Alignment project on BeHeMaH -- animal, wild animal, cattle. 190 checks.

01-GEN.usfm

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 \v 6 Yahweh regretted that he had made mankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
 
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-\v 7 So Yahweh said, "I will wipe away mankind whom I have created from the surface of the earth; both mankind and the larger animals, and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them."
+\v 7 So Yahweh said, "I will wipe away mankind whom I have created from the surface of the earth—mankind and animals, and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them."
 \v 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of Yahweh.
 
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 \v 19 Of every living creature of all flesh, two of every kind you must bring into the ark, to keep them alive with you, both male and female.
 
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-\v 20 Of the birds after their kind, and of the larger animals after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort will come to you, to keep them alive.
+\v 20 Of the birds after their kind, and of animals after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort will come to you to keep them alive.
 \v 21 Gather for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and store it, so that it will be food for you and for them."
 \v 22 So Noah did this. According to all that God commanded him, so he did.
 
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 \v 22 All living creatures who lived on the land, who breathed the breath of life through their noses, died.
 
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-\v 23 So every living thing that was on the surface of the earth was wiped out, from mankind to the larger animals, to creeping things, and to birds of the sky. They were all destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those with him in the ark were left.
+\v 23 So every living thing that was on the surface of the earth was wiped out, mankind and animals and creeping things and birds of the sky. They were all destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those with him in the ark were left.
 \v 24 The waters stayed upon the earth for a hundred and fifty days.
 
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 \v 30 Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me, to make me stink to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. If they gather themselves together against me and attack me, then I will be destroyed, I and my household."
 \v 31 But Simeon and Levi said, "Should Shechem have dealt with our sister as with a prostitute?"
 
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 \v 5 Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
 
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-\v 6 Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his livestock—all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
+\v 6 Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his livestock—all his other animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
 \v 7 He did this because their possessions were too many for them to stay together. The land where they had settled could not support them because of their livestock.
 \v 8 So Esau, also known as Edom, settled in the hill country of Seir.
 

02-EXO.usfm

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 \v 16 Yahweh said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Reach out with your staff and strike the dust on the ground, that it may become gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.'"
-\v 17 They did so: Aaron reached out with his hand and his staff. He struck the dust on the ground. Gnats came onto man and beast. All the dust on the ground became gnats throughout the whole land of Egypt.
+\v 17 They did so. When Aaron reached out with his hand and his staff and struck the dust on the ground, gnats came on men and animals. All the dust on the ground became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.
 
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-\v 18 The magicians tried with their magic to produce gnats, but they could not. There were gnats on man and beast.
+\v 18 The magicians tried with their magic to produce gnats, but they could not. So there were gnats on men and animals.
 \v 19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, so he refused to listen to them. It was just as Yahweh had said Pharaoh would do.
 
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 \v 8 Then Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take some handfuls of ashes from a kiln. You, Moses, must throw the ashes up into the air while Pharaoh is watching.
 \v 9 They will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt. They will cause blisters and sores to break out on people and animals throughout all the land of Egypt."
-\v 10 So Moses and Aaron took ashes from a kiln and stood in front of Pharaoh. Then Moses threw the ashes up into the air. The ashes caused blisters and sores to break out on people and animals.
+\v 10 So Moses and Aaron took ashes from a kiln and stood in front of Pharaoh. Then Moses threw the ashes up into the air. The ashes caused blisters and sores to break out on men and animals.
 
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 \v 11 The magicians could not resist Moses because of the blisters, because the blisters were on them and on all the other Egyptians.
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-\v 22 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Reach out with your hand toward the sky so that there will be hail in all the land of Egypt, on people, on animals, and on all the plants in the fields throughout the land of Egypt."
+\v 22 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Reach out with your hand toward the sky so that there will be hail in all the land of Egypt, on men and animals, and every plant of the field in the land of Egypt."
 \v 23 Moses reached out with his staff toward the sky, and Yahweh sent thunder, hail, and lightning to the ground. He also rained hail on the land of Egypt.
 \v 24 So there were hail and lightning mixed with hail, very severe, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
 
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 \v 28 Pharaoh said to Moses, "Go from me! Be careful about one thing, that you do not see me again, for on the day you see my face, you will die."
 \v 29 Moses said, "You yourself have spoken. I will not see your face again."
 
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 \v 4 Moses said, "Yahweh says this: 'About midnight I will go throughout Egypt.
-\v 5 All the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the handmill grinding it, and to all the firstborn of the cattle.
+\v 5 All the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the handmill grinding it, and to all the firstborn of the livestock.
 
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 \v 6 Then there will be a great wailing throughout all the land of Egypt, such as has never been nor ever will be again.
-\v 7 But not even a dog will bark against any of the people of Israel, against either man or beast. In this way you will know that I am treating the Egyptians and the Israelites differently.'
+\v 7 But not even a dog will bark against any of the people of Israel, against either man or animal. In this way you will know that I am treating the Egyptians and the Israelites differently.'
 \v 8 All these servants of yours, Pharaoh, will come down to me and bow down to me. They will say, 'Go, you and all the people who follow you!' After that I will go out." Then he went out from Pharaoh in great anger.
 
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 \v 9 Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh will not listen to you. This is so that I will do many amazing things in the land of Egypt."
 \v 10 Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh. But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and Pharaoh did not let the people of Israel go out of his land.
 
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-\v 29 It happened at midnight that Yahweh attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the person in prison and all the firstborn of cattle.
+\v 29 It happened at midnight that Yahweh attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the person in prison and all the firstborn of the livestock.
 \v 30 Pharaoh got up in the night—he, all his servants, and all the Egyptians. There was loud lamenting in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not someone dead.
 
