Bob Johnson's Reader Reports

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04-NUM/07.usfm

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 \v 36 On the fifth day, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, leader of the descendants of Simeon, offered his sacrifice.
-\v 37 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain offering.
+\v 37 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
 \v 38 He also gave one gold dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense.
  
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 \v 48 On the seventh day, Elishama son of Ammihud, leader of the descendants of Ephraim, offered his sacrifice.
-\v 49 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain offering.
+\v 49 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
 \v 50 He also gave one gold dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense.
  
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 \v 54 On the eighth day, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, leader of the descendants of Manasseh, offered his sacrifice.
-\v 55 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain offering.
+\v 55 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
 \v 56 He also gave one gold dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense.
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 \v 57 He gave as a burnt offering one young bull, one ram, and a one-year-old male lamb.
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 \v 66 On the tenth day, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, leader of the descendants of Dan, offered his sacrifice.
-\v 67 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain offering.
+\v 67 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
 \v 68 He also gave one gold dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense.
  
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 \v 78 On the twelfth day, Ahira son of Enan, leader of the descendants of Naphtali, offered his sacrifice.
-\v 79 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain offering.
+\v 79 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
 \v 80 He also gave one gold dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense.
  
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05-DEU/28.usfm

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 \v 29 You will grope about at noonday like the blind grope in the darkness, and you will not prosper in your ways; you will be always oppressed and robbed, and there will be no one to save you.
  
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-\v 30 You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will seize her and force her to lie with him. You will build a house but not live in it; you will plant a vineyard but not enjoy its fruit.
+\v 30 You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will seize her and rape her. You will build a house but not live in it; you will plant a vineyard but not enjoy its fruit.
 \v 31 Your ox will be slain before your eyes, but you will not eat its meat; your donkey will be forcibly taken away from before you, and will not be restored to you. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and you will have no one to aid you.
  
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12-2KI/06.usfm

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 \v 17 Elisha prayed and said, "Yahweh, I beg that you will open his eyes that he may see." Then Yahweh opened the servant's eyes, and he saw. Behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha!
-\v 18 When the Arameans came down to him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh and said, "Make these people blind, I ask you." So Yahweh made them blind, just as Elisha had asked.
+\v 18 When the Arameans came down to him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh and said, "Strike these people blind, I ask you." So Yahweh made them blind, just as Elisha had asked.
 \v 19 Then Elisha told the Arameans, "This is not the way, neither is this the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you are looking for." And he led them to Samaria.
 
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12-2KI/13.usfm

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 \v 17 Elisha said, "Open the window eastward," so he opened it. Then Elisha said, "Shoot!", and he shot. Elisha said, "This is Yahweh's arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you will attack the Arameans in Aphek until you have consumed them."
-\v 18 Then Elisha said, "Take the arrows," so Joash took them. He said to the king of Israel, "Hit the ground with them," and he hit the ground three times, then stopped.
+\v 18 Then Elisha said, "Take the arrows," so Joash took them. He said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground with them," and he struck the ground three times, then stopped.
 \v 19 But the man of God was angry with him and said, "You should have hit the ground five or six times. Then you would have had attacked Aram until you had annihilated it, but now you will attack Aram only three times."
 
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23-ISA/13.usfm

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 \v 15 Every one who is found will be killed, and every one who is captured will die by the sword.
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 \v 16 Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. 
-\q1 Their houses will be plundered and their wives seized and slept with.
+\q1 Their houses will be plundered and their wives raped.
 
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38-ZEC/01.usfm

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 \v 6 But my words and my decrees that I commanded my servants the prophets, 
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-So they repented and said, 'Just as Yahweh of hosts has planned to do to us because of our ways and acts, so he has done to us.'"
+So they repented and said, 'Just as Yahweh of hosts planned to do to us what our ways and actions deserved, so he has dealt with us.'"
 
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 scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem."
 
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-\v 20 Then Yahweh showed me four blacksmiths.
+\v 20 Then Yahweh showed me four craftsmen.
-\v 21 I said, "What are these people coming to do?" He answered, and said, "These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no man would
+\v 21 I said, "What are these people coming to do?" He answered, and said, "These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no man would lift up his head. But these people are coming to drive them out, to cast down the horns of the nations that lifted up any horn against
-lift up his head. But these people are coming to drive them out, to cast down the horns of the nations that lifted up any horn against
 the land of Judah to scatter her."

