and had things to eat and drink in a place where he commanded you not to do that. As a result, you will be killed, and your body will not be buried in the grave where your ancestors are buried.'"
 
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11-1KI/17.usfm

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 \v 13 But Elijah said to her, "Do not be worried! Go home and do what you said that you were going to do. But first, bake me a little loaf of bread and bring it to me. After you do that, take what is left and prepare some food for you and your son.
 
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-\v 14 I know that you will be able to do that, because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelites worship, says this, 'There will always be plenty of flour and olive oil left in your containers, until the time when I send rain again and the crops grow again!' "
+\v 14 I know that you will be able to do that, because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelites worship, says this, 'There will always be plenty of flour and olive oil left in your containers, until the time when I send rain again and the crops grow again!'"
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 \v 15 So the woman did exactly what Elijah told her to do. And she and her son and Elijah had enough food every day,
 \v 16 because the flour in the jar was never finished, and the jug of oil was never empty. That happened just like Yahweh had told Elijah that it would happen.

11-1KI/18.usfm

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 \v 30 Then Elijah called to the people saying, "Come closer!" So they all crowded around him. Then Elijah repaired the altar of Yahweh that had been ruined by the prophets of Baal.
-\v 31 Then he took twelve large stones, each one to represent one of the Israelite tribes, whose ancestors were the twelve sons of Jacob.
+\v 31 Then he took twelve large stones, each one to represent one of the Israelite tribes, whose ancestors were the twelve. ons of Jacob.
 \v 32 With these stones he rebuilt Yahweh's altar. Then around the altar he dug a little ditch that was large enough to hold about fifteen liters of water.
 
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11-1KI/20.usfm

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 \v 1 Ben Hadad, the king of Aram, gathered all his army, and he brought thirty-two lesser kings to join him with their armies and horses and chariots. They marched to the city of Samaria, the capital of Israel, and surrounded it and prepared to attack it.
 \v 2 Ben Hadad sent messengers into the city to King Ahab, and they said this to him: "This is what King Ben Hadad says:
-\v 3 'You must give to me all your silver and gold, your good-looking wives and strongest children.' "
+\v 3 'You must give to me all your silver and gold, your good-looking wives and strongest children.'"
 
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-\v 4 The king of Israel replied to them, "Tell this to King Ben Hadad, 'I agree to do what you requested. You can have me and everything that I own.' "
+\v 4 The king of Israel replied to them, "Tell this to King Ben Hadad, 'I agree to do what you requested. You can have me and everything that I own.'"
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 \v 5 The messengers told that to Ben Hadad, and he sent them back with another message: "I sent a message to you saying that you must give me all your silver and gold and your wives and your children.
 \v 6 But in addition to that, about this time tomorrow, I will send some of my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials, and to bring to me everything that they see is valuable."
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-\v 13 At that moment, a prophet came to King Ahab and said to him, "This is what Yahweh says: 'Do not be at all afraid of the large enemy army that you see! I will enable your army to defeat them today, and you will know that it is I, Yahweh, who has done it.' "
+\v 13 At that moment, a prophet came to King Ahab and said to him, "This is what Yahweh says: 'Do not be at all afraid of the large enemy army that you see! I will enable your army to defeat them today, and you will know that it is I, Yahweh, who has done it.'"
 \p
 \v 14 Ahab asked, "What group of our army will defeat them?" The prophet replied, "The young soldiers whom the district governors command will do it." The king asked, "Who should lead the attack?" The prophet replied, "You should!"
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@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
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-\v 28 A prophet came to King Ahab and said to him, "This is what Yahweh says: 'The Arameans say that I am a god who lives in the hills, and that I am not a god who lives in the valleys. So I will show that they are wrong by enabling your men to defeat this huge army in the valley, and you will know that I, Yahweh, have done it.' "
+\v 28 A prophet came to King Ahab and said to him, "This is what Yahweh says: 'The Arameans say that I am a god who lives in the hills, and that I am not a god who lives in the valleys. So I will show that they are wrong by enabling your men to defeat this huge army in the valley, and you will know that I, Yahweh, have done it.'"
 
