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01-GEN/01.usfm

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 \v 26 God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
-\f + \ft Some ancient copies have: \fqa ...Over the livestock, over all the animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. \fqb \f* 
+\f + \ft Some ancient copies have: \fqa ... Over the livestock, over all the animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. \fqb \f* 
 \v 27 God created man in his own image. In his own image he created him. Male and female he created them.
 
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01-GEN/25.usfm

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 \v 29 Jacob cooked some stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was weak from hunger.
-\v 30 Esau said to Jacob, "Feed me with that red stew. Please, I am exhausted!" That is why was his name was called Edom.
+\v 30 Esau said to Jacob, "Feed me with that red stew. Please, I am exhausted!" That is why his name was called Edom.
 
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 \v 31 Jacob said, "First sell me your birthright."

02-EXO/23.usfm

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 \v 15 You are to observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you will eat unleavened bread for seven days. At that time, you will appear before me in the month of Abib, which is fixed for this purpose. It was in this month that you came out from Egypt. But you must not appear before me empty-handed.
 
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-\v 16 You must observe the Festival of Harvest, the first fruits of your labors when you sowed seed in the fields. Also you must observe the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your produce from the fields.
+\v 16 You must observe the Festival of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors when you sowed seed in the fields. Also you must observe the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your produce from the fields.
 \v 17 All your males must appear before me, Yahweh, three times every year.
 
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 \v 18 You must not offer the blood from sacrifices made to me with bread containing yeast. The fat from the sacrifices at my festivals must not remain all night until the morning.
-\v 19 You must bring the choicest first fruits from your land into my house, the house of Yahweh your God. You must not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
+\v 19 You must bring the choicest firstfruits from your land into my house, the house of Yahweh your God. You must not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
 
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 \v 23 My angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and the Jebusites. I will destroy them.
-\v 24 You must not bow down to their gods, worship them, or do as they do. Instead, you must completely overthrow them and smash their sacred stone pillars in pieces.
+\v 24 You must not bow down to their gods, worship them, or do as they do. Instead, you must completely overthrow them and smash their stone pillars in pieces.
 \v 25 You must worship me, Yahweh your God. If you do, I will bless your bread and water. I will remove sickness from among you.
 
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02-EXO/34.usfm

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 \v 12 Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, or they will become a trap among you.
-\v 13 Instead, you must break down their altars, smash their sacred stone pillars, and cut down their Asherah poles.
+\v 13 Instead, you must break down their altars, smash their stone pillars, and cut down their Asherah poles.
 \v 14 For you must worship no other god, for I, Yahweh, whose name is 'Jealous,' am a jealous God.
  
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 \v 25 You must not offer the blood of my sacrifice with any yeast, nor may any meat from the sacrifice at the Festival of the Passover be left over to the morning.
-\v 26 You must bring the best of the first fruits from your fields to my house. You must not boil a young goat in its mother's milk."
+\v 26 You must bring the best of the firstfruits from your fields to my house. You must not boil a young goat in its mother's milk."
 
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 \v 27 Yahweh said to Moses, "Write down these words, for I pledge myself to these words I have spoken, and have made a covenant with you and Israel."

03-LEV/02.usfm

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 \v 11 No grain offering that you offer to Yahweh is to be made with yeast, for you must burn no leaven, nor any honey, as an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
-\v 12 You will offer them to Yahweh as an offering of first fruits, but they will not be used to produce a sweet aroma on the altar.
+\v 12 You will offer them to Yahweh as an offering of firstfruits, but they will not be used to produce a sweet aroma on the altar.
 \v 13 You must season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must never allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be missing from your grain offering. With all your offerings you must offer salt.
 
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-\v 14 If you offer a grain offering of first fruits to Yahweh, offer fresh grain that is roasted with fire and then crushed into meal.
+\v 14 If you offer a grain offering of firstfruits to Yahweh, offer fresh grain that is roasted with fire and then crushed into meal.
 \v 15 Then you must put oil and incense on it. This is a grain offering.
 \v 16 Then the priest will burn part of the crushed grain and oil and incense to gratefully think about Yahweh's goodness. This is an offering made by fire to Yahweh. 
 

03-LEV/20.usfm

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 \v 6 The person who turns to those who talk with the dead, or to those who talk with spirits so as to prostitute themselves with them, I will set my face against that person; I will cut him off from among his people.
 \v 7 Therefore dedicate yourselves to Yahweh and be holy, because I am Yahweh your God.
-\f + \ft Several modern versions have: \fqa ...Because I, Yahweh your God, am holy \fqb \f*
+\f + \ft Several modern versions have: \fqa ... Because I, Yahweh your God, am holy \fqb \f*
 
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03-LEV/23.usfm

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 \v 9 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
-\v 10 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you have come into the land that I will give you, and when you reap its harvest, then you must bring a sheaf of its first fruits to the priest. 
+\v 10 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you have come into the land that I will give you, and when you reap its harvest, then you must bring a sheaf of its firstfruits to the priest. 
 \v 11 He will raise the sheaf before Yahweh and present it to him, for it to be accepted on your behalf. It is on the day after the Sabbath that the priest will raise it and present it to me.
 
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 \v 16 until the day after the seventh Sabbath. That is, you must count fifty days. Then you must offer an offering of new grain to Yahweh. 
 
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-\v 17 You must bring out of your houses two loaves made from two tenths of an ephah. They must be made from fine flour and baked with yeast; they will be an offering from the first fruits that will be raised and presented to Yahweh.
+\v 17 You must bring out of your houses two loaves made from two tenths of an ephah. They must be made from fine flour and baked with yeast; they will be an offering from the firstfruits that will be raised and presented to Yahweh.
 \v 18 You must present with the bread seven lambs one year old and without blemish, one young bull, and two rams. They must be a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering made by fire and producing a sweet aroma for Yahweh.
 
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 \v 19 You must offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice, as fellowship offerings.
-\v 20 The priest must raise them up before Yahweh, together with the bread of the first fruits, and present them to him as an offering with the two lambs. They will be holy offerings to Yahweh for the priest.
+\v 20 The priest must raise them up before Yahweh, together with the bread of the firstfruits, and present them to him as an offering with the two lambs. They will be holy offerings to Yahweh for the priest.
 \v 21 You must make a proclamation on that same day. There will be a holy assembly, and you must do no ordinary work. This will be a permanent statute throughout your people's generations in all the places where you live.
 
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03-LEV/26.usfm

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 \v 29 You will eat the flesh of your sons; you will eat the flesh of your daughters.
-\v 30 I will destroy your shrines, cut down your incense altars, and throw your corpses on the corpses of your idols, and I myself will abhor you.
+\v 30 I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and throw your corpses on the corpses of your idols, and I myself will abhor you.
 
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 \v 31 I will turn your cities into ruins and destroy your sanctuaries. I will not be pleased with the aroma of your offerings.

04-NUM/05.usfm

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 \v 18 The priest must place the woman before Yahweh. The woman must uncover her head and untie her hair. The priest must put into her hands the grain offering as an indicator. This is the grain offering of jealousy. The priest must hold in his hand the bitter water with the dust in it that can bring a curse on her.
-\v 19 The priest must cause her to swear an oath. He must say to the woman, "If no man has slept with you, and if you have not gone astray and committed impurity, then you will certainly be free from this bitter water that can bring a curse.
+\v 19 The priest must cause her to swear an oath. He must say to the woman, 'If no man has slept with you, and if you have not gone astray and committed impurity, then you will certainly be free from this bitter water that can bring a curse.
  
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-\v 20 But if you, a woman under her husband, have gone astray, if you are defiled, and if some other man has slept with you..."
-\v 21 Then the priest must cause the woman to swear an oath that can bring down a curse on her, and then he must continue speaking to the woman, "...then Yahweh will make you into a curse that will be shown to your people to be such. This will happen if Yahweh causes your thigh to waste away and your abdomen to swell.
-\v 22 This water that brings the curse will go into your stomach, swell your abdomen, and waste away your thighs." The woman is to reply, "Yes, let that happen if I am guilty."
+\v 20 But if you, a woman under her husband, have gone astray, if you are defiled, and if some other man has slept with you, 
+\v 21 then,' (the priest must cause the woman to swear an oath that can bring down a curse on her, and then he must continue speaking to the woman) 'Yahweh will make you into a curse that will be shown to your people to be such. This will happen if Yahweh causes your thigh to waste away and your abdomen to swell.
+\v 22 This water that brings the curse will go into your stomach, swell your abdomen and waste away your thighs.' The woman is to reply, 'Yes, let that happen if I am guilty.'
  
