Dedicate/ sanctify

02-EXO/29.usfm

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 \p
 \v 35 In this way, by following all that I have commanded you to do, you must treat Aaron and his sons. For seven days you must prepare them.
 \v 36 Every day you must offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. You must purify the altar by making atonement for it, and you must anoint it in order to set it apart to me. 
-\v 37 For seven days you must make atonement for the altar and set it apart it to Yahweh. Then the altar will be completely set apart to me. Whatever touches the altar will be set apart for Yahweh.
+\v 37 For seven days you must make atonement for the altar and set it apart it to Yahweh. Then the altar will be completely set apart to me. Whatever touches the altar will be set apart to Yahweh.
 
 \s5
 \p

03-LEV/22.usfm

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 \s5
 \p
 \v 10 No one outside the priest's family, including guests of a priest or his hired servants, may eat anything that is holy.
-\v 11 But if a priest buys any slave with his own money, that slave may eat from the things set apart for Yahweh. And the priest's family members and slaves born in his house, they also may eat with him from those things.
+\v 11 But if a priest buys any slave with his own money, that slave may eat from the things set apart to Yahweh. And the priest's family members and slaves born in his house, they also may eat with him from those things.
 
 \s5
 \p

05-DEU/07.usfm

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  
 \s5
 \p
-\v 6 For you are a nation that is set apart for Yahweh your God. He has chosen you to be a people for him to possess, more than all the other peoples that are on the face of the earth.
+\v 6 For you are a nation that is set apart to Yahweh your God. He has chosen you to be a people for him to possess, more than all the other peoples that are on the face of the earth.
  
 \s5
 \v 7 Yahweh did not set his love upon you or choose you because you were more in number than any people—for you were the fewest of all peoples—

05-DEU/14.usfm

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 \c 14
 \p
 \v 1 You are the people of Yahweh your God. Do not cut yourselves, nor shave any part of your face for the dead.
-\v 2 For you are a nation that is set apart for Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, more than all peoples that are on the surface of the earth.
+\v 2 For you are a nation that is set apart to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, more than all peoples that are on the surface of the earth.
 
 \s5
 \p
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
  
 \s5
 \p
-\v 21 You must not eat of anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the foreigner who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a nation that is set apart for Yahweh your God. You must not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
+\v 21 You must not eat of anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the foreigner who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a nation that is set apart to Yahweh your God. You must not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
  
 \s5
 \p

05-DEU/26.usfm

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
  
 \s5
 \v 18 And today Yahweh has acknowledged that you are a people who are his own possession, as he had promised to make you, and that you should keep all his commandments.
-\v 19 Yahweh has today acknowledged that he will set you high above all the other nations that he has made, in respect to praise, to reputation, and to honor. You will be a people that is set apart for Yahweh your God, just as he said."
+\v 19 Yahweh has today acknowledged that he will set you high above all the other nations that he has made, in respect to praise, to reputation, and to honor. You will be a people that is set apart to Yahweh your God, just as he said."
  
 
 

23-ISA/23.usfm

@@ -65,6 +65,6 @@ may be remembered.
 
 \s5
 \v 17 It will come about that after seventy years, Yahweh will help Tyre, and she will return to her trading by selling her services to all the kingdoms on the earth.
-\v 18 Her profits and earnings will be set apart for Yahweh. They will not be stored up or kept in the treasury, for her profits will be given to those who live in Yahweh's presence and will be used to supply them with abundant food and so they can have the best quality clothing.
+\v 18 Her profits and earnings will be set apart to Yahweh. They will not be stored up or kept in the treasury, for her profits will be given to those who live in Yahweh's presence and will be used to supply them with abundant food and so they can have the best quality clothing.
 
 

24-JER/51.usfm

@@ -93,8 +93,9 @@
  
 \s5
 \q
-\v 24 For in your sight I will pay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all of the evil
-\q that they did in Zion—this is Yahweh's declaration.
+\v 24 For in your sight I will pay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea
+\q for all of the evil that they did in Zion—this is Yahweh's declaration.
+
 
 \s5
 \q
@@ -107,11 +108,11 @@
  
 \s5
 \q
-\v 27 Lift up a banner over the earth. Blow the trumpet over the nations. Dedicate the nations to attack her.
-\q Report about her to the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz;
-\q appoint a commander to attack her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
+\v 27 Lift up a banner over the earth. Blow the trumpet over the nations. Call the nations to attack her:
+\q Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
+\q Appoint a commander to attack her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
 \q
-\v 28 Dedicate the nations to attack her: the kings of the Medes and his governors,
+\v 28 Prepare the nations to attack her: the kings of the Medes and his governors,
 \q all of his officials and all the lands under his rule.
  
 \s5

26-EZK/20.usfm

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 \p
 \v 10 So I sent them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.
 \v 11 Then I gave them my statutes and made my decrees known to them, by which a man will live if he obeys them.
-\v 12 I also gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between myself and them, for them to know that I am Yahweh, who dedicates them to myself.
+\v 12 I also gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between myself and them, for them to know that I am Yahweh who makes them holy.
  