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 \v 31 His officials went to him and said, "We have heard a report that the Israelites act mercifully. So allow us to go to the king of Israel, wearing course sacks around our waists and ropes on our heads to indicate that we will be his slaves. Perhaps if we do that, he will allow you to remain alive."
 \p
-\v 32 The king permitted them to do that, so they wrapped coarse sacks around their waists and put ropes on their heads, and they went to the king of Israel and said to him, "Ben Hadad, who greatly respects you, says, 'Please do not kill me.' " Ahab replied, "Is he still alive? He is like a brother to me!"
+\v 32 The king permitted them to do that, so they wrapped coarse sacks around their waists and put ropes on their heads, and they went to the king of Israel and said to him, "Ben Hadad, who greatly respects you, says, 'Please do not kill me.'" Ahab replied, "Is he still alive? He is like a brother to me!"
 
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 \v 41 The prophet immediately took off the bandage, and the king of Israel recognized that he was one of the prophets.
-\v 42 The prophet said to him, "This is what Yahweh says: 'You have allowed that man Ben Hadad to escape after I commanded you to be sure to execute him! Since you did not do that, you will be killed instead. And your army will be destroyed because you allowed some of his army to escape!' "
+\v 42 The prophet said to him, "This is what Yahweh says: 'You have allowed that man Ben Hadad to escape after I commanded you to be sure to execute him! Since you did not do that, you will be killed instead. And your army will be destroyed because you allowed some of his army to escape!'"
 \v 43 The king went back home to Samaria, very angry and depressed.
 
 

11-1KI/21.usfm

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 \v 18 "Go to Samaria and talk to Ahab, the king of Israel. He is in the vineyard of a man named Naboth. He has gone there to claim that he now owns it.
 
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-\v 19 Tell Ahab that this is what I, Yahweh, say to him, 'You have murdered Naboth and taken his land. So I am telling you this. In the same place where Naboth died and dogs came and licked up Naboth's blood, you will die and the dogs will lick up your blood, too!' "
+\v 19 Tell Ahab that this is what I, Yahweh, say to him, 'You have murdered Naboth and taken his land. So I am telling you this. In the same place where Naboth died and dogs came and licked up Naboth's blood, you will die and the dogs will lick up your blood, too!'"
 \p
 \v 20 So when Elijah met with Ahab, Ahab said to him, "You, my enemy, have found me!"  Elijah answered, "Yes, I have found you. You have never stopped doing the things that Yahweh says are wrong.
 

11-1KI/22.usfm

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 \v 10 The king of Israel and the king of Judah were both wearing their royal robes and sitting on thrones at a gate in the city wall of Samaria. Many prophets were speaking messages to them.
-\v 11 One of them, whose name was Zedekiah son of Kenaanah, had made from iron something that resembled horns of a bull. Then he proclaimed to Ahab, "This is what Yahweh says, 'With horns like these your army will keep attacking the Arameans as a bull attacks another animal, until you completely destroy them!' "
+\v 11 One of them, whose name was Zedekiah son of Kenaanah, had made from iron something that resembled horns of a bull. Then he proclaimed to Ahab, "This is what Yahweh says, 'With horns like these your army will keep attacking the Arameans as a bull attacks another animal, until you completely destroy them!'"
 \p
 \v 12 All the other prophets of Ahab agreed. They said, "Yes! If you go up to attack Ramoth in Gilead, you will be successful, because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them!"
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
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 \v 16 But King Ahab realized that Micaiah was being sarcastic, so he said to Micaiah, "I have told you many times that you must always tell only the truth when you say what Yahweh has revealed to you!"
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-\v 17 So Micaiah said to him, "The truth is that in a vision I saw all the troops of Israel scattered on the mountains. They seemed to be like sheep that did not have a shepherd. And Yahweh said, 'Their master has been killed. So tell them all to go home peacefully.' "
+\v 17 So Micaiah said to him, "The truth is that in a vision I saw all the troops of Israel scattered on the mountains. They seemed to be like sheep that did not have a shepherd. And Yahweh said, 'Their master has been killed. So tell them all to go home peacefully.'"
 