38-ZEC/02.usfm

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-\v 8 For after Yahweh of hosts honored me and sent me against the nations that plundered you,
+\v 8 For after Yahweh of hosts honored me and sent me against the nations that plundered you—
-\q for whoever touches you, touches the apple of God's eye! After Yahweh did this, he said,
+\q for whoever touches you, touches the apple of God's eye!—after Yahweh did this, he said,
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 \v 9 "I myself will shake my hand over them, and they will be plunder for their slaves."
 \q Then you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me.

38-ZEC/03.usfm

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 \v 8 Listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your companions who live with you! 
 \q For these men are a sign, for I myself will bring up my servant the Branch.
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-\v 9 Now look at the stone that I have set before Joshua. There are seven sides to this single stone, 
+\v 9 Now look at the stone that I have set before Joshua. There are seven eyes on this single stone, 
 \q and I will engrave an inscription—this is the declaration of Yahweh of host—
 \q and I will remove the sin from this land in one day.
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-\v 10 In that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of host—each man will invite his neighbor to relax under his vine and under his fig tree."
+\v 10 In that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of host—each man will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and under his fig tree."
 
 
 

38-ZEC/06.usfm

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 \v 5 The angel answered and said to me, "These are the four winds of heaven that go out from the place where they were standing before the Lord of all the earth.
-\v 6 The chariot with the black horses is going out to the north country; the white horses are going out to the west country; and the spotted gray horses are going out to the south country."
+\v 6 The one with the black horses is going out to the north country; the white horses are going out to the west country; and the spotted gray horses are going out to the south country."
 
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 \v 7 These strong horses went out and sought to go and roam over the earth, so the angel said, "Go and roam over the earth!" and they left for all the earth.

38-ZEC/07.usfm

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 \v 9 "Yahweh of hosts says this, 'Judge with true justice, covenant faithfulness, 
 \q and mercy. Let each man do this for his brother.
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-\v 10 About the widow and orphan, the foreigner, and the poor person—do not oppress them. 
+\v 10 About the widow and orphan, the foreigner, and the poor person—do not oppress them, 
-\q And as doing any evil to one another—you must not plot any harm in your heart.'
+\q and let none of you plot any harm against another in your heart.'
 
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 \v 11 But they refused to pay attention and set their shoulders stubbornly. They stopped up their ears so they would not hear.

38-ZEC/10.usfm

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-\v 3 My wrath burns against the shepherds; it is the male goats—the leaders—that I will punish. 
+\v 3 My wrath burns against the shepherds; it is the male goats—the leaders—that I will punish. Yahweh of hosts will also attend to his flock, the house of Judah, and make them like his warhorse in battle!
-Yahweh of hosts will also attend to his flock, the house of Judah, and make them like his war horse in battle!
 
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38-ZEC/11.usfm

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 \v 7 So I became the shepherd of the flock destined for slaughter, for those who dealt in sheep. I took two staffs; one staff I called "Favor" and the other I called "Unity." In this way I shepherded the flock.
-\v 8 I killed the three shepherds in one month. And I grew tired of the sheep owners, for they also hated me.
+\v 8 In one month I destroyed the three shepherds, for I ran out of patience with them, and they hated me as well.
 \v 9 Then I said to the owners, "I will not work as a shepherd for you any longer. The sheep that are dying—let them die; the sheep that are being destroyed—let them be destroyed. Let the sheep that remain each eat the flesh of its neighbor."
 
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38-ZEC/12.usfm

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 \v 1 This is a declaration of Yahweh's word concerning Israel—a declaration of Yahweh,
 \p who stretched out the skies and laid the foundation of the earth, who fashions the spirit of mankind within man,
 \v 2 "See, I am about to make Jerusalem into a cup causing all the peoples surrounding her to stagger about. It will also be like that for Judah during the siege against Jerusalem.
-\v 3 It will come about on that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. Anyone trying to lift that stone will hurt himself very much, and all the nations of the earth will gather against that city.
+\v 3 On that day that, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. Anyone trying to lift that stone will hurt himself very much, and all the nations of the earth will gather against that city.
 