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 \v 30 It is the law for a man with a spirit of jealousy when he is jealous of his wife. He must bring the woman before Yahweh, and the priest must do to her everything that this law of jealousy describes.
  
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-\v 31 The man will be free from guilt for bringing his wife to the priest. The woman must bear any guilt she might have.'"
+\v 31 The man will be free from guilt for bringing his wife to the priest. The woman must bear any guilt she might have."
 
 
 

04-NUM/11.usfm

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 \v 17 I will come down and talk with you there. I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them. They will bear the burden of the people with you. You will not have to bear it alone.
 
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-\v 18 Say to the people, 'dedicate yourselves to Yahweh for tomorrow. You will indeed eat meat, for you have wept in Yahweh's hearing. You said, "Who will give us meat to eat? It was good for us in Egypt." So Yahweh will give you meat, and you will eat it.
+\v 18 Say to the people, 'Dedicate yourselves to Yahweh for tomorrow. You will indeed eat meat, for you have wept in Yahweh's hearing. You said, "Who will give us meat to eat? It was good for us in Egypt." So Yahweh will give you meat, and you will eat it.
 \v 19 You will not eat meat for only one day, two days, five days, ten days, or twenty days,
 \v 20 but you will eat meat for a whole month until it comes out of your nostrils. It will disgust you because you have rejected Yahweh, who is among you. You have wept before him. You said, "Why did we leave Egypt?"'"
  

04-NUM/18.usfm

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 \v 8 Then Yahweh said to Aaron, "Look, I have given you the duty of handling the offerings raised up to me, and all the holy offerings that people of Israel give to me. I have given these offerings to you and your sons as your ongoing share.
-\v 9 These things from the offerings that are completely dedicated to Yahweh, but are not completely burned up will be yours. Every sacrifice the people bring, including every grain offering, every sin offering, and every guilt offering—all these very holy offerings—that they reserve for me and bring to me will be for you and for your sons.
+\v 9 These things from the offerings that are completely dedicated to Yahweh, but are not completely burned up, will be yours. Every sacrifice the people bring, including every grain offering, every sin offering, and every guilt offering—all these very holy offerings that they reserve for me and bring to me—will be for you and for your sons.
  
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 \v 10 It is completely dedicated to me, that you must eat these offerings. Every male among you must eat these offerings. They must be regarded by you as reserved for me.
 \v 11 These are the offerings that will belong to you: their gifts that are set apart from all the raised offerings of the people of Israel, offerings that have been raised high before me and presented to me. I have given them to you, your sons, and your daughters, as your ongoing share. Everyone who is ritually clean in your family may eat any of these offerings.
  
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-\v 12 All the best of the oil, all the best of the new wine and grain, the first fruits that the people give to me—all these things I have given to you.
+\v 12 All the best of the oil, all the best of the new wine and grain, the firstfruits that the people give to me—all these things I have given to you.
 \v 13 The first ripe produce of all that is in their land, which they bring to me, will be yours. Everyone who is clean in your family may eat these things.
  
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04-NUM/21.usfm

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 \v 14 That is why it says in the scroll of the Wars of Yahweh,
-\q "Waheb in Suphah,
-\q and the valleys of the Arnon,
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-\v 15 the slope of the valleys
-\q that lead toward the town of Ar
+\q "Waheb in Suphah, and the valleys of the Arnon,
+\v 15 the slope of the valleys that lead toward the town of Ar
 \q and go down toward the border of Moab."
  
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 \v 28 A fire blazed from Heshbon,
 \q a flame from the city of Sihon 
 \q that devoured Ar of Moab,
-\q and the owners of the hills by the Arnon.
+\q and the owners of the high places of Arnon.
  
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04-NUM/22.usfm

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-\v 41 In the morning, Balak took Balaam up to the shrines of Baal. From there Balaam could see only a part of the Israelites in their camp.
+\v 41 In the morning, Balak took Balaam up to the high place of Baal. From there Balaam could see only a part of the Israelites in their camp.
 
 
 

04-NUM/23.usfm

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 \v 7 Then Balaam began to speak his prophecy and said,
-\q "Balak has brought me from Aram.
-\q2 The king of Moab from the eastern mountains.
+\q "Balak has brought me from Aram,
+\q2 the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.
 \q 'Come, curse Jacob for me,' he said.
 \q2 'Come, defy Israel.'
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 \q2 Or a human being, that he should change his mind.
 \q Has he promised anything without doing it?
 \q2 Has he said he would do something without carrying it out?
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 \v 20 Look, I have been commanded to bless.
 \q2 God has given a blessing, and I cannot reverse it.
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 \q2 or trouble in Israel.
 \q Yahweh their God is with them,
 \q2 and shouts for their king are among them.
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 \v 22 God brought them out of Egypt
 \q2 With strength like that of a wild ox.
  
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 \v 24 Look, the people rise like a lioness,
 \q2 as a lion emerges and attacks.
-\q2 He does not lie down until he eats his victim
+\q He does not lie down until he eats his victim
 \q2 and drinks the blood of what he has killed."
  
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04-NUM/24.usfm

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 \q2 The man whose eyes are wide open.
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 \v 16 This is a prophecy of someone who hears words from God,
-\q who has knowledge from the Most High,
-\q who has visions from the Almighty,
+\q2 who has knowledge from the Most High,
+\q2 who has visions from the Almighty,
 \q Before whom he bows down with open eyes.
  
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 \v 17 I see him, but he is not here now.
 \q I look at him, but he is not near.
 \q A star will come out of Jacob,
-\q and a scepter will rise out of Israel.
+\q2 and a scepter will rise out of Israel.
 \q He will shatter Moab's leaders
-\q and destroy all the descendants of Seth.
+\q2 and destroy all the descendants of Seth.
  
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 \q2 whom Israel will conquer with force.
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 \v 19 Out of Jacob a king will come who will have dominion,
-\q and he will destroy the survivors of their city."
+\q2 and he will destroy the survivors of their city."
  
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 \v 20 Then Balaam looked at Amalek and began his prophecy. He said,
 \q "Amalek was once the greatest of nations,
-\q but his final end will be destruction."
+\q2 but his final end will be destruction."
  
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 \v 21 Then Balaam looked toward the Kenites and began his prophecy. He said,
 \q "The place where you live is strong,
-\q and your nest is in the rocks.
+\q2 and your nest is in the rocks.
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 \v 22 Nevertheless Kain will be ruined
-\q when Assyria carries you away captive."
+\q2 when Assyria carries you away captive."
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 \q "Woe! Who will survive when God does this?
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 \v 24 Ships will come from the coast of Kittim;
-\q they will attack Assyria and will conquer Eber,
-\q but they, too, will end in destruction."
+\q2 they will attack Assyria and will conquer Eber,
+\q2 but they, too, will end in destruction."
  
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04-NUM/28.usfm

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-\v 26 Also on the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new grain offering to Yahweh in your Festival of Weeks, you must have a holy assembly to honor Yahweh, and you must not do regular work on that day.
+\v 26 Also on the day of the firstfruits, when you offer a new grain offering to Yahweh in your Festival of Weeks, you must have a holy assembly to honor Yahweh, and you must not do regular work on that day.
 \v 27 You must offer a burnt offering to produce a sweet aroma for Yahweh. You must offer two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old.
 \v 28 Offer also grain offering to go with them: fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for each bull and two tenths for the one ram.
  

04-NUM/31.usfm

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 \v 36 The half that was kept for the soldiers numbered 337,000 sheep.
 \v 37 Yahweh's part of the sheep was 675.
-\v 38 The oxen were thirty-six thousand which Yahweh's tax was 72.
+\v 38 The oxen were thirty-six thousand which Yahweh's tax was seventy-two.
  