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12-2KI/01.usfm

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 \v 5 So Elijah went to meet the messengers and told that to them, and they returned to the king instead of going to Ekron. The king asked them, "Why have you come back so quickly?"
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-\v 6 They replied, "A man came to meet us and said to us, 'Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that Yahweh says, "'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you wish to ask Baalzebub whether you will recover'? Go tell the king that he will not recover from being injured; instead, he will surely die." ' "
+\v 6 They replied, "A man came to meet us and said to us, 'Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that Yahweh says, "'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you wish to ask Baalzebub whether you will recover'? Go tell the king that he will not recover from being injured; instead, he will surely die."'"
 
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 \v 15 Then the angel from Yahweh said to Elijah, "Go down and go with him. Do not be afraid of him." So Elijah went with them to the king.
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-\v 16 When Elijah arrived, he said to the king, "This is what Yahweh says: 'You sent messengers to go to Ekron to ask Baalzebub, their god, whether you would recover. You acted as though there is no God in Israel to consult. So you will not recover from being injured; instead, you are going to die!' "
+\v 16 When Elijah arrived, he said to the king, "This is what Yahweh says: 'You sent messengers to go to Ekron to ask Baalzebub, their god, whether you would recover. You acted as though there is no God in Israel to consult. So you will not recover from being injured; instead, you are going to die!'"
 
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 \v 17 So Ahaziah died, which is what Yahweh told Elijah would happen. Ahaziah's younger brother Joram became the new king, at the same time that Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, had been ruling Judah for almost two years. Ahaziah's brother became the king because Ahaziah had no son to become the king.

12-2KI/02.usfm

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-\v 21 Then Elisha went out to the spring from which the people in the town got water. He threw the salt into the spring. Then he said, "This is what Yahweh says: 'I have made this water good. No one will die anymore because of bad water, and the land will grow fruitful crops.' "
+\v 21 Then Elisha went out to the spring from which the people in the town got water. He threw the salt into the spring. Then he said, "This is what Yahweh says: 'I have made this water good. No one will die anymore because of bad water, and the land will grow fruitful crops.'"
 \v 22 And the water became pure, just as Elisha said it would. Since that time it has always remained pure.
 
 

12-2KI/04.usfm

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 \v 12 He said to his servant Gehazi, "Tell the woman that I want to speak to her." So the servant went and told her. When she came to the doorway of Elisha's room,
-\v 13 Elisha said to Gehazi, "Tell her that we are both grateful for all the kind things that she has done for us. Then ask her what we can do for her. Ask, 'Do you want me to go to the king or the army commander to request something for you?' "
+\v 13 Elisha said to Gehazi, "Tell her that we are both grateful for all the kind things that she has done for us. Then ask her what we can do for her. Ask, 'Do you want me to go to the king or the army commander to request something for you?'"
 \p Gehazi gave her this message. She replied, "No, your master does not need to do that, because my family are able to give me what I need."
 
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-\v 28 Then she said to Elisha, "O sir, I did not request you to enable me to give birth to a son, but I did say, 'Do not lie to me.' " 
+\v 28 Then she said to Elisha, "O sir, I did not request you to enable me to give birth to a son, but I did say, 'Do not lie to me.'" 
 \p
 \v 29 Then Elisha realized that something must have happened to her son. So he said to Gehazi, "Get ready to leave immediately. Take my staff stick and go to her home. Do not stop to talk to anyone on the way. Go quickly to where her son is and lay the staff on the child's face. If you do that, perhaps Yahweh will cause him to live again."
 