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 \v 50 So all the Israelites did exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron.
 \v 51 It came about that very day that Yahweh brought Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armed groups.
 
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 \v 1 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
-\v 2 "Set apart to me all the firstborn, every firstborn male among the Israelites, both of people and animals. The firstborn belongs to me."
+\v 2 "Set apart to me every firstborn male—because whatever is the first to open the womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether man or animal."
 
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 \v 11 When Yahweh brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your ancestors to do, and when he gives the land to you,
-\v 12 you must set apart to Yahweh the first offspring of every womb. All the firstborn offspring of your animals that are males, will belong to Yahweh. 
+\v 12 you must set apart to Yahweh the first offspring of every womb. All the firstborn offspring of your livestock that are males, will belong to Yahweh. 
-\v 13 Every firstborn of a donkey you must buy back with a lamb. If you do not buy it back, then you must break its neck. But each of your firstborn males among all your sons—you must buy them back.
+\v 13 Every firstborn of a donkey you must redeem with a lamb. If you do not buy it back, then you must break its neck. But every firstborn of your sons you must redeem.
 
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 \v 14 When your son asks you later, 'What does this mean?' then you are to tell him, 'It was by a strong hand that Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of slavery.
-\v 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of people and the firstborn of animals. That is why I sacrifice to Yahweh the firstborn male of every animal, and why I buy back the firstborn of my sons.'
+\v 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, Yahweh killed every the firstborn in Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animal. That is why I sacrifice to Yahweh all the males that first open the womb but all my firstborn sons I redeem.'
 \v 16 This will become a reminder on your hands, and a reminder on your forehead, for it was by a strong hand Yahweh brought us out of Egypt."
 
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 \v 12 You must set boundaries all around the mountain for the people. Say to them, 'Be careful that you do not go up the mountain or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death.'
-\v 13 No one's hand must touch such a person. Instead, he must certainly be stoned or shot. Whether it is a person or an animal, he must be put to death. When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they may come up to the foot of the mountain."
+\v 13 No one's hand must touch such a person. Instead, he must certainly be stoned or shot. Whether it is an animal or man, he must be put to death. When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they may come up to the foot of the mountain."
 
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 \v 14 Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people. He set apart the people to Yahweh and they washed their garments.
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 \v 8 Remember the Sabbath day, to set it apart to me.
 \v 9 You must labor and do all your work for six days.
-\v 10 But the seventh day is a Sabbath for Yahweh your God. On it you must not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the foreigner who is within your gates.
+\v 10 But the seventh day is a Sabbath for Yahweh your God. On it you must not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the foreigner who is within your gates.
 \v 11 For in six days Yahweh made the heavens and earth, the sea, and everything that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart.
 
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 \v 19 All the firstborn are mine, even every male firstborn of your cattle, both of oxen and sheep.
-\v 20 You must buy back the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb, but if you do not buy it back, then you must break its neck. You must buy back all the firstborn of your sons. No one may appear before me empty-handed.
+\v 20 You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb, but if you do not buy it back, then you must break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one may appear before me empty-handed.
 
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03-LEV.usfm

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 \v 1 Yahweh called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying,
-\v 2 "Speak to the people of Israel and tell them, 'When any man from among you brings an offering to Yahweh, bring as your offering one of your animals, either from the herd or from the flock.
+\v 2 "Speak to the people of Israel and tell them, 'When any man from among you brings an offering to Yahweh, bring as your offering an animal, either from the herd or from the flock.
 
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 \v 1 If anyone sins because he does not testify when he has witnessed something about which he is required to testify, whether he has seen it or heard about it, he will be responsible.
-\v 2 Or if anyone touches anything God has designated as unclean, whether it be the carcass of an unclean wild animal or the carcass of any livestock that has died, or creeping animal, even if the person did not intend to touch it, he is unclean and guilty.
+\v 2 Or if anyone touches anything God has designated as unclean, whether it be the carcass of an unclean wild animal or the carcass of any unclean livestock or unclean creatures that move along the ground, even though he was not aware of what he had done, he has become unclean and is guilty.
 
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 \v 3 Or if he touches the uncleanness of someone, whatever that uncleanness is, and if he is unaware of it, then he will be guilty when he learns about it.
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 \v 20 However, an unclean person who eats any meat from the sacrifice of a peace offering that belongs to Yahweh—that person must be cut off from his people.
 
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-\v 21 If anyone touches any unclean thing—whether uncleanness of man, or of unclean beast, or of some unclean, detestable thing, and if he then eats some of the meat of a sacrifice of peace offering that belongs to Yahweh, that person must be cut off from his people.'"
+\v 21 If anyone touches any unclean thing—whether uncleanness of man, or of unclean animal, or of some unclean, detestable thing, and if he then eats some of the meat of a sacrifice of peace offering that belongs to Yahweh, that person must be cut off from his people.'"
 
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 \v 23 The land must not be sold to a new permanent owner, because the land is mine. You are all foreigners and temporary residents on my land.
 \v 24 You must observe the right of redemption for all the land that you acquire; you must allow the land to be bought back by the family from whom you bought it.
-\v 25 If your fellow Israelite became poor and for that reason sold some of his property, then his nearest relative may come and buy back the property that he sold to you.
+\v 25 If your fellow Israelite became poor and for that reason sold some of his property, then his nearest relative must come and redeem what his brother has sold.
 