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-\v 39 The donkeys were 30,500 from which Yahweh's part was 61.
-\v 40 The persons were sixteen thousand women of whom Yahweh's tax was 32.
+\v 39 The donkeys were 30,500 from which Yahweh's part was sixty-one.
+\v 40 The persons were sixteen thousand women of whom Yahweh's tax was thirty-two.
 \v 41 Moses took the tax that was to be an offering presented to Yahweh. He gave it to Eleazar the priest, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
  
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04-NUM/33.usfm

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 \v 50 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho and said,
 \v 51 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
-\v 52 then you must drive out all the land's inhabitants before you. You must destroy all their carved figures. You must destroy all their cast figures and demolish all their shrines.
+\v 52 then you must drive out all the land's inhabitants before you. You must destroy all their carved figures. You must destroy all their cast figures and demolish all their high places.
  
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 \v 53 You must take possession of the land and settle in it, because I have given you the land to possess.

04-NUM/36.usfm

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-\v 1 Then the leaders of their ancestor's families in the clan founded by Gilead son of Machir who was Manasseh's son—the leaders of the clans of Joseph's descendants, came up and spoke before Moses and before the leaders who were the heads of the ancestor's families among the people of Israel.
+\v 1 Then the leaders of their ancestor's families in the clan founded by Gilead son of Machir (who was Manasseh's son), who were from the clans of the descendants of Joseph, they came and spoke before Moses and before the leaders who were the heads of the ancestor's families of the people of Israel.
 \v 2 They said, "Yahweh commanded you, our master, to give a share of land by lot to the people of Israel. You were commanded by Yahweh to give the share of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
  
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-\v 3 But if his daughters marry men in another tribe among the people of Israel, then their share of land will be removed from our ancestor's share. It will be added to the share of the tribes that they join. In that case, it will be removed from the assigned share of our inheritance. 
+\v 3 But if his daughters marry men in another tribe of the people of Israel, then their share of land will be removed from our ancestor's share. It will be added to the share of the tribes that they join. In that case, it will be removed from the assigned share of our inheritance. 
 \v 4 In that case, when the Jubilee of the people of Israel comes, then their share will be joined to the share of the tribe that they have joined. In this way, their share will be taken away from the share of our ancestors' tribe."
  
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 \v 7 No share of the people of Israel must change from one tribe to another. Each one of the people of Israel must continue with the share of his ancestor's tribe.
  
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-\v 8 Every woman among the people of Israel who owns a share in her tribe must marry someone from the clans belonging to her father's tribe. This is so that everyone among the people of Israel may own an inheritance from his ancestors.
-\v 9 No share may change hands from one tribe to another. Everyone among the tribes of the people of Israel must keep his own inheritance."
+\v 8 Every woman of the people of Israel who owns a share in her tribe must marry someone from the clans belonging to her father's tribe. This is so that everyone of the people of Israel may own an inheritance from his ancestors.
+\v 9 No share may change hands from one tribe to another. Everyone of the tribes of the people of Israel must keep his own inheritance."
  
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05-DEU/07.usfm

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 \v 4 For they will turn away your sons from following me, so that they may worship other gods. So the anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you, and he will destroy you quickly.
-\v 5 This is how you will deal with them: you will break down their altars, dash their sacred stone pillars in pieces, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their cast idols.
+\v 5 This is how you will deal with them: you will break down their altars, dash their stone pillars in pieces, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their cast idols.
  
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05-DEU/12.usfm

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 \v 2 You will surely destroy all the places where the nations that you will dispossess worshiped their gods, on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree;
  
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-\v 3 and you will break down their altars, dash in pieces their sacred stone pillars, and burn their Asherah poles; you will cut down the carved figures of their gods and destroy their name out of that place.
+\v 3 and you will break down their altars, dash in pieces their stone pillars, and burn their Asherah poles; you will cut down the carved figures of their gods and destroy their name out of that place.
 \v 4 You will not worship Yahweh your God like that.
  
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05-DEU/18.usfm

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 \v 3 This will be the priests' due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be oxen or sheep: they must give to the priest the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the inner parts.
-\v 4 The first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you must give him.
+\v 4 The firstfruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you must give him.
 \v 5 For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to serve in the name of Yahweh, him and his sons forever.
  
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05-DEU/32.usfm

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-\v 13 He made him ride on the heights of the land,
+\v 13 He made him ride on high places of the land,
 \q and he fed him the fruits of the field;
 \q he nourished him with honey from the rock,
 \q and oil from the flinty crag.

05-DEU/33.usfm

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 \q the shield of your help,
 \q and the sword of your majesty?
 \q Your enemies will come trembling to you;
-\q you will stamp down their high places.
+\q you will trample down their high places.
  
 
 

07-JDG/09.usfm

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 \v 12 The trees said to the vine, 'Come and reign over us.'
 \v 13 The vine said to them, 'Should I give up my new wine, which cheers gods and mankind, and return and sway over the other trees?'
-\v 14 Then said all the trees to the thorn bush, 'Come and reign over us.'
+\v 14 Then said all the trees to the thornbush, 'Come and reign over us.'
  
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-\v 15 The thorn bush said to the trees, 'If you truly want to anoint me as king over you, then come and find safety under my shade. If not, then let fire come out of the thornbush and let it burn up the cedars of Lebanon.'
+\v 15 The thornbush said to the trees, 'If you truly want to anoint me as king over you, then come and find safety under my shade. If not, then let fire come out of the thornbush and let it burn up the cedars of Lebanon.'
 \v 16 Now therefore, if you have acted in truth and honesty, when you made Abimelech king, and if you have done well concerning Jerub Baal and his house, and if you have punished him as he deserves—
  
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10-2SA/01.usfm

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 \v 18 He commanded the people to teach this Song of the Bow to the sons of Judah, which has been written in The Book of Jashar.
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 \v 19 "Your glory, Israel,
-\q2 is dead, killed on your mountains!
+\q2 is dead, killed on your high places!
 \q How the mighty have fallen!
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 \v 20 Do not tell it in Gath,

10-2SA/22.usfm

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 \v 34 He makes my feet swift like a deer
-\q and places me on the mountains.
+\q and places me on the high hills.
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 \v 35 He trains my hands for war,
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 \v 26 Then to Abiathar the priest the king said, "Go to Anathoth, to your own fields. You are worthy of death, but I will not at this time put you to death, because you carried the ark of the Lord Yahweh before David my father and suffered in every way my father suffered."
-\f + \ft Some versions have, \fqa ...the ark of Yahweh.... \fqb \f*
+\f + \ft Some versions have, \fqa ... the ark of Yahweh ... \fqb \f*
 \v 27 So Solomon dismissed Abiathar from being priest to Yahweh, that he might fulfill the word of Yahweh, which he had spoken concerning the house of Eli at Shiloh.
 
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 \v 1 Solomon allied himself by marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house, the house of Yahweh, and the wall around Jerusalem.
-\v 2 The people were sacrificing at the shrines, because no house had yet been built for the name of Yahweh.
-\v 3 Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father, except that he sacrificed and burned incense at the shrines.
+\v 2 The people were sacrificing at the high places, because no house had yet been built for the name of Yahweh.
+\v 3 Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father, except that he sacrificed and burned incense at the high places.
 
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-\v 4 The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great shrine. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
+\v 4 The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place there. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
 \v 5 Yahweh appeared at Gibeon to Solomon in a dream by night; he said, "Ask! What should I give you?"
 
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 \v 1 King Solomon was king over all Israel.
 \v 2 These were his officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest.
 \v 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah sons of Shisha, were secretaries. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder.
-\v 4 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the army. 
-Zadok and Abiathar were priests.
+\v 4 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the army. Zadok and Abiathar were priests.
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 \v 6 Solomon did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh; he did not fully follow Yahweh, as David his father had done.
 