12-2KI/05.usfm

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-\v 13 But his servants came to him, and one of them said, "Sir, if that prophet had told you to do something difficult, you would certainly have done it. So why do you refuse to do such a simple thing he asks, when he says, "Go down seven times in the water and be clean?' " 
+\v 13 But his servants came to him, and one of them said, "Sir, if that prophet had told you to do something difficult, you would certainly have done it. So why do you refuse to do such a simple thing he asks, when he says, "Go down seven times in the water and be clean?'" 
 \v 14 So Naaman went down to the Jordan River and went into the water seven times, as the prophet had instructed, and his skin  became healthy, like the smooth skin of a young child.
 
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12-2KI/07.usfm

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-\v 1 Elisha replied to the king, "Listen to what Yahweh says: 'He says that by this time tomorrow, at the marketplace here in Samaria, you will be able to buy seven liters of the best flour for one piece of silver, and fourteen liters of barley for one piece of silver.' "
+\v 1 Elisha replied to the king, "Listen to what Yahweh says: 'He says that by this time tomorrow, at the marketplace here in Samaria, you will be able to buy seven liters of the best flour for one piece of silver, and fourteen liters of barley for one piece of silver.'"
 \p
 \v 2 The officer accompanying the king said to Elijah, "That cannot happen! Even if Yahweh himself would open the windows of the sky and send grain down to us, that certainly could not happen!" Elisha replied, "Because you said that, you will see it happen, but you will not be able to eat any of the food!"
 

12-2KI/09.usfm

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
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 \v 9 I will get rid of Ahab's family, like I got rid of the families of two other kings of Israel, Jeroboam and Baasha.
-\v 10 And when Jezebel dies, her corpse will not be buried. Dogs will eat her corpse there in the city of Jezreel.' "
+\v 10 And when Jezebel dies, her corpse will not be buried. Dogs will eat her corpse there in the city of Jezreel.'"
 \p After the young prophet said this, he left the room and ran.
 
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 \v 35 But when they went to get her corpse to bury it, all that was left was only her skull and the bones of her feet and her hands. Everything else was gone.
 \v 36 When they reported this to Jehu, he said, "That is what Yahweh said would happen! He told his servant Elijah, 'In the city of Jezreel, dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel's corpse.
-\v 37 Her bones will be scattered there in Jezreel like dung, with the result that no one will be able to recognize them and say, "These are Jezebel's bones." ' "
+\v 37 Her bones will be scattered there in Jezreel like dung, with the result that no one will be able to recognize them and say, "These are Jezebel's bones."'"
 
 
 

12-2KI/20.usfm

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-\v 1 About that time, Hezekiah became very ill. He thought that he was about to die. Isaiah the prophet came to him and said, "This is what Yahweh says: 'You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die, because you are not going to recover from this illness. You are going to die.' "
+\v 1 About that time, Hezekiah became very ill. He thought that he was about to die. Isaiah the prophet came to him and said, "This is what Yahweh says: 'You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die, because you are not going to recover from this illness. You are going to die.'"
 \p
 \v 2 Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed this:
 \v 3 "Yahweh, do not forget that I have always served you faithfully with all my inner being, and I have done things that pleased you." Then Hezekiah started to cry loudly.

12-2KI/21.usfm

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-\v 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah.
+\v 1 Manasseh was twelve. ears old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah.
 \v 2 He did many things that Yahweh said were evil. He imitated the disgusting things that were formerly done by the people of the nations that Yahweh had driven out from the land of Israel as his people advanced through the land.
 \v 3 He commanded his workers to rebuild the shrines for worshiping Yahweh that his father Hezekiah had destroyed because they were not in the place that Yahweh had said they should worship him, in the temple. He directed his workers to build altars for worshiping Baal. He made a statue of the goddess Asherah, as Ahab the king of Israel had done previously. And Manasseh worshiped the stars.
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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 \v 13 I will judge and punish the people of Jerusalem as I punished the family of King Ahab of Israel. I will remove the people of Jerusalem as people wipe a plate clean and then turn it upside down to show that they are now satisfied.
 \v 14 And I will abandon the people who remain alive, and I will allow their enemies to conquer them and steal everything valuable from their land.
-\v 15 I will do this because my people have done things that I say are very evil, things which have caused me to become very angry. They have caused me to become angry continually, ever since the time that their ancestors left Egypt.' "
+\v 15 I will do this because my people have done things that I say are very evil, things which have caused me to become very angry. They have caused me to become angry continually, ever since the time that their ancestors left Egypt.'"
 
