From work on PDF Hebrews

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 \v 8 But to the Son he says,
 \q "Your throne, God, is forever and ever.
-\q The scepter of your kingdom is the scepter of justice.
+\q The scepter of your kingdom is the scepter of uprightness.
 \q
 \v 9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness.
 \q Therefore God, your God, has anointed you
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
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 \v 13 But to which of the angels has God said at any time,
 \q "Sit at my right hand
-\q until I make your enemies a stool for your feet"?
+\q until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?
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 \v 14 Are not all angels spirits who serve, and who are sent to care for those who will inherit salvation?
 
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@
 \v 1 Therefore we must give far more attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.
 
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-\v 2 For if the message that was spoken through the angels proved to be so reliable, and every trespass and disobedience receives just punishment,
+\v 2 For if the message that was spoken through the angels proved to be so reliable, and every transgression and disobedience receives just punishment,
 \v 3 how then can we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? This is salvation that was first announced by the Lord and confirmed to us by those who heard it.
-\v 4 At the same time God testified to it by signs, wonders, and various powerful deeds, and by distributing the gifts of the Holy Spirit according to his will.
+\v 4 At the same time God testified to it by signs, wonders, and various miracles, and by distributing the gifts of the Holy Spirit according to his will.
 
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@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 
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 \v 9 But we see him who was made lower than the angels for a little while, Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of his suffering and death, so that by God's grace he might taste death for everyone.
-\v 10 For it was proper for God, because everything exists for him and through him, to bring many sons to glory. It was proper for him to make the leader of their salvation complete through his sufferings.
+\v 10 For it was proper for God, because everything exists for him and through him, to bring many sons to glory. It was proper for him to make the founder of their salvation complete through his sufferings.
 
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 \v 11 For both the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified have one source. So he is not ashamed to call them brothers.
@@ -102,12 +102,12 @@
 \p And again,
 \q "See, here am I and the children whom God has given me."
 \p
-\v 14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he shared in those things in the same way, so that through death he might abolish the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil.
+\v 14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he shared in those things in the same way, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil.
 \v 15 This was so that he would free all those who through fear of death lived all their lives in slavery.
 
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 \v 16 For surely it is not the angels he helps, but Abraham's descendants. 
-\v 17 So it was necessary for him to become like his brothers in all ways, so that he would be a merciful and faithful high priest in relation to the things of God, and so that he would bring about the pardon of the people's sins.
+\v 17 So it was necessary for him to become like his brothers in all ways, so that he would be a merciful and faithful high priest in relation to the things of God, and so that he would make propitiation for the people's sins.
 \v 18 Because Jesus himself has suffered and was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
 
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 \v 9 This was when your ancestors rebelled by testing me,
 \q and when, during forty years, they saw my deeds.
 \q
-\v 10 Therefore I was displeased with that generation.
+\v 10 Therefore I was angry with that generation.
 \q I said, 'They have always gone astray in their hearts.
 \q They have not known my ways.'
 \q