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 \v 1 After Ehud died, the Israelites did not obey Yahweh and they did evil things, and Yahweh saw what they were doing.
-\v 2 So he allowed the army of Jabin, one of the kings in the region of Canaan, who ruled in the city of Hazor, to conquer the Israelites. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth (where many of those who were not Israelites lived).
+\v 2 So he allowed the army of Jabin, one of the kings in the region of Canaan who ruled in the city of Hazor, to conquer the Israelites. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth (where many of those who were not Israelites lived).
 \v 3 Sisera's army had nine hundred chariots made out of iron. For twenty years he cruelly oppressed the Israelites. Then they pleaded to Yahweh to help them.
 
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 \v 5 She would sit under her palm tree (they called it the "palm of Deborah") at a place between Ramah and Bethel, in the hill country where the descendants of Ephraim lived, and people would come to her and ask her to settle their legal disputes. She would determine what was right and fair.
 
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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 ten thousand 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 river  Kishon, a few miles away. I will enable your men to defeat them there.'"
+\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 ten thousand men with you, some from Naphtali and some from 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 river Kishon, a few miles away. I will enable your men to defeat them there.'"
 
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-\v 11 At that time Heber (the Kenite) had moved away from the Kenites with his wife Jael, and set up his tent near the big oak tree at Zaanannim, near Kedesh. (Heber was a descendant of Moses's father-in-law Hobab.)
+\v 11 At that time Heber (the Kenite) had moved away from the Kenites with his wife Jael and set up his tent near the big oak tree at Zaanannim, near Kedesh. (Heber was a descendant of Moses's father-in-law Hobab.)
 
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-\v 19 He said to her, "I am thirsty; can you give me some water?" So she opened a leather container of milk, and gave him a drink. Then she covered him with a blanket again.
+\v 19 He said to her, "I am thirsty; can you give me some water?" So she opened a leather container of milk and gave him a drink. Then she covered him with a blanket again.
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-\v 20 He said to her, "Stand in the entrance of the tent. If someone comes and asks, 'Is anyone else here?', say 'No'."
+\v 20 He said to her, "Stand in the entrance of the tent. If someone comes and asks, 'Is anyone else here?' say 'No'."
 
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 \v 6 When Shamgar was our leader and in the days of Jael,
 \q2 we were afraid to walk on the main roads;
-\q2 instead, caravans of travelers walked on winding, less traveled roads
+\q2 instead, caravans of travelers walked on winding, less-traveled roads
 \q1 to avoid being molested.
 
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 \q2 until I, Deborah, became their leader.
 \q2 I became like a mother to the Israelite people.
 \v 8 When the Israelite people abandoned Yahweh and chose new gods,
-\q2 enemies attacked the gates of the cities,
+\q2 enemies attacked the gates of the cities
 \q1 and then they took away the shields and spears from forty thousand Israelite soldiers.
 \q2 Not one was left with a metal weapon.
 
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 \v 13 Later, some of the Israelite people who survived the battle
 \q1 came down from the highlands to where their leaders were.
-\q2 These were men who belonged to Yahweh and they came down to me
+\q2 These were men who belonged to Yahweh, and they came down to me
 \q1 to fight their enemies alongside these warriors.
 
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 \v 16 Why did you men stay at your fireplaces,
 \q2 waiting to hear the shepherds whistle for their flocks of sheep to come to the pens?
 \q2 Men in the tribe descended from Reuben could not decide
-\q2 whether they would join us to fight our enemies, or not.
+\q2 whether or not they would join us to fight our enemies.
 
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 \q1 They stayed in their coves.
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 \v 18 But men from the tribe descended from Zebulun risked their lives on the battlefield,
-\q2 and men descended from Naphtali were ready to do that, also.
+\q2 and men descended from Naphtali were ready to do that also.
 
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-\v 24 But God is very pleased with Jael,
+\v 24 But God is very pleased with Jael
 \q2 (the wife of Heber the Kenite).
 \q2 He is more pleased with her than with all the other women who live in tents.
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 \q2 She pounded the tent peg right through his head.
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 \v 27 He collapsed at her feet
-\q2 and he fell and he layed there and did not move.
+\q2 and he fell and he lay there and did not move.
 \q1 At her feet he sank down,
 \q2 and there he fell limp. He was dead.
 
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 \v 30 'Perhaps they are dividing up the things and the people they captured after the battle.
 \q2 Each soldier will get one or two women who will bear them children.
-\q2 Sisera will get some beautiful robes,
+\q2 Sisera will get some beautiful robes
 \q2 and some beautiful embroidered robes for me.'
 
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 \v 3 At the time when the Israelites planted their crops in the fields, the people of Midian and Amalek and people from the east attacked the Israelites.
-\v 4 They set up tents in the area, and then destroyed the crops as far south as Gaza. They did not leave anything for the Israelites to eat and took away the sheep, the cattle and the donkeys.
+\v 4 They set up tents in the area and then destroyed the crops as far south as Gaza. They did not leave anything for the Israelites to eat and took away the sheep, the cattle, and the donkeys.
 