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12-2KI/22.usfm

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 \v 19 Also, you have repented and humbled yourself when you heard what I threatened to do to punish this city and the people who live here, I have heard what you prayed. I said that I would cause this city to be abandoned. It will be a city whose name people will use when they curse someone. But because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you. 
 
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-\v 20 So I will allow you to die and be buried peacefully. I will cause a great disaster to come to this place, but you will not be alive to see it.' "
+\v 20 So I will allow you to die and be buried peacefully. I will cause a great disaster to come to this place, but you will not be alive to see it.'"
 \p After the men heard that, they returned to King Josiah and gave him that message.
 
 

13-1CH/17.usfm

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 \v 13 I will be like a father to him, and it will be as though he is a son to me. I stopped loving Saul, the one who was the king before you became king, but I will never stop loving your son.
-\v 14 I will cause him to rule over my people and his kingdom will endure forever.' " 
+\v 14 I will cause him to rule over my people and his kingdom will endure forever.'" 
 \p
 \v 15 So Nathan reported to David everything that Yahweh had revealed to him.
 

14-2CH/04.usfm

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 \v 15 the very large tank, and the figures of twelve bulls underneath it,
 \li1
 \v 16 the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other things needed for the work at the altar.
-\p All those things that Huram and his craftsmen made for King Solomon were of polished bronze.
+\p All those things that Huram and his craftsmen made for King Solomon were of bronze that they polished for it to gleam brightly.
 
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 \v 17 They made them by pouring melted bronze into the clay molds that Huram had set up near the Jordan River between the cities of Succoth and Zarethan.

14-2CH/09.usfm

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-\v 25 Solomon had four thousand stalls for his horses and chariots, and twelve thousand men who rodes horses. Solomon put some of them in Jerusalem and some of them in other cities where he kept his chariots.
+\v 25 Solomon had four thousand stalls for his horses and chariots, and twelve. housand men who rodes horses. Solomon put some of them in Jerusalem and some of them in other cities where he kept his chariots.
 \v 26 Solomon ruled over all the kings in the area from the Euphrates River in the northeast, to the region of Philistia in the west, and to the border of Egypt in the south.
 
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15-EZR/06.usfm

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 \v 16 Then the priests and the Levites and all the other Israelite people who had returned from Babylon joyfully dedicated the temple.
-\v 17 During the ceremony to dedicate the temple, they sacrificed one hundred young bulls, one hundred rams, and four hundred lambs. They also sacrificed twelve male goats as an offering so that God would forgive the sins of the people of the twelve tribes of Israel.
+\v 17 During the ceremony to dedicate the temple, they sacrificed one hundred young bulls, one hundred rams, and four hundred lambs. They also sacrificed twelve male goats as an offering so that God would forgive the sins of the people of the twelve. ribes of Israel.
 \v 18 Then the Jewish leaders divided the priests and Levites into groups that would take turns to serve at the temple. They did this according to what Moses had written many years previously in the laws that he wrote.
 
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15-EZR/08.usfm

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 \v 35 We who had returned from Babylonia offered to God sacrifices on the altar. We offered twelve bulls for all us Israelite people. We also offered ninety-six rams and seventy-seven lambs. 
-We also sacrificed twelve goats to atone for the sins that all the people had committed. These were all completely burned on the altar.
+We also sacrificed twelve. oats to atone for the sins that all the people had committed. These were all completely burned on the altar.
 \v 36 Some of us who returned from Babylonia took to the governors and other officials of the province west of the Euphrates River the letter that the king had given to us. After they read the 
 letter, they did all that they were able to do for us Israelite people and for the temple of God."
 