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 \v 26 If a man has no relative to redeem his property, but if he has prospered and has the ability to redeem it,
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 \v 21 If you walk against me and will not listen to me, I will bring seven times more blows on you, in proportion to your sins.
-\v 22 I will send dangerous animals against you, which will steal your children, destroy your cattle, and make you few in number. So your roads will become deserted.
+\v 22 I will send wild animals against you, which will rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you so few in number that your roads will be deserted.
 
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-\v 9 If someone wants to sacrifice an animal to Yahweh, and if Yahweh accepts it, then that animal will be set apart to him.
+\v 9 If what is vowed is an animal that is acceptable to Yahweh, any part of that animal that is given to Yahweh becomes holy. 
-\v 10 The person must not alter or change such an animal, a good one for a bad one or a bad for a good. If he does at all change one animal for another, then both it and the one for which it is exchanged become holy.
+\v 10 The person must not exchange it or substitute a good one for a bad one, or a bad for a good one. If he substitutes one animal for another, both it and the substitute become holy.
 
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 \v 11 However, if what the person has vowed to give Yahweh is in fact unclean, so that Yahweh will not accept it, then the person must bring the animal to a priest.
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-\v 28 But nothing that a man devotes to Yahweh, from all that he has, whether human or animal, or his family land, may be sold or redeemed. Everything that is devoted is very holy to Yahweh.
+\v 28 But nothing that a man devotes to Yahweh, from all that he has, whether man or animal, or his family land, may be sold or redeemed. Everything that is devoted is very holy to Yahweh.
 \v 29 No ransom may be paid for the person who is devoted for destruction. That person must be put to death.
 
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04-NUM.usfm

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 \v 11 Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
 \v 12 "Look, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel. I have done this instead of taking each firstborn male who is born among the people of Israel. The Levites belong to me.
-\v 13 All the firstborn belong to me. On the day that I attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both people and animals. They belong to me. I am Yahweh."
+\v 13 All the firstborn belong to me. On the day that I attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both men and animals. They belong to me. I am Yahweh."
 
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 \v 16 Do this, because they are entirely mine from among the people of Israel. They will take the place of each male child who opens the womb, the firstborn of all the descendants of Israel. I have taken the Levites for myself.
-\v 17 All the firstborn from among the people of Israel are mine, both of people and of animals. On the day that I took the lives of all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set them apart for myself.
+\v 17 All the firstborn from among the people of Israel are mine, both man or animal. On the day that I took the lives of all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set them apart for myself.
 
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 \v 18 I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of all the firstborn.
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 \v 14 Every devoted thing in Israel will be yours.
-\v 15 Everything that opens the womb, all the firstborn which the people offer to Yahweh, both of man and animal, will be yours. Nevertheless, the people must certainly buy back every firstborn son, and they must buy back the firstborn male of unclean animals.
+\v 15 Everything that opens the womb, all the firstborn which the people offer to Yahweh, both of man and animal, will be yours. Nevertheless, the people must certainly redeem every firstborn son, and they must redeem the firstborn male of unclean animals.
 \v 16 Those that are to be bought back by the people must be bought back after becoming one month old. Then the people may buy them back, for the price of five shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs.
 
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-\v 17 But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat—you must not buy back these animals; they are set apart to me. You must sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to Yahweh.
+\v 17 But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat—you must not redeem these animals; they are set apart to me. You must sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to Yahweh.
 \v 18 Their meat will be yours. Like the raised breast and the right thigh, their meat will be yours.
 
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 \v 8 They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their dead: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor, with the sword.
 
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-\v 9 The army of Israel took captive the women of Midian, their children, all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their goods. They took these as plunder.
+\v 9 The army of Israel took captive the women of Midian, their children, all their herds, all their flocks, and all their goods. They took these as plunder.
 \v 10 They burned all their cities where they lived and all their camps.
 
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 \v 25 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
-\v 26 "Count all the plundered things that were taken, both people and animals. You, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community's ancestor's clans
+\v 26 "Count all the plundered things that were taken, both men and animals. You and Eleazar the priest and family heads of the ancestor's clans
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 \v 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho and said,
 \v 2 "Command the people of Israel to give some of their own shares of land to the Levites. They must give them cities to live in and pastureland surrounding those cities.
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-\v 3 The Levites will have these cities to live in. The pastureland will be for their cattle, their flocks, and all their animals.
+\v 3 The Levites will have these cities to live in. The pastureland will be for their cattle, their flocks, and all their other animals.
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05-DEU.usfm

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 \v 34 We took all his cities at that time and completely destroyed every city—men and the women and the little ones; we left no survivor.
-\v 35 Only the cattle we took as spoils for ourselves, along with the spoil of the cities that we had taken.
+\v 35 Only the livestock we took as spoils for ourselves, along with the spoil of the cities that we had taken.
 
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 \v 36 From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, all the way to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. Yahweh our God gave them into our hands.
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 \v 5 These were all cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; this was besides very many unwalled villages.
 \v 6 We completely destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, completely destroying every city—men and the women and the little ones.
-\v 7 But all the cattle and the spoil of the cities, we took as spoils for ourselves.
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 \v 8 At that time we took the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, from the Valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon
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 \v 12 Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you.
 \v 13 For six days you will labor and do all your work;
-\v 14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. On it you will not do any work—not you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor any foreigner who is within your gates. This is so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
+\v 14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. On it you will not do any work—not you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your animals, nor any foreigner who is within your gates. This is so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
 
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 \v 15 You will call to mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore Yahweh your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
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 \v 13 He will love you, bless you, and multiply you; he will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain, your new wine, and your oil, the multiplication of your cattle and the young of your flocks, in the land that he swore to your fathers to give you.
 