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-\v 5 They came into Israel with their tents and their livestock like a swarm of locusts. There were so many of them that arrived riding on their camels that no one could count. They stayed so they could ruin the land.
+\v 5 They came into Israel with their tents and their livestock like a swarm of locusts. There were so many of them that arrived riding on their camels that no one could count them. They stayed so they could ruin the land.
 \v 6 The people of Midian took almost everything the Israelites owned. So finally the Israelites pleaded for Yahweh to help them.
 
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 \v 8 Yahweh sent to them a prophet, who said, "This is what Yahweh the God of Israel says, 'I brought up your ancestors out of Egypt, out of the places where you all were slaves.
 
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-\v 9 But I rescued them from the leaders of Egypt and from all the others who oppressed you. I expelled their enemies from this land, and gave it to you.
-\v 10 I told you and your ancestors, "I am Yahweh, your God. You are now in the land of the Amorites, but you must not worship the gods they worship here in this land in which you are living." But you did not obey me.'"
+\v 9 But I rescued them from the leaders of Egypt and from all the others who oppressed you. I expelled their enemies from this land and gave it to you.
+\v 10 I told you and your ancestors, "I am Yahweh your God. You are now in the land of the Amorites, but you must not worship the gods they worship here in this land in which you are living." But you did not obey me.'"
 
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 \v 16 Yahweh said to him, "I will help you. So you will defeat the Midianite army as easily as if you were fighting only one man!"
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-\v 17 Gideon replied, "If you are truly pleased with me, do something which will prove that you who are speaking to me are really Yahweh.
+\v 17 Gideon replied, "If you are truly pleased with me, do something that will prove that you who are speaking to me are really Yahweh.
 \v 18 But do not go away until I go and bring back an offering to you."
 \p Yahweh answered, "Very well, I will stay here until you return."
 
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-\v 19 Gideon hurried to his home. He killed a young goat and cooked it. Then he took a about twenty-two liters of flour and baked some bread without yeast. Then he put the cooked meat in a basket, and put the broth from the meat in a pot, and took it to Yahweh, who was sitting under the tree.
+\v 19 Gideon hurried to his home. He killed a young goat and cooked it. Then he took about twenty-two liters of flour and baked some bread without yeast. Then he put the cooked meat in a basket and put the broth from the meat in a pot and took it to Yahweh, who was sitting under the tree.
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 \v 20 Then the angel of God said to him, "Put the meat and the bread on this rock. Then pour the broth on top of it." So Gideon did that.
 
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-\v 27 So Gideon and ten of his servants did what Yahweh commanded. But they did it at night, because he was afraid what the other members of his family and the other men in town would do to him if they found out that he had done that.
+\v 27 So Gideon and ten of his servants did what Yahweh commanded. But they did it at night because he was afraid what the other members of his family and the other men in town would do to him if they found out that he had done that.
 
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-\v 28 Early the next morning, as soon as the men got up, they saw that the altar to Baal was in ruins, and the Asherah pole was gone. They saw that there was a new altar there, and on it was what remained from the bulls they had sacrificed.
+\v 28 Early the next morning, as soon as the men got up, they saw that the altar to Baal was in ruins and the Asherah pole was gone. They saw that there was a new altar there, and on it was what remained from the bulls they had sacrificed.
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 \v 29 The people asked each other, "Who did this?" After they investigated, someone told them that it was Gideon son of Joash who had done it.
 
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-\v 30 The men of the town said to Joash, "Bring your son out here! He must be put to death, because he destroyed our god Baal's altar and cut down the Asherah pole where we worship!"
+\v 30 The men of the town said to Joash, "Bring your son out here! He must be put to death because he destroyed our god Baal's altar and cut down the Asherah pole where we worship!"
 
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-\v 31 But Joash replied to those who came against him, "Are you trying to defend Baal? Are you trying to argue his case? Anyone who tries to defend Baal should be executed by tomorrow morning! If Baal is truly a god, he ought to be able to defend himself, when someone tears down his altar!"
-\v 32 From that time, people called Gideon Jerub Baal, which means "Baal should defend himself," because he had torn down Baal's altar.
+\v 31 But Joash replied to those who came against him, "Are you trying to defend Baal? Are you trying to argue his case? Anyone who tries to defend Baal should be executed by tomorrow morning! If Baal is truly a god, he ought to be able to defend himself when someone tears down his altar!"
+\v 32 From that time, people called Gideon 'Jerub Baal,' which means "Baal should defend himself," because he had torn down Baal's altar.
 
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-\v 39 Then Gideon said to God, "Do not be angry with me, but let me ask you to do one more thing. Tonight I will put the fleece out again. This time, let the fleece remain dry, while the ground is wet with the dew."
+\v 39 Then Gideon said to God, "Do not be angry with me, but let me ask you to do one more thing. Tonight I will put the fleece out again. This time, let the fleece remain dry while the ground is wet with the dew."
 \v 40 So that night, God did what Gideon asked him to do. The next morning the fleece was dry, but the ground was covered with dew.
 
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