15-EZR/10.usfm

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 \v 17 By the first day of the first month of the next year they had finished determining which men had married women who were not Israelites.
 
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-\v 18 This is a list of the names of the priests who had married non-Israelite women, and the clans to which they belonged. 
+\v 18 This is a list of the names of the priests who had married non-Jewish women, and the clans to which they belonged. 
 In the clan of Jeshua and his brothers, who were sons of Jehozadak, there were Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
 \v 19 They solemnly promised to divorce their wives, and they each sacrificed a ram to be an offering to atone for their sins.
 
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 \v 22 In the clan of Pashhur there were Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
 
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-\v 23 The descendants of Levi who had married non-Israelite women were Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (whose other name was Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
+\v 23 The descendants of Levi who had married non-Jewish women were Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (whose other name was Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
 \v 24 There was Eliashib the musician. 
 Among the temple guards there were Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
 \v 25 This is a list of the names of the other Israelites who had married foreign wives:

19-PSA/068.usfm

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 \v 12-13 They proclaimed, "Many kings and their armies are running away from our army!"
 \q2 When our army brought back to their homes the things that they captured,
 \q1 the women who were at home divided up those things among themselves and among their families.
-\q2 They got statues of doves whose wings were covered with silver
+\q2 They got statues of pigeons whose wings were covered with silver
 \q2 and whose feathers were covered with pure yellow gold.
 
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 \v 12 While our ancestors were watching,
 \q1 God performed miracles in the area around the city of Zoan in Egypt.
 \q1
-\v 13 Then he caused the sea of Reeds to divide,
+\v 13 Then he caused the Sea of Reeds to divide,
 \q2 causing the water on each side to pile up like a wall,
 \q2 with the result that our ancestors walked through it on dry ground.
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19-PSA/106.usfm

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 \v 8 But he rescued them for the sake of his own reputation
 \q2 so that he could show that he is very powerful.
 \q1
-\v 9 He rebuked the sea of Reeds and it became dry,
+\v 9 He rebuked the Sea of Reeds and it became dry,
 \q2 and then while he led our ancestors,
 \q2 they walked through it as though it were as dry as a desert.
 

19-PSA/114.usfm

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-\v 5 If someone asks, "What happened at the sea of Reeds that caused the water to run away?
+\v 5 If someone asks, "What happened at the Sea of Reeds that caused the water to run away?
 \q1 What happened that caused the water in the Jordan River to stop flowing?
 \q1
 \v 6 What happened that caused the mountains to skip like goats

19-PSA/136.usfm

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-\v 13 He is the one who caused the sea of Reeds to divide;
+\v 13 He is the one who caused the Sea of Reeds to divide;
 \q2 he will love us forever as he has promised.
 \q1
 \v 14 He enabled the Israelite people to walk through it on dry land;

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 \q1
 \v 12 The flowers are blooming throughout the country.
 \q2 It is now time to sing;
-\q1 we hear the doves cooing.
+\q1 we hear the pigeons cooing.
 \q1
 \v 13 There are young figs on the fig trees,
 \q2 and there are blossoms on the grapevines

23-ISA/29.usfm

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-\v 13 So the Lord says, "These people say that they belong to me.
-\q1 They honor me by what they say,
+\v 13 So the Lord says, "These people pretend to worship me.
+\q1 They say good things to pretend to honor me,
 \q2 but they do not think about what I desire.
 \q1 When they worship me,
 \q2 all they do is recite rules that people have made and that they have memorized.

23-ISA/55.usfm

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 \q2 you can come and buy wine and milk from me, the finest wine and the best milk!
 \q1 You can get what you need from me,
 \q2 and you can buy it now! 
-\q1 You can buy it even though you don't have any money, 
+\q1 You can buy it even though you do not have any money, 
 \q2 and even though you could never afford it!
 