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-\v 14 You will be blessed more than all other peoples; there will not be a childless male or a barren female among you or among your cattle.
+\v 14 You will be blessed more than all other peoples; there will not be a childless male or a barren female among you or among your livestock.
 \v 15 Yahweh will take away from you all sickness; none of the evil diseases of Egypt that you have known will he put on you, but he will put them on all those who hate you.
 
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 \v 13 It will happen, if you will listen diligently to my commandments that I command you today, to love Yahweh your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
 \v 14 that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.
-\v 15 I will give grass in your fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be full.
+\v 15 I will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be full.
 
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 \v 13 and when Yahweh your God gives you victory and puts them under your control, you must kill every man in the town.
 
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-\v 14 But the women, the little ones, the cattle, and everything that is in the city, and all its spoil, you will take as booty for yourself. You will consume the booty of your enemies, whom Yahweh your God has given to you.
+\v 14 But the women, the little ones, the livestock, and everything that is in the city, and all its spoil, you will take as booty for yourself. You will consume the booty of your enemies, whom Yahweh your God has given to you.
 \v 15 You must act in this way toward all the cities that are very far from you, cities that are not of the cities of these following nations.
 
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 \v 20 'May the man be cursed who lies with his father's wife, because he has taken away his father's rights.' Then all the people must say, 'Amen.'
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-\v 21 'May the man be cursed who lies with any kind of beast.' Then all the people must say, 'Amen.'
+\v 21 'May the man be cursed who lies with any animal.' Then all the people must say, 'Amen.'
 
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 \v 2 All these blessings will come on you and overtake you, if you listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.
 
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-\v 3 Blessed will you be in the city, and blessed will you be in the field.
+\v 3 Blessed will you be in the city and blessed will you be in the field.
-\v 4 Blessed will be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your beasts, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.
+\v 4 Blessed will be the fruit of your womb, the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your livestock, and the increase of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
 
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 \v 10 All the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of Yahweh, and they will be afraid of you.
 
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-\v 11 Yahweh will make you very prosperous in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your cattle, in the fruit of your ground, in the land that he swore to your fathers to give you.
+\v 11 Yahweh will make you very prosperous in the fruit of your womb, in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, in the land that he swore to your fathers to give you.
 \v 12 Yahweh will open to you his storehouse of the heavens to give the rain for your land at the right time, and to bless all the work of your hand; you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.
 
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 \v 25 Yahweh will cause you to be struck down before your enemies; you will go out one way against them but will flee before them seven ways. You will be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth.
-\v 26 Your dead body will be food to all the birds of the heavens and to the beasts of the earth; there will be no one to frighten them away.
+\v 26 Your dead body will be food to all the birds of the heavens and to the wild animals of the earth; there will be no one to frighten them away.
 
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 \v 27 Yahweh will attack you with the boils of Egypt and with ulcers, scurvy, and itch, from which you cannot be healed.
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 \v 49 Yahweh will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle flies to its victim, a nation whose language you do not understand;
 \v 50 a nation with a fierce face that does not respect the aged and does not show favor to the young.
-\v 51 They will eat the young of your cattle and the fruit of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave for you no grain, new wine, or oil, no young of your cattle or of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.
+\v 51 They will eat the young of your livestock and the fruit of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave for you no grain, new wine, or oil, no calves of your herds or the lambs of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.
 
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 \v 52 They will besiege you in all your city gates, until your high and fortified walls come down everywhere in your land, walls in which you had trusted. They will besiege you within all your city gates throughout all the land that Yahweh your God had given you.
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 \v 8 You will return and obey the voice of Yahweh, and you will do all his commandments that I am commanding you today.
 
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-\v 9 Yahweh your God will make you abundant in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, for prosperity; for Yahweh will again rejoice over you for prosperity, as he rejoiced over your fathers.
+\v 9 Yahweh your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, for prosperity. For Yahweh will again delight in making you prosperous, as he took delight in your fathers.
 \v 10 He will do this if you will obey the voice of Yahweh your God, so as to keep his commandments and regulations that are written in this book of the law, if you turn to Yahweh your God with all your heart and all your soul.
 
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 \v 1 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Do not fear; do not be discouraged. Take with you all the people of war. Go up to Ai. See, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.
-\v 2 You will do to Ai and her king as you have done to Jericho and her king, except that you will take the plunder and the cattle for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the city."
+\v 2 You will do to Ai and her king as you have done to Jericho and her king, except that you will take the plunder and the livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the city."
 
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 \v 47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness, toward the rock of Rimmon. For four months they stayed at the rock of Rimmon.
-\v 48 The soldiers of Israel turned back against the people of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword, the city, including the animals and everything that they found. They also burned down every town in their path.
+\v 48 The men of Israel turned against the descendants of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword, the city, including the animals and everything that they found. They also burned down every town in their path.
 
 
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 \v 43 Then the Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?," and the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
 
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-\v 44 The Philistine said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the heavens and to the beasts of the field."
+\v 44 The Philistine said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the heavens and to the wild animals of the field."
 \v 45 David replied to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin. But I come to you in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
 
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 \v 32 He spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs were one thousand and five in number.
-\v 33 He described the plants, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He explained also about beasts, birds, creeping things, and fish.
+\v 33 He described the plants, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He explained also about animals, birds, creeping things, and fish.
 \v 34 People came from all the nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon. They came from all kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
 
 

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 \v 8 Then he said, "By which way should we attack?" Jehoshaphat answered, "By way of the wilderness of Edom."
 