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-\v 7 Then Solomon built a shrine for Chemosh, the disgusting idol of Moab, on a hill east of Jerusalem, and also for Molech, the disgusting idol of the people of Ammon.
-\v 8 He also built shrines for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods at them.
+\v 7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the disgusting idol of Moab, on a hill east of Jerusalem, and also for Molech, the disgusting idol of the people of Ammon.
+\v 8 He also built high places for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods at them.
 
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 \v 30 So this act became a sin. The people went to one or the other, all the way to Dan.
 
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-\v 31 Jeroboam made temples at shrines; he also made priests from among all the people, who were not among the sons of Levi.
-\v 32 Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he went up to the altar. He did so at Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made, and he placed in Bethel the priests of the shrines that he had made.
+\v 31 Jeroboam made houses on high places and he also made priests from among all the people, who were not among the sons of Levi.
+\v 32 Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he went up to the altar. He did so at Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made, and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places he had made.
 
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 \v 1 A man of God came out of Judah by the word of Yahweh to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
-\v 2 The man of God cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh and said, "Altar, altar, Yahweh says, 'See, a son will be born to the family of David, Josiah by name, and on you he will sacrifice the priests of the shrines who burn incense on you; on you they will burn men's bones.'"
+\v 2 He cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh: "Altar, altar!" this is what Yahweh says, 'See, a son named Josiah will be born to the family of David, and on you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who now burn incense on you. On you they will burn human bones.'"
 \v 3 Then the man of God gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign that Yahweh has spoken: 'Look, the altar will be split apart, and the ashes on it will be poured out.'"
 
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 \v 31 Then after he had buried him, the old prophet spoke to his sons, saying, "When I am dead, bury me in the tomb in which the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones.
-\v 32 For what he said when he cried out by the word of Yahweh against the altar in Bethel, and against all the temples at the shrines in the cities of Samaria, will surely come about."
+\v 32 For the message he declared by the word of Yahweh, against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses on the high places in the cities of Samaria, will certainly happen.
 
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-\v 33 After this Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but still made priests for the shrines from among all the people. He consecrated whoever would serve, that there might be priests for the shrines.
-\v 34 This thing became sin to the family of Jeroboam and caused it to be cut off and destroyed from the face of the earth.
+\v 33 After this Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but continued to appoint common priests for the high places from among all sorts of people. Any who would serve he consecrated as a priest. 
+\v 34 This matter became sin to the family of Jeroboam and caused his family to be destroyed and to be exterminated from the face of the earth.
 
 
 

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 \v 22 Judah did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh; they provoked him to jealousy with the sins that they committed, more than everything that their fathers had done.
 
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-\v 23 For they also built shrines, sacred stone pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
+\v 23 For they also built for themselves high places, stone pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
 \v 24 There were also cultic prostitutes in the land. They did the same despicable things that the nations did, which Yahweh drove out before the people of Israel.
 
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 \v 13 He also removed Maacah, his grandmother, from being queen, because she had made a disgusting figure out of an Asherah pole. Asa cut down the disgusting figure and burned it at the Kidron Valley.
 
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-\v 14 But the shrines were not taken away. Nevertheless, Asa's heart was completely devoted to Yahweh all his days.
+\v 14 But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless, Asa's heart was completely devoted to Yahweh all his days.
 \v 15 He brought into the house of Yahweh the things that were dedicated to Yahweh by his father and the things that he had dedicated, objects of silver and gold.
 
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 \v 42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
 
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-\v 43 He walked in the ways of Asa, his father; he did not turn away from them; he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh. However, the shrines were still not taken away. The people were still sacrificing and burning incense at the shrines.
+\v 43 He walked in the ways of Asa, his father; he did not turn away from them; he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh. Yet the high places were not taken away. The people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
 \v 44 Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
 
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 \v 25 So then as soon Jehu finished offering the burnt offering, he said to the guard and to the captains, "Go in and kill them. Let no one come out." So they killed them with the edge of the sword, and the guard and the captains threw them out and went into the inner room of the house of Baal.
-\v 26 And they dragged out the sacred stone pillars that were in the house of Baal, and they burned them.
+\v 26 And they dragged out the stone pillars that were in the house of Baal, and they burned them.
 \v 27 They broke down the pillar of Baal, and destroyed the house of Baal and made it a latrine, which it is to this day.
 \v 28 That is how Jehu destroyed Baal and removed its worship from Israel.
 

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 \v 1 In the seventh year of Jehu, the reign of Joash began; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah, of Beersheba.
 \v 2 Joash did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh all the time, because Jehoiada the priest was instructing him.
-\v 3 But the shrines were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense at them.
+\v 3 But the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
 
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 \v 3 He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, yet not like David his father. He did everything that Joash, his father, had done.
 
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-\v 4 But the shrines were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense at the shrines.
+\v 4 But the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense at the high places.
 \v 5 It came about that as soon as his rule was well established, he killed the servants who had murdered his father, the king.
  
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 \v 20 They brought him back on horses, and he was buried with his ancestors in the city of David.
 \v 21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
-\v 22 It was Azariah who rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah, after King Amaziah slept with his ancestors.
+\v 22 It was Azariah who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah, after King Amaziah slept with his ancestors.
 
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 \v 3 He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, following the example of his father, and doing as Amaziah had done.
 
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-\v 4 However, the shrines were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense at the shrines.
+\v 4 However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense at the high places.
 \v 5 Yahweh afflicted the king so that he was a leper to the day of his death and lived in a separate house. Jotham, the king's son, was over the household and ruled the people of the land.
  
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 \v 34 Jotham did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh. He followed the example of all his father Azariah had done.
-\v 35 However, the shrines were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense at the shrines. Jothan built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh.
+\v 35 However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense at the high places. Jothan built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh.
 \v 36 As for the other matters concerning Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in The Book of the Events of the Kings of Judah?
 
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 \v 8 and walking in the practices of the nations whom Yahweh had driven out before the people of Israel, and in the practices of the kings of Israel that they had done.
 
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-\v 9 The people of Israel secretly did things that were not right against Yahweh their God. They built shrines in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
-\v 10 They also set up sacred stone pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
+\v 9 The people of Israel did secretly—against Yahweh their God—things that were not right. They built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the watchtower to the fortress.
+\v 10 They also set up stone pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
 
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-\v 11 There they burned incense in all the shrines, as the nations had done, those whom Yahweh had carried away before them. The Israelites performed wicked things to provoke Yahweh to anger;
+\v 11 There they burned incense in all the high places, as the nations had done, those whom Yahweh had carried away before them. The Israelites performed wicked things to provoke Yahweh to anger;
 \v 12 they worshiped idols, about which Yahweh had said to them, "You will not do this thing."
 
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 \v 28 So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel; he taught them how they should honor Yahweh.
 
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-\v 29 Every ethnic group made gods of their own, and put them in the shrines that the Samaritans had made - every ethnic group in the cities where they lived.
+\v 29 Every ethnic group made gods of their own, and put them in the high places that the Samaritans had made—every ethnic group in the cities where they lived.
 \v 30 The people of Babylon made Succoth Benoth; the people of Cuthah made Nergal; the people of Hamath made Ashima;
 \v 31 the Awites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvites.
 
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-\v 32 They also honored Yahweh, and appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the temples at the shrines.
+\v 32 They also honored Yahweh, and appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the temples at the high places.
 \v 33 They honored Yahweh and also worshiped their own gods, in the customs of the nations from among whom they had been taken away.
 
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 \v 3 He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, following the example of all that David, his ancestor, had done.
 
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-\v 4 He removed the shrines, destroyed the sacred stone pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke to pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because in those days the people of Israel were burning incense to it; it was called "Nehushtan."
+\v 4 He removed the high places, destroyed the stone pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke to pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because in those days the people of Israel were burning incense to it; it was called "Nehushtan."
 \v 5 Hezekiah trusted in Yahweh, the God of Israel, so that after him there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among the kings who were before him.
 
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 \v 21 Look, you trust in the walking stick of this bruised reed of Egypt, but if a man leans on it will stick into his hand and pierce it. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is to anyone who trusts in him.
 
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-\v 22 But if you say to me, 'We are trusting in Yahweh our God,' is not he the one whose shrines and altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, 'You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem'?
+\v 22 But if you say to me, 'We are trusting in Yahweh our God,' is not he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, 'You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem'?
 \v 23 Now therefore, I want to make you a good offer from my master the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able to find riders for them.
 