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23-ISA/58.usfm

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 \q1 They act as though they were a nation that does things that are righteous,
 \q2 that would never abandon the commands of me, their God.
 \q1 They request me to decide matters justly,
-\q2 and they delight in coming to worship me.
+\q2 and they are eager that I should come to them.
 
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23-ISA/60.usfm

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 \q1
 \v 8 And what are those things that are
 \q2 moving swiftly like clouds?
-\q1 They resemble  doves returning to their nests.
+\q1 They resemble  pigeons returning to their nests.
 \q1
 \v 9 But they are really ships from Tarshish that are bringing your people back here.
 \q2 When your people come, they will bring with them all the valuable possessions that they have acquired,

24-JER/03.usfm

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 \v 4 Now each of you says to me,
 \pi2 'You are my father! You have loved me ever since I was young!
 \v 5 So surely you will not be angry with me forever!'
-\pi But you will not quit sinning!' "
+\pi But you will not quit sinning!'"
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24-JER/08.usfm

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 \q So, they will be killed, and their corpses also will lie among the corpses of others who have been slaughtered by their enemies. They will be killed when I punish them.
 \q
 \v 13 I will allow their enemies to take away the figs and grapes that the people would have harvested from their fields. Their fruit trees will all wither.
-\q They will not receive all the blessings that I prepared for them. This will certainly happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.' "
+\q They will not receive all the blessings that I prepared for them. This will certainly happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.'"
 
 
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24-JER/13.usfm

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 \v 12 So, tell this to them: 'Yahweh, the God whom you Israelite people worship, says that every leather wineskin should be filled with wine.' And when you tell that to them, they will reply, 'Of course we know that all wineskins should be filled with wine!'
 \v 13 And then you must tell them, 'No, that is not what Yahweh means. What he said means that he will cause this land to be filled with people who are drunk. That will include all of you—the king who sits on the throne that King David previously sat on, the priests and the prophets, and even the common people of Jerusalem.'
-\v 14 He is saying, 'I will cause a drunken brawl among you. Even parents will brawl with their children. I will not pity you or act mercifully toward you at all; pitying you will not prevent me from getting rid of you.' "
+\v 14 He is saying, 'I will cause a drunken brawl among you. Even parents will brawl with their children. I will not pity you or act mercifully toward you at all; pitying you will not prevent me from getting rid of you.'"
 
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 \q1 If I walk along the streets of the city,
 \q2 I see corpses of people who died from hunger.
 \q1 The prophets and the priests travel through the land, preaching to people,
-\q2 but they do not know what they are doing .' "
+\q2 but they do not know what they are doing .'"
 
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24-JER/15.usfm

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 \q1 because most of her children will be dead,
 \q2 and she will be disgraced and humiliated.
 \q1 And her children who are still alive, I will enable your enemies to kill them.
-\q2 That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.' "
+\q2 That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.'"
 
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24-JER/16.usfm

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 \q1 they worshiped idols that are completely worthless .
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 \v 20 No one can  make their own gods;
-\q2 the gods that they make are only idols; they are not real gods.' "
+\q2 the gods that they make are only idols; they are not real gods.'"
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 \v 21 Then Yahweh said, "Now I will show my power to the people of Judah;

24-JER/17.usfm

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 \v 26 And people will come to Jerusalem bringing offerings to be completely burned on the altar and other offerings. They will bring to the temple grain offerings and incense and offerings to thank me. People will bring these offerings from the towns in Judah and the villages near Jerusalem and from the land where the tribe of Benjamin lives and from the western foothills and from the southern Judean wilderness.
-\v 27 But if you do not pay attention to what I say, and if you refuse to dedicate the Sabbath days to me, and if you continue to carry loads through these gates into the city on Sabbath days, I will burn these gates completely. The fire will spread to the palaces, and no one will be able to put out that fire." ' "
+\v 27 But if you do not pay attention to what I say, and if you refuse to dedicate the Sabbath days to me, and if you continue to carry loads through these gates into the city on Sabbath days, I will burn these gates completely. The fire will spread to the palaces, and no one will be able to put out that fire."'"
 