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-\v 9 So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. They wandered around for seven days, and then there was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them.
+\v 9 So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. They wandered around for seven days, and then there was no water for the army or for the animals that went with them.
 \v 10 So the king of Israel said, "What is this? Has Yahweh called three kings to give them into the hand of Moab?"
 
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 \v 27 Hezekiah had very many riches and much honor. He provided himself with storerooms for silver, gold, precious stones, and for spices, as well as for shields and for all kinds of valuable objects.
-\v 28 He also had storehouses for the harvest of grain, new wine, and oil, and stalls for all kinds of animals. He also had flocks in their pens.
+\v 28 He also had storehouses for the harvest of grain, new wine, and oil, and stalls for various kinds of livestock. He also had flocks in their pens.
 \v 29 In addition, he provided himself with cities and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very much wealth.
 \f + \ft Instead of \fqa cities \fqa* , some modern translations have \fqa donkeys \fqa* , and some other modern translations leave out the word entirely. \f*
 

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 \v 3 Whoever is from his people (may his God be with him) may go up to Jerusalem and build a house for Yahweh, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem.
-\v 4 People of any part of the kingdom where survivors of that land are living should provide them with silver and gold, possessions and animals, as well as a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem."
+\v 4 People of any part of the kingdom where survivors of that land are living should provide them with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, as well as a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem."
 
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 \v 5 Then the heads of the ancestors' clans of Judah and Benjamin, the priests and Levites, and everyone whose spirit God stirred to go and build his house arose.
-\v 6 Those around them supported their work with silver and gold objects, possessions, animals, valuables, and freewill offerings.
+\v 6 Those around them supported their work with silver and gold objects, goods, animals, valuables, and freewill offerings.
 
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 \v 7 Cyrus king of Persia also released the objects belonging to the house of Yahweh that Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem and put in his own gods' houses.

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 \v 34 The priests, the Levites, and the people cast lots for the wood offering. The lots would select which of our families would bring wood into the house of our God at the appointed times each year, to be burned on the altar of Yahweh our God, as it is written in the law.
 \v 35 We promised to bring to the house of Yahweh the firstfruits grown from our soil, and the firstfruits of every tree each year.
-\v 36 As it is written in the law, we promised to bring to the house of God and to the priests who serve there, the firstborn of our sons and of our herds and flocks.
+\v 36 As it is written in the law, we promised to bring to the house of God and to the priests who serve there, the firstborn of our sons and of our herds and our flocks.
 
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 \v 37 We will bring the first of our dough and our grain offerings, and the fruit of every tree, and the new wine and the oil we will bring to the priests, to the storerooms of the house of our God. We will bring to the Levites the tithes from our soil because the Levites collect the tithes in all the towns where we work.

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-\v 7 But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
+\v 7 But now ask the animals, and they will teach you;
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 \q
 \v 8 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you;
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-\v 3 Why are we regarded as beasts, stupid in your sight?
+\v 3 Why are we regarded as cattle, stupid in your sight?
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 \v 4 You who tear at yourself in your anger,
 \q should the earth be forsaken for you
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 \v 10 But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker,
 \q who gives songs in the night,
 \q
-\v 11 who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth,
+\v 11 who teaches us more than he teaches the wild animals of the earth,
 \q and who makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
 
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 \q you have put all things under his feet:
 \q
 \v 7 all sheep and oxen,
-\q and even the animals of the field,
+\q and even the wild animals of the field,
 \q
 \v 8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
 \q everything that passes through the currents of the seas.
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 \v 12 But man, having wealth, does not remain alive;
-\q he is like the beasts that perish.
+\q he is like the wild animals that perish.
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 \v 13 This, their way, is their folly;
 \q yet after them, men approve of their sayings.
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 \q and they will never see the light again.
 \q
 \v 20 One who has wealth but no understanding
-\q is like the beasts that perish.
+\q is like the animals that perish.
 
 
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 \v 9 I will take no bull out of your house,
 \q or male goats out of your folds.
 \q
-\v 10 For every beast of the forest is mine,
+\v 10 For every animal of the forest is mine,
 \q and the cattle on a thousand hills.
 \q
 \v 11 I know all the birds of the mountains,
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 \v 13 He waters the mountains from his water chambers in the sky.
 \q The earth is filled with the fruit of his labor.
 \q
-\v 14 He makes the grass grow for the cattle
+\v 14 He makes the grass grow for the livestock
 \q and plants for man to cultivate
 \q so that man may produce food from the earth.
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 \q that yielded a fruitful harvest.
 \q
 \v 38 He blesses them so they are very numerous.
-\q He does not let their cattle decrease in number.
+\q He does not let their livestock decrease in number.
 
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 \q1 who are neither help nor aid, but a shame, and even a disgrace."
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-\v 6 A declaration about the beasts of the Negev:
+\v 6 A declaration about the animals of the Negev:
 \q1 Through the land of trouble and danger, of the lioness and the lion, 
 \q1 the viper and fiery flying serpent,
 \q1 they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys, 

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 \v 19 Are they truly provoking me?—this is Yahweh's declaration—is it not themselves whom they are provoking, so that shame is on them?
-\v 20 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, 'See, my anger and wrath will gush out onto this place, on both man and beast, on the tree in the fields and the fruit on the ground. It will burn and never be extinguished.'
+\v 20 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, 'See, my anger and wrath will gush out onto this place, on both man and animals, on the tree in the fields and the fruit on the ground. It will burn and never be extinguished.'
 