 \s5
 \v 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not walk in my statutes; instead, they rejected my decrees, by which a man will live if he obeys them. They greatly profaned my Sabbaths, so I said I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness in order to end them.

26-EZK/36.usfm

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 \s5
 \p
 \v 37 The Lord Yahweh says this: Again I will be asked by the house of Israel to do this for them, to increase them like a flock of people.
-\v 38 Like the flocks that are dedicated to Yahweh, like the flocks in Jerusalem at her appointed feasts, the desolate cities will be filled with flocks of people, and they will know that I am Yahweh.'"
+\v 38 Like the flock is set apart for sacrifices, like the flock in Jerusalem at her appointed feasts, so will be the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people and they will know that I am Yahweh.'"
  
 
  

26-EZK/37.usfm

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 \s5
 \v 26 I will establish a covenant of peace with them. It will be an eternal covenant with them. I will establish them and multiply them and set my holy place in their midst forever.
 \v 27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.
-\v 28 Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh, who dedicates Israel to myself, when my holy place is in their midst forever.'"
+\v 28 Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh who sets Israel apart, when my holy place is among them forever.'"
  
 
 

26-EZK/46.usfm

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 \s5
 \p
 \v 19 Next the man brought me through the entrance at the gate to the holy rooms for the priests, which faced north and behold! There was a place toward the west.
-\v 20 He said to me, "This is the place where the priests must boil the guilt offering and the sin offering and where they must bake the grain offering. They must not bring them out to the outer courtyard, in order to dedicate the people to Yahweh."
+\v 20 He said to me, "This is the place where the priests must boil the guilt offering and the sin offering and where they must bake the grain offering. They must not bring the offerings into the outer courtyard, for then the people would be consecrated."
  
 \s5
 \v 21 Then he brought me to the outer courtyard and he led me past the four corners of that courtyard, and I saw that in at every corner of the courtyard there was a another court.

26-EZK/48.usfm

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  
 \s5
 \v 10 These will be the assignments of this holy portion of land: the priests will have land assigned to them measuring twenty-five thousand cubits in width on the north side; ten thousand cubits in width on the west side; ten thousand cubits in width on the east side; and twenty-five thousand cubits in length on the south side, with the holy place of Yahweh in the middle of it.
-\v 11 This shall be for those who are dedicated to Yahweh; the priests of the line of Zadok who have served me faithfully, who did not go astray when the people of Israel went astray, as the Levites did.
+\v 11 This will be for the consecration of the priests of the line of Zadok, who have served me faithfully and who did not go astray when the people of Israel went astray, as the Levites did.
 \v 12 The offering for them will be a portion of this most holy land, extending to the border of the Levites.
  
 \s5

28-HOS/09.usfm

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 \v 10 Yahweh says, "When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness.
 \q Like the firstfruit of the season on the fig tree, I found your fathers.
 \q But they went to Baal Peor,
-\q and they dedicated themselves to that shameful idol.
+\q and they devoted themselves to that shameful idol.
 \q They became as detestable as the idol they loved.
 
 \s5

29-JOL/03.usfm

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 \p
 \q
 \v 9 Proclaim this among the nations,
-\q 'Dedicate yourselves for war,
+\q 'Prepare yourselves for war,
 \q rouse the mighty men,
 \q let them come near,
 \q let all the men of battle come up.

37-HAG/02.usfm

@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@
 \p
 \v 10 In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet and said, 
 \v 11 "Yahweh of hosts says this: Ask the priests concerning the law, and say,
-\v 12 'If a man carries meat that is dedicated to Yahweh in the folds of his garment, and if he touches the fold to bread or stew, wine or oil, or
-any other food, does that food become holy?'" The priests answered and said, "No."
+\v 12 'If a man carries meat that is set apart to Yahweh in the folds of his garment, and if he touches bread or stew, wine or oil, or any other food with his fold, does that food become holy?'" The priests answered and said, "No."
 
 \s5
 \v 13 Then Haggai said, "If someone who is unclean because of death touches any of these things, do they become unclean?" The

38-ZEC/14.usfm

@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
 \v 19 This will be the punishment for Egypt and the punishment for every nation that does not go up to keep the Festival of Shelters.
 
 \s5
-\v 20 But on that day, the bells of the horses will say, "Dedicated to Yahweh," and the basins in Yahweh's house will be like the bowls before the altar.
-\v 21 For every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be dedicated to Yahweh of hosts, and everyone who brings a sacrifice will eat from them and boil in them. Traders will no longer be in the house of Yahweh of hosts on that day.
+\v 20 But on that day, the bells of the horses will say, "Set apart to Yahweh," and the basins in Yahweh's house will be like the bowls before the altar.
+\v 21 For every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be set apart to Yahweh of hosts and everyone who brings a sacrifice will eat from them and boil in them. On that day traders will no longer be in the house of Yahweh of hosts.
 