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 \v 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah.
 \v 2 He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, like the disgusting things of the nations whom Yahweh had driven out before the people of Israel.
-\v 3 For he rebuilt the shrines that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he built altars for Baal, made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and he bowed down to all the stars of heaven and worshiped them.
+\v 3 For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he built altars for Baal, made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and he bowed down to all the stars of heaven and worshiped them.
 
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 \v 4 The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests under him, and the gatekeepers, to bring out of the temple of Yahweh all the vessels that were made for Baal and Asherah, and for all the stars of heaven. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields in the Kidron Valley and carried their ashes to Bethel.
-\v 5 He removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had chosen to burn incense at the shrines in the cities of Judah and in the places around Jerusalem—those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and the moon, to the planets, and to all the stars of heaven.
+\v 5 He got rid of the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had chosen to burn incense at the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places around Jerusalem—those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and the moon, to the planets, and to all the stars of heaven.
 
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 \v 6 He brought out the Asherah pole from the temple of Yahweh, outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley and burned it there. He beat it to dust and threw that dust onto the graves of the common people.
 \v 7 He cleared out the rooms of the cultic prostitutes who were in the temple of Yahweh, where the women wove garments for Asherah.
 
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-\v 8 Josiah brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah and defiled the shrines where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba. He destroyed the shrines at the gates, the shrines that were at the entrance to the Gate of Joshua, built by a city governor named Joshua. These shrines were to the left of the city gate as one entered the city.
-\v 9 Even though the priests of those shrines were not allowed to serve at the altar of Yahweh in Jerusalem, they were allowed to eat unleavened bread, like their brother priests.
+\v 8 Josiah brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba. He destroyed the high places at the gates that were at the entrance to the gate of Joshua (the city governor), on the left side of the city gate.
+\v 9 Although the priests of those high places were not allowed to serve at the altar of Yahweh in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.
 
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 \v 12 Josiah the king destroyed the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the temple of Yahweh. Josiah smashed them into pieces and threw them into the Kidron Valley.
-\v 13 Josiah defiled the shrines that were east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Corruption that Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth, the disgusting idol of the Sidonians; for Chemosh, the disgusting idol of Moab; and for Milcom, the disgusting idol of the people of Ammon.
-\v 14 King Josiah broke into pieces the sacred stone pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled in their places with human bones.
+\v 13 The king ruined the high places east of Jerusalem, south of the mount of corruption that Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth, the detestable idol of the Sidonians; for Chemosh, the detestable idol of Moab; and for Milcom, the detestable idol of the people of Ammon.
+\v 14 He broke the stone pillars into pieces and cut down the Asherah poles and he filled those places with the bones of human beings.
 
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-\v 15 Josiah also broke down the altar that was at Bethel and the shrine that Jeroboam son of Nebat, the one who had made Israel sin, had constructed. He burned the altar at the shrine and beat it to dust; he also burned the Asherah pole.
+\v 15 Josiah also completely destroyed the altar that was at Bethel and the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat (the one who made Israel to sin) had constructed. Jeroboam was . He also burned that altar and the high place, and beat it to dust. He also burned the Asherah pole.
 \v 16 As Josiah looked over the area, he noticed the graves that were on the hillside. He sent men to take the bones from the graves; then he burned them on the altar, which defiled it. This was according to the word of Yahweh which the man of God had spoken, the man who spoke of these things beforehand.
 
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 \v 18 So Josiah said, "Let it alone. No one should move his bones." So they let his bones alone, along with the bones of the prophet who had come from Samaria.
 
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-\v 19 All the temples and shrines that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke Yahweh to anger—Josiah took them away. He did to them exactly what had been done at Bethel.
-\v 20 He also killed all the priests of the shrines on the altars there, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
+\v 19 And Josiah removed all the houses on the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made, and that provoked Yahweh to anger. He did to them exactly what had been done at Bethel.
+\v 20 He slaughtered all the priests of the high places on the altars and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
 
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 \v 2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,
 \v 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech.
 \v 4 The sons of Noah were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
-\f + \ft Some versions omit \fqa The sons of... \fqa , but others include this expression. \f*
+\f + \ft Some versions omit \fqa The sons of ... \fqa , but others include this expression. \f*
 
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 \v 28 The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.
-\v 29 These are their sons: the firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
+\v 29 These are their sons: The firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
 \v 30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
 \v 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were Ishmael's sons.
 
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 \v 49 When Shaul died, then Baal Hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.
-\v 50 When Baal Hanan son of Achbor died, then Hadar reigned in his place. The name of his city was Pai. His wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the granddaughter of Me Zahab.
+\v 50 When Baal Hanan son of Achbor died, then Hadar reigned in his place. The name of his city was Pai. His wife's name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred daughter of Me Zahab.
 
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 \v 5 Perez's sons were Hezron and Hamul.
 \v 6 Zerah's sons were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all.
-\v 7 Carmi's son was Achar, who brought trouble on Israel, when he stole what was reserved for God.
+\v 7 Carmi's son was Achar, who brought trouble on Israel when he stole what was reserved for God.
 \v 8 Ethan's son was Azariah.
 
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-\v 18 Caleb son of Hezron became the father of children by Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth. His sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
+\v 18 Caleb son of Hezron became the father of children by Azubah, his wife, and by Jerioth. His sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
 \v 19 Azubah died, and then Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
 \v 20 Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.
 
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 \v 28 The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur.
 
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-\v 29 The name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; she bore him Ahban and Molid.
+\v 29 The name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
 \v 30 The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim, but Seled died without children.
 \v 31 The son of Appaim was Ishi. The son of Ishi was Sheshan. The son of Sheshan was Ahlai.
 \v 32 The sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai, were Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.

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 \v 1 Now these are the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: 
 \q The firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam from Jezreel;
-\q the second, Daniel, by Abigail from Carmel;
+\q the second was Daniel, by Abigail from Carmel;
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 \v 2 the third was Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, daughter of Talmai king of Geshur. 
 \q The fourth was Adonijah son of Haggith;
 \q 
-\v 3 the fifth, Shephatiah by Abital; 
-\q the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.
+\v 3 the fifth was Shephatiah by Abital; 
+\q the sixth was Ithream by Eglah his wife.
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 \v 5 Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
-\f + \ft 
 \v 6 Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were Naarah's sons.
 \v 7 Helah's sons were Zereth, Izhar, Ethnan,
 \v 8 and Koz, who became the father of Anub and Zobebah, and of the clans descended from Aharhel son of Harum.
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 \v 20 The sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben Hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben Zoheth.
 
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-\v 21 The descendants of Shelah, a son of Judah, were Er father of Lecah, Laadah father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth Ashbea,
+\v 21 The descendants of Shelah son of Judah, were Er father of Lecah, Laadah father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth Ashbea,
 \v 22 Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who had property in Moab, but who returned to Bethlehem. (This information is from ancient records.)
 \v 23 Some of these people were the potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah and worked for the king.
 

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 \v 37 So David left Asaph and his brothers before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, to serve continually before the ark, as every day's work required.
 \v 38 Obed Edom with those sixty-eight relatives were included. Obed Edom son of Jeduthun, along with Hosah, were to be gatekeepers.
-\v 39 Zadok the priest and his fellow priests were to serve before the tabernacle of Yahweh at the shrine at Gibeon.
+\v 39 Zadok the priest and his fellow priests were to serve before the tabernacle of Yahweh at the high place in Gibeon.
 
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 \v 28 When David saw that Yahweh had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he performed the sacrifice there at that same time.
-\v 29 Now at that time, Yahweh's tabernacle, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar for burnt offerings, were at the shrine at Gibeon.
+\v 29 Now at that time, Yahweh's tabernacle, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar for burnt offerings, were at the high place at Gibeon.
 \v 30 However, David could not go there to ask for God's direction, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of Yahweh.
  