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 \v 32 So see, days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when it will no longer be called Topheth or Valley of Ben Hinnom. It will be the Valley of Slaughter; they will bury bodies in Topheth until there is no room left.
 
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-\v 33 The corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the skies and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.
+\v 33 The corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the skies and the wild animals of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.
 \v 34 I will put an end to the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the sound of the groom and the sound of the bride, for the land will become a desolation."
 
 
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 \v 10 I will sing a song of mourning and wailing for the mountains, and a funeral song will be sung for the meadows.
-\q For they are burned so no one can pass through them. They will not hear the sound of any cattle.
+\q For they are laid waste and no one can pass through them, and the lowing of the cattle is not heard.
 \q The birds of the skies and the animals have all fled away.
 \q
 \v 11 So I will turn Jerusalem into piles of ruins, a hideout for jackals.
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 \v 3 Yet you, Yahweh, know me. You see me and you test my heart toward you.
 \q Take them away like sheep to the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter!
 \q
-\v 4 How long will the land go on drying up, and the plants in every field wither because of the wickedness of its inhabitants?
+\v 4 How long will the land be parched and the grass in the field be withered? Because those who live in it are wicked, the animals and the birds have been swept away, because the people said, "He will not see what happens to us."
-\q The animals and the birds have been taken away. Indeed, the people say, "God will not see what happens to us."
 
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-\v 3 For I will assign them to four groups—this is Yahweh's declaration—the sword to slaughter some, the dogs to drag some away, the birds of the skies and the beast of the earth to consume and destroy some.
+\v 3 For I will assign them to four groups—this is Yahweh's declaration—the sword to slaughter some, the dogs to drag some away, the birds of the skies and the wild animals of the earth to consume and destroy some.
 \v 4 I will make of them a horrifying thing to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem.
 
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 \v 1 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
 \v 2 "Do not take a wife for yourself, and do not have sons or daughters for yourself in this place.
 \v 3 For Yahweh says this to the sons and daughters who are born in this place, to the mothers who bear them, and to the fathers who caused them to be born in this land,
-\v 4 'They will die diseased deaths. They will not be mourned or buried. They will be like dung on the ground. For they will come to an end by sword and famine, and their corpses will be food for the birds of the skies and the beasts of the earth.'
+\v 4 'They will die diseased deaths. They will not be mourned or buried. They will be like dung on the ground. For they will come to an end by sword and famine, and their corpses will be food for the birds of the skies and the wild animals of the earth.'
 
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 \v 6 Therefore, see, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when this place will no longer be called Topheth, the Valley of Ben Hinnom, for it will be the Valley of Slaughter.
-\v 7 In this place I will make the plans of Judah and Jerusalem useless. I will make them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of the ones seeking their lives. Then I will give their corpses as food to the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth.
+\v 7 In this place I will make the plans of Judah and Jerusalem useless. I will make them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of the ones seeking their lives. Then I will give their corpses as food to the birds of the heavens and the wild animals of the earth.
 \v 8 Then I will make this city a ruin and the object of hissing, for everyone passing by it will shudder and hiss regarding all of its plagues.
 \v 9 I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters; each man will consume the flesh of his neighbor in the siege and in the anguish brought on them by their enemies and the ones seeking their lives."'
 
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 \v 5 Then I myself will fight against you with a raised hand and a strong arm, and with wrath, fury, and great anger.
 
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-\v 6 For I will attack the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a severe plague.
+\v 6 For I will attack the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal. They will die in a severe plague.
 \v 7 After this—this is Yahweh's declaration—Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants, the people, and whoever remains in this city after the plague, the sword, and the famine, I will give them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their life. Then he will kill them with the edge of the sword. He will not pity them, spare them, or have compassion.'
 
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 \v 4 Give commands to them for their masters and say, 'Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this: This is what you must say to your masters,
 
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-\v 5 "I myself made the earth by my great strength and my raised arm. I also made the people and animals on the earth, and I give it to anyone who is right in my eyes.
+\v 5 "I myself made the earth by my great strength and my raised arm. I also made men and animals on the earth, and I give it to anyone who is right in my eyes.
 \v 6 So now, I myself am giving all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, my servant. Also, I am giving the living things in the fields to him to serve him.
 \v 7 For all the nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his land comes. Then many nations and great kings will subdue him.
 
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-\v 27 "Look, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will sow the houses of Israel and Judah with the descendants of man and beast.
+\v 27 "Look, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will sow the houses of Israel and Judah with the seed of man and the seed of animals.
 \v 28 In the past, I kept them under surveillance in order to uproot them and to tear them down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring them harm. But in the coming days, I will watch over them, in order to build them up and to plant them—this is Yahweh's declaration.
 
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 \v 42 For Yahweh says this, 'Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good things that I have said I would do for them.
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-\v 43 Then fields will be bought in this land, about which you are saying, "This is a ruined land, which has neither man nor beast. It has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans."
+\v 43 Then fields will be bought in this land, about which you are saying, "This is a ruined land, which has neither man nor animal. It has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans."
 \v 44 They will buy fields with silver and write in sealed scrolls. They will assemble witnesses in the land of Benjamin, all around Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, in the cities in the hill country and in the lowlands, and in the cities of the Negev. For I will bring back their fortunes—this is Yahweh's declaration.'"
 