 
 

24-JER/25.usfm

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 \v 38 Yahweh will leave his dwelling like a lion leaves its den to attack other animals,
 \q2 and he will cause your land to become desolate.
-\q1 He is very angry with you and will cause your enemies to slaughter you with their swords.' "
+\q1 He is very angry with you and will cause your enemies to slaughter you with their swords.'"
 
 
 

24-JER/26.usfm

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 \v 4-5 Say to them, 'This is what Yahweh says: I sent to you the prophets who serve me, to tell you what you should do. I sent them to you many times, but you have not paid attention to what they said. If you will not pay attention to what I say and do not obey the message that I have given to you, and if you do not pay attention to what the prophets say,
-\v 6 I will destroy this temple like I destroyed Shiloh, the place where the sacred tent was put. And I will cause Jerusalem to be a place whose name people in every nation on the earth will say when they curse someone.' "
+\v 6 I will destroy this temple like I destroyed Shiloh, the place where the sacred tent was put. And I will cause Jerusalem to be a place whose name people in every nation on the earth will say when they curse someone.'"
 
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24-JER/36.usfm

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 \v 30 Now this is what I, Yahweh, say about you, Jehoiakim: None of your descendants will rule this kingdom. Your corpse will be thrown out on the ground and not buried; it will be under the hot sun during the days and struck by frost during the nights.
-\v 31 I will punish you and your family and your officials for their sins. And I will cause the people of Jerusalem and the people of the other towns in Judah to experience all the disasters that I promised, because you all would not pay attention to what I said!" ' "
+\v 31 I will punish you and your family and your officials for their sins. And I will cause the people of Jerusalem and the people of the other towns in Judah to experience all the disasters that I promised, because you all would not pay attention to what I said!"'"
 
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24-JER/37.usfm

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 \v 9 So, this is what Jeremiah said to you Israelites: 'You should not deceive yourselves, thinking that the army from Babylonia has gone and will not return. That is not true.
-\v 10 And even if your soldiers could destroy almost all of the soldiers from Babylonia who are attacking you, and allow only those who were wounded to remain alive in their tents, those men would come out of their tents and completely burn this city.' "
+\v 10 And even if your soldiers could destroy almost all of the soldiers from Babylonia who are attacking you, and allow only those who were wounded to remain alive in their tents, those men would come out of their tents and completely burn this city.'"
 
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24-JER/38.usfm

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 \v 17 So then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "This is what Yahweh, Commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships, says: 'If you surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, you and your family will be spared, and this city will not be burned.
-\v 18 But if you refuse to surrender to them, you will not escape. And the army from Babylonia will capture this city and completely burn it.' "
+\v 18 But if you refuse to surrender to them, you will not escape. And the army from Babylonia will capture this city and completely burn it.'"
 
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24-JER/48.usfm

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 \v 28 You people who live in Moab,
 \q2 you should abandon your towns and go and live in caves.
-\q1 Be like  doves that make their nests in the entrances of caves."
+\q1 Be like  pigeons that make their nests in the entrances of caves."
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 \v 29 We have all heard that the people of Moab are very proud;

26-EZK/07.usfm

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 \v 14 Your commanders will blow trumpets to get the army ready to fight, but no one will respond, because I will be angry at all the people.
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 \v 15 When those things happen, your enemies' will be outside the city with their swords, and there will be plagues and famines inside the city. Those who are caught outside of the city in the fields will be killed by their enemies' swords, and those who are in the city will die from famines and plagues.
-\v 16 Those who survive and escape will flee to the mountains, and they all will moan because of their sins, as doves moan.
+\v 16 Those who survive and escape will flee to the mountains, and they all will moan because of their sins, as pigeons moan.
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 \v 17 Because they will be very afraid, all the people's hands will become limp and weak, and their knees will become very weak and unable to hold them up.
 \v 18 They will put on clothes made from rough cloth, and they will be terrified. Their faces will show that they are ashamed, and they will shave their heads to show that they are very sad.