 

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 \v 2 Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' houses.
-\v 3 So Solomon and all the assembly with him went to the shrine that was at Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Yahweh, had made in the wilderness.
+\v 3 So Solomon and all the assembly with him went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Yahweh, had made in the wilderness.
 \v 4 But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to the place that he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.
 \v 5 In addition, the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur was there before the tabernacle of Yahweh; Solomon and the assembly went to it.
 \f + \ft Some older versions have, \fqa the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur, he placed there before the tabernacle of Yahweh \fqb , where \fqa he \fqb refers to David. \f*
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 \v 12 Wisdom and knowledge are now given to you; I will also give you riches, wealth, honor, more than any of the kings before you ever had, and more than any after you will have."
-\v 13 So Solomon came to Jerusalem from the shrine that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting; he reigned over Israel.
+\v 13 So Solomon came to Jerusalem from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting; he reigned over Israel.
  
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 \v 13 The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel went over to him from within their borders.
 \v 14 For the Levites left their pasturelands and property in order to come to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had driven them away, so that they could no longer perform priestly duties for Yahweh.
-\v 15 Jeroboam appointed for himself priests for the shrines and the idols of calves and goats that he had made.
+\v 15 Jeroboam appointed for himself priests for the high places and the idols of calves and goats he had made.
  
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 \v 16 People from all the tribes of Israel came after them, those who set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel; they came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

14-2CH/14.usfm

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 \v 1 Abijah slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David. Asa, his son, became king in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
 \v 2 Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of Yahweh his God,
-\v 3 for he took away the foreign altars and the shrines; he broke down the sacred stone pillars and cut down the Asherah poles.
+\v 3 for he took away the foreign altars and the high places. He broke down the stone pillars and cut down the Asherah poles.
 \v 4 He commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, and to carry out the law and the commandments.
  
  
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-\v 5 Also he took away from all the cities of Judah the shrines and the incense altars. The kingdom was quiet under him.
+\v 5 Also he took away the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under him.
 \v 6 He built fortified cities in Judah, for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him peace.
  
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 \v 16 He also removed Maacah, his grandmother, from being queen, because she had made a disgusting figure out of an Asherah pole. Asa cut down the disgusting figure, ground it to dust and burned it at the brook Kidron.
-\v 17 But the shrines were not taken away from Israel. Nevertheless, Asa's heart was completely devoted all his days.
+\v 17 But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, Asa's heart was completely devoted all his days.
 
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 \v 5 So Yahweh established the rule in his hand; all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat. He had riches and honor in abundance.
-\v 6 His heart was fixed on Yahweh's ways. He also took away the shrines and the Asherah poles from Judah.
+\v 6 His heart was committed to Yahweh's ways. He also removed the high places and the Asherah poles from Judah.
  
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 \v 31 Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
 \v 32 He walked in the ways of Asa, his father; he did not turn away from them; he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh.
-\v 33 However, the shrines were still not taken away, nor had the people yet directed their hearts to the God of their ancestors.
+\v 33 However, the high places were not taken away. The people still had not directed their hearts to the God of their ancestors.
  
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14-2CH/21.usfm

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-\v 11 In addition, Jehoram had also built shrines in the mountains of Judah; he made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to act like a prostitute. In this way he led Judah astray.
+\v 11 In addition, Jehoram had also built high places in the mountains of Judah and he made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to live like prostitutes, and he led Judah astray.
  
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 \v 12 A letter from the prophet Elijah came to Jehoram. It said, "This is what Yahweh, the God of David, your ancestor, says: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat, your father, nor in the ways of Asa, king of Judah,

14-2CH/26.usfm

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 \c 26
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 \v 1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
-\v 2 It was he who rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah. After that the king slept with his ancestors.
+\v 2 It was he who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah. After that the king slept with his ancestors.
 \v 3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign. He reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jechiliah; she was from Jerusalem.
  
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 \v 3 In addition, he burned incense in the valley of Ben Hinnom and put his children in fire as burnt offerings, following after the desecrations of the people groups which Yahweh had driven out before the people of Israel.
-\v 4 He sacrificed and burned incense at the shrines, on the hills, and under every green tree.
+\v 4 He sacrificed and burned incense at the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.
 
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@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
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 \v 24 Ahaz gathered together the furnishings of the house of God and cut them to pieces. He shut the doors of the house of Yahweh and he made for himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
-\v 25 In every city of Judah he made shrines to burn sacrifices to other gods, and in this way provoked to anger Yahweh, the God of his ancestors.
+\v 25 In every city of Judah he made high places to burn sacrifices to other gods. He provoked Yahweh, the God of his ancestors, to anger.
 
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-\v 1 Now when all this was finished, all the people of Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke to pieces the sacred stone pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and broke down the shrines and the altars in all of Judah and Benjamin. They also did this in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned, every man to his own land and to his own city.
+\v 1 Now when all this was finished, all the people of Israel who were there went out to the cities of Judah and broke to pieces the stone pillars and they cut down the Asherah poles, and they broke down the high places and the altars in all of Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned, every one to his own possession and his own city.
  
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 \v 4 Moreover, he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion for the priests and the Levites, so that they might concentrate on obeying the law of Yahweh.
-\v 5 As soon as the command went out, the people of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey, and from all their harvest of the field; and also the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
+\v 5 As soon as the command went out, the people of Israel gave in abundance the firstfruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey, and from all their harvest of the field; and also the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
  
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14-2CH/32.usfm

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 \v 11 Is not Hezekiah misleading you, that he may give you over to die by famine and by thirst, when he tells you, "Yahweh our God will rescue us from the hand of the king of Assyria"?
-\v 12 Has not this same Hezekiah taken away his shrines and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, "On one altar you will worship, and on it you will burn your sacrifices?"
+\v 12 Has not this same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, "On one altar you must worship, and on it you must burn your sacrifices?"
  
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 \v 13 Do you not know what I and my ancestors have done to all the people groups of other lands? Were the gods of the people groups of the lands able in any way to rescue their land from my power?

14-2CH/33.usfm

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 \v 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
 \v 2 He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, like the disgusting things of the nations whom Yahweh had driven out before the people of Israel.
-\v 3 For he rebuilt the shrines that Hezekiah, his father, had pulled down, and he built altars for the Baals, made Asherah poles, and bowed down to all the stars of heaven and worshiped them.
+\v 3 For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he built altars for the Baals, he made Asherah poles, and he bowed down to all the stars of heaven and worshiped them.
  
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 \v 4 Manasseh built pagan altars in the house of Yahweh, although Yahweh had commanded, "It is in Jerusalem that my name will be placed forever."
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ it and raised the wall up to a very great height. He put courageous commanders i
  
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-\v 17 However, the people still sacrificed at the shrines, but only to Yahweh, their God.
+\v 17 However, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to Yahweh, their God.
  
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 \v 18 As to the other matters concerning Manasseh, his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the deeds of the kings of Israel.
-\v 19 His prayer also, and how God was begged by him, all his sin and his trespasses, and the places where he had built shrines and set up the Asherah poles and the carved figures, before he humbled himself—they are written about in the Chronicles of the Seers.
+\v 19 In that account there is history of his prayer, and how God was moved by it. There is also an account of all his sin and his trespasses, and the places where he had built high places and set up the Asherah poles and the carved figures, before he humbled himself—they are written about in the Chronicles of the Seers.
 \f + \ft Some modern versions have \fqa the Chronicles of Hozai \fqb , which is the reading of the original text. But many modern versions correct it to read \fqa the Chronicles of the Seers \fqb . Also, a few modern versions have \fqa the Chronicles of his seers \fqb . \f*
 \v 20 So Manasseh slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in his own house. Amon, his son, became king in his place.
  

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 \v 1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
 \v 2 He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in the ways of David his ancestor, and did not turn away either to the right or to the left.
-\v 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek after the God of David, his ancestor. In the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the shrines, the Asherah poles, and the the carved figures, and the cast metal figures.
+\v 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek after the God of David, his ancestor. In the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, the Asherah poles, and the carved figures and the cast metal figures.
  