 
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-\v 10 Yahweh says this, 'In this place about which you are now saying, "It is desolate, a place with neither man nor beast," in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate having neither man nor beast, there will be heard again
+\v 10 Yahweh says this, 'In this place about which you are now saying, "It is desolate, a place with neither man nor animal," in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate having neither man nor animal, there will be heard again
 \v 11 the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the sound of the groom and the sound of the bride, the sound of those who say, while they bring thank offerings to the house of Yahweh, "Give thanks to Yahweh of hosts, for Yahweh is good, and his unfailing love lasts forever!" For I will restore the fortunes of the land to what they were before,' says Yahweh.
 
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-\v 12 Yahweh of hosts says this: 'In this desolate place, where now there is neither man nor beast—in all its cities there will again be pastures where shepherds can rest their flocks. 
+\v 12 Yahweh of hosts says this: 'In this desolate place, where now there is neither man nor animal—in all its cities there will again be pastures where shepherds can rest their flocks. 
 \v 13 In the cities in the hill country, the lowlands, and the Negev,in the land of Benjamin and all around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the ones counting them,' says Yahweh.
 
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 \v 19 and then the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the eunuchs and the priests, and all the people of the land walked between the parts of the bull.
 
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-\v 20 I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who are seeking their lives. Their bodies will be food for the birds of the skies and the beasts on the earth.
+\v 20 I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who are seeking their lives. Their bodies will be food for the birds of the skies and the wild animals on the earth.
 \v 21 So I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his leaders into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who are seeking their life, and into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon that has risen up against you.
 \v 22 Look, I am about to give a command—this is Yahweh's declaration—and will bring them back to this city to wage war against it and take it, and to burn it. For I will turn the cities of Judah into ruined places in which there will be no inhabitants.'"
 
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 \v 27 Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah after the king had burned the scroll and the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah's dictation, saying,
 \v 28 "Go back, take another scroll for yourself, and write in it all the words that were on the original scroll, the one that Jehoiakim king of Judah burned.
-\v 29 Then you must say this to Jehoiakim king of Judah: 'You burned that scroll, saying, "Why have you written on it, 'The king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, for he will destroy both man and beast in it'?"'"
+\v 29 Then you must say this to Jehoiakim king of Judah: 'You burned that scroll, saying, "Why have you written on it, 'The king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, for he will cut off both man and animal from it'?"'"
 
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 \v 30 Therefore Yahweh says this concerning you, Jehoiakim king of Judah: "No descendant of yours will ever sit on the throne of David. As for you, your corpse will be thrown out into the heat of day and the frost of night.
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 \v 3 A nation from the north will arise against it, and make her land a desolation.
-\q No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee away.
+\q No one will live in it; both men and animals will flee away.
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 \v 4 In those days and at that time—this is Yahweh's declaration—the people of Israel and the people of Judah
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 \v 9 Then he said to me, "Go and see the wicked abominations that they are doing here."
 
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-\v 10 So I went in and looked, and behold! There was every form of creeping thing and detestable beast! Every idol of the house of Israel was carved into the wall all around.
+\v 10 So I went in and looked, and behold, I saw there portrayed all over the walls every form of creeping things and detestable animals, and all the idols of the house of Israel.
 \v 11 Seventy elders of the house of Israel were there, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing in their midst. They were standing in front of the images, and each man had his censer in his hand so that the smell of the cloud of incense went up.
 
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 \v 12 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
-\v 13 "Son of man, when a land sins against me by committing a sin so that I reach out with my hand against it and break the staff of its bread, and send out over it a famine and cut off both man and beast from the land;
+\v 13 "Son of man, when a land sins against me by committing a sin so that I reach out with my hand against it and break the staff of its bread, and send out over it a famine and cut off both men and animals from the land;
 \v 14 then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in the land's midst, they could only rescue their own lives by their righteousness—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.
 
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 \v 16 then even if these same three men were in it—as I live, declares the Lord Yahweh—they would not be able to rescue even their own sons or daughters; only their own lives would be rescued, but the land would become a wasteland.
 
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-\v 17 Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, 'Sword, go through the land and cut off both man and beast from it',
+\v 17 Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, 'Sword, go through the land and cut off both men and animals from it',
 \v 18 then even if these three men were in the midst of the land—as I live, declares the Lord Yahweh—they would not be able to rescue even their own sons or daughters; only their own lives would be rescued.
 
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-\v 19 Or if I send a plague against this land and pour out my fury against it through bloodshed, in order to cut off both man and beast,
+\v 19 Or if I send a plague against this land and pour out my fury against it through bloodshed, in order to cut off both men and animals,
 \v 20 then even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in that land—as I live, declares the Lord Yahweh—they would not be able to rescue even their own sons or daughters; only their own lives would be rescued by their righteousness.
 
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-\v 21 For the Lord Yahweh says this: I will certainly make things worse by sending my four punishments—famine, sword, wild animals, and plague—against Jerusalem to cut off both man and beast from her.
+\v 21 For the Lord Yahweh says this: I will certainly make things worse by sending my four punishments—famine, sword, wild animals, and plague—against Jerusalem to cut off both men and animals from her.
 
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 \v 22 Yet, behold! A remnant will be left in her, survivors who will go out with sons and daughters. Behold! They will go out to you, and you will see their ways and actions and be comforted concerning the punishment that I have sent to Jerusalem, and about everything else that I have sent against the land.
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 \v 12 The Lord Yahweh says this, 'Edom has taken vengeance against the house of Judah and has committed wrong in doing so.
-\v 13 Therefore, the Lord Yahweh says this: I will strike Edom with my hand and destroy every person and animal there. I will make them a ruined, abandoned place, from Teman to Dedan. They will fall by the sword.
+\v 13 Therefore, the Lord Yahweh says this: I will strike Edom with my hand and destroy all men and animals there. I will make them a ruined, abandoned place, from Teman to Dedan. They will fall by the sword.
 