 
 

41-MAT/23.usfm

@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@
 \s5
 \p
 \v 16 Woe to you, you blind guides, you who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound to his oath.'
-\v 17 You blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that has dedicated the gold to God?
+\v 17 You blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that has makes the gold holy?
 
 \s5
 \v 18 And, 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing. But whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is bound to his oath.'
-\v 19 You blind people! Which is greater, the gift or the altar that dedicates the gift to God?
+\v 19 You blind people! Which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy?
 
 \s5
 \v 20 Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

43-LUK/02.usfm

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 \s5
 \p 
 \v 22 When the required number of days for their purification had passed, according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary brought him up to the temple in Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. 
-\v 23 As it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb will be dedicated to the Lord." 
+\v 23 As it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb will be set apart to the Lord." 
 \v 24 So they offered a sacrifice according to what was said in the law of the Lord, "a pair of doves or two young pigeons."
 
 \s5

46-ROM/15.usfm

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \v 15 But I am writing more boldly to you about some things in order to remind you again, because of the gift that was given me by God.
-\v 16 This gift was that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus sent to the Gentiles, to offer as a priest the gospel of God. I should do this so that the offering of the Gentiles might become acceptable, dedicated to God by the Holy Spirit.
+\v 16 This gift was that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus sent to the Gentiles, to offer as a priest the gospel of God. I should do this so that the offering of the Gentiles might become acceptable, consecrated by the Holy Spirit.
 
 \s5
 \v 17 So my delight is in Christ Jesus and in the things of God.

47-1CO/01.usfm

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 \c 1
 \p
 \v 1 Paul, called by Christ Jesus to be an apostle by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
-\v 2 to the church of God at Corinth, to those who have been dedicated in Christ Jesus, who are called to be holy people. We are also writing to all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their Lord and ours.
+\v 2 to the church of God at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, who are called to be holy people. We are also writing to all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their Lord and ours.
 \v 3 May grace and peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
 
 \s5

47-1CO/06.usfm

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 \s5
 \v 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not believe lies. The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, those who practice homosexuality,
 \v 10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, slanderers, and swindlers—none of them will inherit the kingdom of God.
-\v 11 And such were some of you. But you have been cleansed, but you have been dedicated to God, but you have been made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
+\v 11 And such were some of you. But you have been cleansed, you have been sanctified, you have been made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
 
 \s5
 \p

55-1TI/04.usfm

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 \s5
 \v 3 They will forbid to marry and to receive foods that God created for sharing with thanksgiving among those who believe and who know the truth.
 \v 4 For everything created by God is good. Nothing that we take with thanksgiving is to be rejected.
-\v 5 For it is dedicated through the word of God and prayer.
+\v 5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
 
 \s5
 \p

59-HEB/02.usfm

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 \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.
 
 \s5
-\v 11 For both the one who dedicates and those who are dedicated come from one source. For this reason he is not ashamed to call them brothers.
+\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.
 \v 12 He says,
 \q "I will proclaim your name to my brothers,
 \q I will sing about you from inside the assembly."

59-HEB/10.usfm

@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
 \p
 \v 8 First he said, "It was neither sacrifices, nor offerings, nor whole burnt offerings, nor sacrifices for sin that you desired. Nor did you take pleasure in them." These are sacrifices that are offered according to the law.
 \v 9 Then he said, "See, here I am to do your will." He takes away the first practice in order to establish the second practice.
-\v 10 In the second practice, we have been dedicated to God by his will through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
+\v 10 And by that will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
 
 \s5
 \v 11 On the one hand, every priest stands day by day to serve God. He is always offering the same sacrifices, although they can never take away sins.
 \v 12 On the other hand, Christ offered one sacrifice for sins forever, he sat down at the right hand of God.
 \v 13 He is waiting until his enemies are made a stool for his feet.
-\v 14 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are dedicated to God.
+\v 14 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
  
 \s5
 \v 15 And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us. For first he said,
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \v 28 Anyone who has rejected the law of Moses dies without mercy at the testimony of two or three witnesses.
-\v 29 How much more punishment do you think anyone deserves who has trampled on the Son of God, anyone who has treated the blood of the covenant as something unholy, the blood by which he was dedicated to God—anyone who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
+\v 29 How much worse punishment do you think one deserves who has trampled under foot the Son of God, who treated the blood of the covenant as unholy—the blood by which he was sanctified—and insulted the Spirit of grace?
 
 \s5
 \v 30 For we know the one who said, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will pay back." And again, "The Lord will judge his people."

59-HEB/13.usfm

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 \v 11 For the blood of the animals killed for sins is brought by the high priest into the holy place, while their bodies are burned outside the camp.
 
 \s5
-\v 12 So Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, in order to dedicate the people through his own blood.
+\v 12 So Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.
 \v 13 Let us therefore go to him outside the camp, bearing his shame.
 \v 14 For we do not have any permanent city here. Instead, we are looking for one that is to come.