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 \v 4 The people broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; he cut apart the incense altars that were above them. He broke the Asherah poles and the carved figures, and the cast metal figures, in pieces until they were dust. He scattered the dust on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

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-\v 12 Now a certain matter was secretly brought to me;
-\q my ear received a whisper about it.
+\v 12 Now a certain matter was secretly brought to me
+\q and my ear received a whisper about it.
 \q
-\v 13 In thoughts from visions in the night,
+\v 13 The came it thoughts from visions in the night,
 \q when deep sleep falls on people.
  
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-\v 14 Fear and trembling came on me,
+\v 14 It was at night when fear and trembling came upon me,
 \q and made all my bones shake.
 \q
-\v 15 Then a spirit passed before my face;
-\q the hair of my flesh stood up.
+\v 15 Then a spirit passed before my face 
+\q and the hair of my flesh stood up.
  
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 \q jealousy kills the silly one.
 \q
 \v 3 I have seen a foolish person taking root,
-\q But suddenly I cursed his home.
+\q but suddenly I cursed his home.
  
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 \v 6 For difficulties do not come out from the soil;
 \q neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
 \q
-\v 7 But mankind makes his own trouble,
+\v 7 but mankind makes his own trouble,
 \q just as sparks fly upward.
 \b
  

18-JOB/06.usfm

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 \v 19 Caravans from Tema looked there,
 \q while companies of Sheba hoped in them.
 \q
-\v 20 They were disappointed because they had been confident of finding water;
+\v 20 They were disappointed because they had been confident of finding water.
 \q They went there, but they were deceived.
  
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18-JOB/09.usfm

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 \q and who covers up the stars,
 \q
 \v 8 who by himself stretches out the heavens
-\q and who tramples down and subdues the waves of the sea,
+\q and tramples down the waves of the sea,
 \q
 \v 9 who makes the Bear, Orion, the Pleiades,
 \q and the constellations of the south.

18-JOB/13.usfm

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 \p
 \q
 \v 1 See, my eye has seen all this;
-\q My ear has heard and understood it.
+\q my ear has heard and understood it.
 \q
 \v 2 What you know, the same I also know;
 \q I am not inferior to you.
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 \q and do not let your terrors make me afraid.
 \q
 \v 22 Then call me, and I will answer;
-\q Or let me speak to you, and you answer me.
+\q or let me speak to you, and you answer me.
  
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 \q
 \v 4 Who can bring something clean out of something unclean? No one.
 \q
-\v 5 Man's days are determined;
+\v 5 Man's days are determined.
 \q The number of his months is with you;
 \q you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass.
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18-JOB/17.usfm

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 \v 11 My days are past; my plans are over.
-\q As for the wishes of my heart ...
+\q As for the wishes of my heart ... 
 \f + \ft Some modern versions have \fqa My days are past, as are my plans. The wishes of my heart are finished \fqb or \fqa ... the strings of my heart have been broken \fqb . Others have \fqa My days are past; my plans are over, as are the wishes of my heart \fqb \f*
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 \v 12 These people, these mockers, change the night into day;

18-JOB/18.usfm

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 \v 14 He will be torn out of his tent, his home in which he now trusts;
-\q he will be brought to death, the king of terrors.
+\q he will be brought to death—the king of terrors.
 \q
 \v 15 People not his own will live in his tent
 \q after they see that sulfur is scattered within his home.

18-JOB/19.usfm

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 \q Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!
 \q
 \v 24 Oh, that with an iron pen and lead
-\q they were engraven in the rock forever!
+\q they were engraved in the rock forever!
  
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 \q there are wicked people who take away flocks by force and put them in their own pastures.
 \q
 \v 3 They drive away the donkey of those without fathers;
-\q They take the widow's ox as security.
+\q they take the widow's ox as security.
 \q
 \v 4 They force needy people out of their path;
 \q poor people of the earth all hide themselves from them.

18-JOB/26.usfm

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 \q and announced to him sound knowledge!
 \q
 \v 4 With whose help have you spoken these words?
-\q Whose spirit was it that came out from you?"
+\q Whose spirit was it that came out from you?
 \b
  
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-\v 5 Bildad replied, "Those who are deceased, the shades, tremble,
+\v 5 Those who are deceased—the shades, tremble,
 \q those inhabitants beneath the waters.
 \q
 \v 6 Sheol is naked before God;

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-\v 7 if my step has turned out of the right way,
+\v 7 If my step has turned out of the right way,
 \q if my heart has walked after my eyes,
 \q if any spot of impurity has clung to my hands,
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-\v 16 Have you gone to the sources of the sea waters?
+\v 16 Have you gone to the sources of the waters of the sea?
 \q Have you walked in the lowest parts of the deep?
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 \v 17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you?

18-JOB/39.usfm

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 \v 24 He swallows up ground with fierceness and rage;
 \q at the trumpet's sound, he cannot stand in one place.
 \q
-\v 25 Whenever the trumpets sounds, he says, 'Aha!'
+\v 25 Whenever the trumpet sounds, he says, 'Aha!'
 \q He smells the battle from far away—
 \q the thunderous shouts of the commanders and the outcries.
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 \q ringed with his teeth, which are a terror?
 \q
 \v 15 His back is made up of rows of shields,
-\q close together as with a close seal.
+\q tight together as with a close seal.
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 \q Make him account for his evil deeds, 
 \q which he thought you would not discover.
 \q
-\v 16 Yahweh is King for ever and ever;
+\v 16 Yahweh is King forever and ever;
 \q the nations are driven out of his land.
 
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19-PSA/014.usfm

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 \q to see if there are any who understand,
 \q who seek after him.
 \q
-\v 3 Everyone has turned aside; all have become corrupt.
+\v 3 They have all turned away. Together they have become corrupt.
 \q There is no one who does good, no, not one.
 
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-\v 33 He makes my feet swift like a deer and places me on the mountains!
+\v 33 He makes my feet swift like a deer and places me on the heights!
 \q
 \v 34 He trains my hands for war and my arms to bend a bow of bronze.
 

19-PSA/028.usfm

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 \d A psalm of David.
 \b
 \q
-\v 1 To you, Yahweh, I cry out; my Rock, do not ignore me.
+\v 1 To you, Yahweh, I cry out; my rock, do not ignore me.
 \q If you do not respond to me, I will join those who go down to the grave.
 \q
 \v 2 Hear the sound of my pleading when I call for help from you,

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-\v 3 Trust in Yahweh and do what is right;
-\q settle in the land and make faithfulness your business.
+\v 3 Trust in Yahweh and do what is good;
+\q settle in the land and graze in faithfulness.
 \q
 \v 4 Then delight yourself in Yahweh,
 \q and he will give you the desires of your heart.
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 \v 7 Be still before Yahweh and wait patiently for him.
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 \q Do not be angry if someone succeeds in what he does,
 \q when he makes evil plots.
+=======
+\q Do not be distressed about the one who succeeds in what he does, 
+\q or when he carries out his evil plans. 
+>>>>>>> origin/master
 
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-\v 7 For I am overcome with shame,
-\q and my whole body is sick.
+\v 7 For within me, I am filled with burning;
+\q there is no health in my flesh.
 \q
 \v 8 I am numb and utterly crushed;
 \q I groan because of the anguish of my heart.

19-PSA/042.usfm

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 \v 1 As the deer pants after streams of water,
 \q so I thirst for you, God.
 \q
-\v 2 I thirst for God, for the living God;
+\v 2 I thirst for God, for the living God,
 \q when will I come and appear before God?
  
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-\v 5 Why are you bowed down, my soul,
-\q and why are you worried within me?
-\q Hope in God, for I will yet praise him
-\q for the help of his presence.
+\v 5 Why are you bowed down, my soul?
+\q Why are you upset within me?
+\q Hope in God, for again I will praise him who is my salvation.
+
+
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 \v 6 My God, my soul is bowed down within me,
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 \v 11 Why are you bowed down, my soul?
-\q Why are you worried within me?
-\q Hope in God, for I will yet praise him,
-\q who is the help of my face and my God.
-
+\q Why are you upset within me?
+\q Hope in God, for again I will praise him who is my salvation and my God.
 