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 \v 4 On that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will strike every horse with terror and every rider with madness. I will look with favor on the house of Judah
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 \v 7 Yahweh will save the tents of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and the honor of those who live in Jerusalem may not be greater than the rest of Judah.
 \v 8 On that day Yahweh will be the defender of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on that day those who are weak among them will be like David, while the house of David will be like God, like the angel of Yahweh in front of them.
-\v 9 "It will come about on that day that I will begin to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
+\v 9 "On that day that I will begin to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
 
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38-ZEC/13.usfm

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 \v 1 "On that day a spring will be opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for their sin and impurity.
-\v 2 Then it will be on that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of host—that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land so that they will no longer be called to mind. I will also cause the false prophets and their unclean spirit to go out of the land. 
+\v 2 On that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of host—that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land so that they will no longer be called to mind. I will also cause the false prophets and their unclean spirit to go out of the land. 
 
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 \v 3 If any man continues to prophesy, his father and mother who bore him will tell him, 'You will not live, for you speak lies in the name of Yahweh!' 
 Then the father and mother who bore him will pierce him when he prophesies.
 
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-\v 4 Then it will happen on that day that each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he is about to prophesy. These prophets will no longer wear a hairy cloak, in order to deceive the people.
+\v 4 On that day that each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he is about to prophesy. These prophets will no longer wear a hairy cloak, in order to deceive the people.
 \v 5 For each will say, 'I am not a prophet! I am a man who works the soil, for the land became my work while I was still a young man!'
 \v 6 But someone will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' and he will answer, 'I was wounded with those in my friends' house.'"
 
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 \v 7 "Sword! Rouse yourself against my shepherd, 
 \q the man who stands close to me—
 \q this is the declaration of Yahweh of host.
-\q Kill the shepherd, 
+\q Strike the shepherd, 
 \q and the flock will scatter!
 \q For I will turn my hand against the lowly ones.
 

38-ZEC/14.usfm

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 \v 1 Behold! A day for Yahweh is coming when your plunder will be divided in your midst.
-\v 2 For I will gather every nation against Jerusalem for battle and the city will be captured. The houses will be plundered and the women violated. Half of the city will go out into captivity, but the remainder of the people will not be cut off from the city.
+\v 2 For I will gather every nation against Jerusalem for battle and the city will be captured. The houses will be plundered and the women raped. Half of the city will go out into captivity, but the remainder of the people will not be cut off from the city.
 
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 \v 3 But Yahweh will go out and wage war against those nations as when he wages war on the day of battle.
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 \v 5 Then you will flee down the valley between Yahweh's mountains, for the valley between those mountains will reach to Azal. You will flee just as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah. Then Yahweh my God will come and all the holy ones will be with him.
 
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-\v 6 It will happen that on that day that there will be no light, but no cold or frost either. 
+\v 6 On that day that there will be no light, but no cold or frost either. 
 \v 7 On that day, a day known only to Yahweh, there will no longer be day or night, for the evening will be a time of light.
-\v 8 And on that day living waters will flow out of Jerusalem. Half of them will flow to the eastern sea and half to the western sea, in summer and in winter.
+\v 8 On that day living waters will flow out of Jerusalem. Half of them will flow to the eastern sea and half to the western sea, in summer and in winter.
 
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 \v 12 This will be the plague with which Yahweh will attack all the peoples that waged war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot away even as they are standing on their feet. Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
-\v 13 It will happen on that day that great fear from Yahweh will come among them. Each man will seize his neigbor's hand. Each hand will be raised against its neighbor's hand.
+\v 13 On that day that great fear from Yahweh will come among them. Each man will seize his neighbor's hand. Each hand will be raised against its neighbor's hand.
 
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 \v 14 Judah will also fight against Jerusalem. They will gather the wealth of all the surrounding nations—gold, silver, and fine clothes in great abundance.
-\v 15 A plague will also be on the horses and the mules, the camels and donkeys, and on every animal in those camps they will also suffer that same plague.
+\v 15 A plague will also be on the horses and the mules, the camels and the donkeys, and on every animal in those camps will also suffer that same plague.
 
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48-2CO/13.usfm

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 \v 13 All of the believers greet you.
-\f + Some translations combine verse 13 with verse 12 and number verse 14 as verse 13.\f*
+\f + \ft Some translations combine verse 13 with verse 12 and number verse 14 as verse 13.\f*
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 \v 14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.