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 \v 14 I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they will do to Edom according to my anger and my fury, and they will know my vengeance—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.'
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-\v 8 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I will bring a sword against you. I will cut off both man and beast from you.
+\v 8 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I will bring a sword against you. I will cut off both men and animals from you.
 \v 9 So the land of Egypt will become desolate and a ruin. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, because the sea monster had said, "The river is mine, for I have made it."
 \v 10 Therefore, behold! I am against you and against your river, so I will give the land of Egypt over to desolation and waste, and you will become a wasteland from the Migdol to Syene and the borders of Cush.
 
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 \q
-\v 13 For I will destroy all the livestock from beside the plentiful waters;
+\v 13 For I will destroy all the cattle from beside the plentiful waters;
 \q the foot of man will no longer stir the waters up, neither will the hooves of cattle stir them.
 \q
 \v 14 Then I will calm their waters and make their rivers run like oil—
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 \v 10 So I will multiply upon you the number of your people, even the whole house of Israel. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.
-\v 11 I will multiply man and beast on you mountains so that they will multiply and be fruitful. Then I will cause you to be inhabited as you previously were, and I will make you prosper more than you did in the past, for you will know that I am Yahweh.
+\v 11 I will multiply men and animals on you mountains so that they will multiply and be fruitful. Then I will cause you to be inhabited as you previously were, and I will make you prosper more than you did in the past, for you will know that I am Yahweh.
 \v 12 I will bring men, my people Israel, to walk on you. They will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer cause their children to die.
 
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 \v 30 The best of the firstfruits of all things and every contribution, anything from all of your contributions will belong to the priests, and you will give the first of your dough to the priests so that blessing may rest on your house.
-\v 31 The priests will not eat any carcass or animal torn by a beast, whether bird or beast.
+\v 31 The priests will not eat any carcass or animal torn by a wild animal, whether bird or beast.
 
 
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29-JOL.usfm

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 \v 21 Do not fear, land; be glad and rejoice,
 \q for Yahweh will do great things.
 \q
-\v 22 Do not fear, beasts of the field,
+\v 22 Do not fear, you wild animals!
-\q for the pastures of the wilderness will sprout,
+\q For the pastures of the wilderness will sprout,
 \q the trees will bear their fruit,
 \q and the fig trees and the vines will yield their full harvest.
 \q

32-JON.usfm

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 \v 6 Soon the news reached the king of Nineveh. He rose up from his throne, took off his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
-\v 7 He sent out a proclamation that said, "In Nineveh, by the authority of the king and his nobles, let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not eat, nor drink water.
+\v 7 He sent out a proclamation that said, "In Nineveh, by the authority of the king and his nobles: 'Do not let any man or animal, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not eat, nor drink water.
 
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 \v 8 But let both man and animal be covered with sackcloth and let them cry out loudly to God. Let each one turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.
-\v 9 Who knows? God may relent and change his mind and turn away from his fierce anger so that we do not perish."
+\v 9 Who knows? God may relent and change his mind and turn away from his fierce anger so that we do not perish.'"
 
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 \v 10 God saw what they did, that they turned from their evil ways. So then God changed his mind about the punishment that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
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 \v 10 Yahweh said, "You have had compassion for the plant, for which you have not labored, nor did you make it grow. It grew up in a night and died in a night.
-\v 11 So as for me, should I not have compassion for Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than one hundred and twenty thousand people who do not know the difference between their right hand and their left hand, and also many cattle?"
+\v 11 So as for me, should I not have compassion for Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than one hundred and twenty thousand people who do not know the difference between their right hand and their left hand, and also many animals?"
 

35-HAB.usfm

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 \v 17 The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you and the destruction of animals will terrify you.
-\q2 For you have shed human blood and you have acted with violence against the land, the cities, and all who live in them.
+\q2 For you have shed the blood of man and you have acted with violence against the land, the cities, and all who live in them.
 
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36-ZEP.usfm

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 \v 2 "I will utterly destroy everything from off the surface of the earth—this is Yahweh's declaration.
 \q
-\v 3 I will destroy man and beast; I will destroy the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,
+\v 3 I will destroy men and animals; I will destroy the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,
 \q the ruins along with the wicked.
 \q For I will cut off man from the surface of the earth—this is Yahweh's declaration.
 

37-HAG.usfm

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 \v 11 I have summoned a drought upon the land and upon the mountains, upon the grain
 \q and upon the new wine, upon the oil and upon the harvest of the earth,
-\q upon men and upon beasts, and upon all the labor of your hands!"
+\q upon men and upon animals, and upon all the labor of your hands!"
 
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38-ZEC.usfm

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 \v 3 Then the angel who had talked with me went away and another angel went out to meet him.
 \v 4 The second angel said to him, "Run and speak to that young man; say,
 \q 'Jerusalem will sit in the open country
-\q because of the multitudes of men and beasts within her.
+\q because of the multitudes of men and livestock within her.
 \q
 \v 5 For I—this is Yahweh's declaration—will become for her a wall of fire around her,
 \q and I will be the glory in her midst.
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 \q
 \v 10 For before those days
 \q no crops were gathered in by anyone,
-\q there was no profit for either man or beast,
+\q there was no profit for either man or animal,
 \q and there was no peace from enemies for anyone going or coming.
 \q I had set every person each against his neighbor.