 

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 \c 43
 \p
 \q
-\v 1 Judge me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation.
+\v 1 Bring me justice, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation.
 \q
-\v 2 For you are the God of my strength; why have you thrown me away?
-\q Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
+\v 2 For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me?
+\q Why do I go about in mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
  
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-\v 3 Oh, send out your light and your truth; let them lead me;
-\q let them bring me to your holy hill
-\q and to your tabernacles.
+\v 3 Oh, send out your light and your truth, let them lead me.
+\q Let them bring me to your holy hill
+\q and to your dwelling.
 \q
 \v 4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
-\q to God my exceeding joy;
-\q and on the harp will I praise you, God, my God.
+\q to God my exceeding joy.
+\q I will praise you with the harp, God, my God.
  
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 \v 5 Why are you bowed down, my soul?
-\q Why are you worried within me?
-\q Hope in God; for I will yet praise him,
-\q who is my help and my God.
- 
+\q Why are you upset within me?
+\q Hope in God, for again I will praise him who is my salvation and my God.
+
 
 

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 \v 1 Hear this, all you peoples;
 \q give ear, all you inhabitants of the world,
 \q
-\v 2 Both low and high,
+\v 2 both low and high,
 \q rich and poor together.
  
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-\v 4 My heart is very pained in me,
+\v 4 My heart trembles within me,
 \q and the terrors of death have fallen on me.
 \q
 \v 5 Fearfulness and trembling have come on me,

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 of David. A michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.
 \b
 \q
-\v 1 Be merciful to me, God, for someone wishes to swallow me up;
-\q all the day long he fights and oppresses me.
+\v 1 Be merciful to me, God, for men are attacking me!
+\q All the day long those who fight me press their assault. 
 \q
-\v 2 My enemies wish to swallow me up all the day long;
+\v 2 My enemies trample me all day long;
 \q for there are many who arrogantly fight against me.
  
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 \s5
 \q
 \v 2 You have made the land tremble; you have torn it apart;
-\q heal its breaches, for it is shaking.
+\q heal its fissures, for it is shaking.
 \q
-\v 3 You have shown your people severe things;
+\v 3 You have made your people see difficult things;
 \q you have made us drink the wine of staggering.
  
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  
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 \q
-\v 5 It will be as if ate a meal of marrow and fatness;
+\v 5 It will be as if I ate a meal of marrow and fatness;
 \q with joyful lips my mouth will praise you.
 \q
 \v 6 when I think about you on my bed

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 \q May people always pray for him;
 \q may God bless him all day long.
 \q
-\v 16 May there be abundance of grain in the earth on the mountaintops;
-\q may their crops wave in the breeze like the trees of Lebanon,
-\q and the people in the cities flourish like grass on the earth.
+\v 16 May there be abundance of grain in the land;
+\q on the mountaintops may their crops wave.
+\q May the fruit of it be like Lebanon;
+\q may the people flourish in the cities like the grass of the field.
  
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 \q
-\v 8 They mockingly say evil things;
-\q they proudly threaten violence.
+\v 8 They mock and speak wickedly;
+\q they speak loftily of oppression. 
 \q
-\v 9 They speak against the heavens,
+\v 9 They set their mouth against the heavens,
 \q and their tongues roam through the earth.
  
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 \q
-\v 10 Therefore God's people turn to them
-\q and drink deeply at their words.
+\v 10 Therefore his people return to here
+\q and waters of fullness are drained by them.
 \q
 \v 11 They say, "How does God know?
-\q Does God know what goes on?"
+\q Is there knowledge with the Most High?"
 \q
 \v 12 Take notice: these people are wicked;
 \q they are always carefree, becoming richer and richer.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 \v 13 Surely it is in vain that I have guarded my heart
 \q and washed my hands in innocence.
 \q
-\v 14 For all the day long have I been afflicted
+\v 14 For all the day long I have been afflicted
 \q and disciplined every morning.
 \q
 \v 15 If I had said, "I will say these things,"

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 \v 1 God, why have you rejected us forever?
 \q Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?
 \q
-\v 2 Call to mind your people, whom you redeemed in ancient times,
-\q whom you have purchased to be your own heritage,
+\v 2 Call to mind your people, whom you purchased in ancient times,
+\q the tribe whom you have redeemed to be your own heritage,
 \q and Mount Zion, where you live.
  
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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ to the ground.
  
 \s5
 \q
-\v 9 We do not see any more miraculous signs from God;
+\v 9 We do not see any more signs;
 \q there is no prophet any more,
 \q and no one among us knows how long this will last.
 \q
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ to the ground.
 \q for the dark regions of the earth are full of places of violence.
 \q
 \v 21 Do not let the oppressed be turned back in shame;
-\q may the poor and oppressed praise your name.
+\q let the poor and oppressed praise your name. 
  
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 \q

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 \s5
 \q
 \v 7 But God is the judge;
-\q he brings one down and raises up another.
+\q he brings one down and raises up another. 
 \q
-\v 8 For Yahweh holds a cup in his hand of foaming wine,
+\v 8 For Yahweh holds in his hand a cup of foaming wine,
 \q which is mixed with spices, and pours it out.
 \q Surely all the wicked of the earth will drink it to the last drop.
  

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 \s5
 \q
-\v 8 Your judgment came from heaven;
-\q the earth was afraid and silent.
+\v 8 From heaven you made your judgment heard;
+\q the earth was afraid and silent
 \q
-\v 9 You, God, arose to execute judgment
+\v 9 when you, God, arose to execute judgment
 \q and to save all the oppressed of the earth. 
 \qs Selah\qs*
  
@@ -51,8 +51,5 @@
 \v 11 Make vows to Yahweh your God and keep them.
 \q May all who surround him bring gifts to him who is to be feared.
 \q
-\v 12 He humbles the spirit of the princes;
-\q he is feared by the kings of the earth.
- 
-
-
+\v 12 He cuts off the spirit of the princes;
+\q he is feared by the kings of the earth.  

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 \q
 \v 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord;
 \q at night I stretched my hands out, and they would not become tired.
-\q I refused to be comforted.
+\q My soul refused to be comforted.
 \q
 \v 3 I thought of God as I groaned;
-\q I thought about him as I grew faint. 
+\q I thought about him as I grew faint.
 \qs Selah\qs*
 \b
  
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 \s5
 \q
 \v 10 I said, "This is my sorrow:
-\q the changing of the Almighty's right hand toward us."
+\q the changing of the right hand of the Most High toward us."
  
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 \q
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@
 \q the depths trembled.
 \q
 \v 17 The clouds poured down water;
-\q the skies thundered;
-\q your arrows flashed about.
+\q the cloudy skies gave voice;
+\q your arrows flew about. 
  
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 \q
-\v 12 Marvelous things he did in the sight of their ancestors
+\v 12 They forgot the marvelous things he did in the sight of their ancestors
 \q in the land of Egypt, in the land of Zoan.
 \q
 \v 13 He divided the sea and led them across it;
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ them.
 \q to this mountain that his right hand acquired.
 \q
 \v 55 He drove out the nations from before them
-\q and assigned them their inheritance;
-\q he settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
+\q and assigned them their inheritance.
+\q He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
  
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 \q
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ them.
  
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 \q
-\v 58 For they made him angry with their pagan shrines
+\v 58 For they made him angry with their high places
 \q and provoked him to jealous anger with their idols.
 \q
 \v 59 When God heard this, he was angry

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 \q
-\v 4 We have become a reproach for our neighbors to make,
+\v 4 We have become a reproach for our neighbors,
 \q mocking and derision to those who are around us.
 \q
 \v 5 How long, Yahweh? Will you stay angry forever?

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 \q it took root and filled the land.
 \q
 \v 10 The mountains were covered with its shade,
-\q the highest cedars of God by its branches.
+\q the cedars of God by its branches.
 \q
 \v 11 It sent out its branches as far as the sea
 \q and its shoots to the Euphrates River.
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@
 \v 15 This is the root that your right hand planted,
 \q the shoot that you made to grow.
 \q
-\v 16 It is burned and cut down;
-\q may your enemies perish because of your rebuke.
+\v 16 It has been burned and cut down;
+\q they perish because of your rebuke.
  
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 \q