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 \v 22 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
-\v 23 "Speak to the people of Israel and say, 'You must eat no fat of an ox or a sheep or a goat.
+\v 23 "Speak to the people of Israel and say, 'You must eat no fat of cattle, sheep, or goats.
 \v 24 The fat of an animal that died without being a sacrifice, or the fat of an animal torn by wild animals, may be used for other purposes, but you must certainly not eat it.
 
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 \v 23 However, he must not enter inside the curtain or come near the altar, because he has a bodily defect, so that he does not defile my holy place, for I am Yahweh, who makes them holy.'"
 \v 24 So Moses spoke these words to Aaron, to his sons, and to all the people of Israel.
 
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 \v 7 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
-\v 8 "Take the staff and assemble the community, you, and Aaron your brother. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and command it to flow with water. You will produce water for them out of that rock, and you must give it to the community and their cattle to drink."
+\v 8 "Take the staff and assemble the community, you, and Aaron your brother. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and command it to flow with water. You will produce water for them out of that rock, and you must give it to the community and their livestock to drink."
 \v 9 Moses took the staff from before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded him to do.
 
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 \v 10 Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock. Moses said to them, "Listen now, you rebels. Must we bring water out of this rock for you?"
-\v 11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, and much water came out. The community drank, and their cattle drank.
+\v 11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, and much water came out. The community drank, and their livestook drank.
 
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 \v 12 Then Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not trust me or honor me as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, you will not bring this assembly into the land I have given them."
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 \v 32 Now the plunder that remained of what the soldiers had taken was 675,000 sheep,
-\v 33 seventy-two thousand oxen,
+\v 33 seventy-two thousand cattle,
 \v 34 sixty-one thousand donkeys,
 \v 35 and thirty-two thousand women who had not known a man by lying with him. 
 
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 \v 36 The half that was kept for the soldiers numbered 337,000 sheep,
 \v 37 from which Yahweh's part of the sheep was 675.
-\v 38 The oxen were thirty-six thousand from which Yahweh's part was seventy-two.
+\v 38 The cattle were thirty-six thousand from which Yahweh's part was seventy-two.
 
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-\v 16 So they came near Moses and said, "Allow us to build fences here for our cattle and cities for our families.
+\v 16 So they came near Moses and said, "Allow us to build fences here for our livestock and cities for our families.
 \v 17 However, we ourselves will be ready and armed to go with Israel's army until we have led them into their place. But our families will live in the fortified cities because of the other people who still live in this land.
 
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05-DEU.usfm

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 \v 18 I commanded you at that time, saying, 'Yahweh your God has given you this land to possess it; you, all the men of war, will pass over armed before your brothers, the people of Israel.
 
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-\v 19 But your wives, your little ones, and your cattle (I know that you have much cattle), will stay in your cities that I have given you,
+\v 19 But your wives, your little ones, and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock), will stay in your cities that I have given you,
 \v 20 until Yahweh gives rest to your brothers, as he has to you, until they also possess the land that Yahweh your God is giving them beyond the Jordan; then will you return, every man of you, to your own property that I have given you.'
 
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 \v 12 If you listen to these decrees, and keep and do them, it will happen that Yahweh your God will keep with you the covenant and the faithfulness that he swore to your fathers.
-\v 13 He will love you, bless you, and multiply you; he will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain, your new wine, and your oil, the multiplication of your cattle and the young of your flocks, in the land that he swore to your fathers to give you.
+\v 13 He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the fruit of your ground—your grain, your new wine, and your oil—the calves of your herds and the young of your flocks in the land that he swore to your fathers to give you.
 
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 \v 14 You will be blessed more than all other peoples; there will not be a childless male or a barren female among you or among your livestock.
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 \v 13 It will happen, if you will listen diligently to my commandments that I command you today, to love Yahweh your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
 \v 14 that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.
-\v 15 I will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be full.
+\v 15 I will give grass in your fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be full.
 
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 \v 16 Pay attention to yourselves so that your heart is not deceived, and you turn aside and worship other gods and bow down to them;
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 \v 17 None of those things set apart for destruction must stick in your hand. This must be the case, so that Yahweh will turn from the fierceness of his anger, show you mercy, have compassion on you, and make you increase in numbers, as he has sworn to your fathers.
 \v 18 He will do this because you are listening to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep all his commandments that I am commanding you today, to do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh your God.
 
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 \v 25 you will convert the offering into money, tie up the money in your hand, and go to the place that Yahweh your God will choose.
 
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-\v 26 There you will spend the money for whatever you desire: for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever you desire; you will eat there before Yahweh your God, and you will rejoice, you and your household.
+\v 26 There you will spend the money for whatever you desire: cattle, sheep, wine or strong drink, or for whatever you desire. Then you will eat there before Yahweh your God and rejoice, you and your household.
 \v 27 The Levite who is within your gates—do not forsake him, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
 
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 \v 17 Cursed will be your basket and your kneading trough.
 
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-\v 18 Cursed will be the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.
+\v 18 Cursed will be the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
 \v 19 Cursed will you be when you come in, and cursed will you be when you go out.
 
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06-JOS.usfm

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 \v 14 He said, "Neither. For I am the commander of the army of Yahweh. Now I have come." Then Joshua lay facedown on the ground to worship and said to him, "What does my master say to his servant?"
 \v 15 The commander of Yahweh's army said to Joshua, "Take off your sandals from your feet, because the place you are standing is holy." That is what Joshua did.
 
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 \v 20 When they gave blasts with the trumpets, the people gave a great shout and the wall fell down flat, so every man charged straight in and captured the city.
-\v 21 They completely destroyed all that was in the city by the edge of the sword—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep and donkeys.
+\v 21 They completely destroyed all that was in the city by the edge of the sword—man and woman, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.
 
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 \v 23 They took the items from the middle of the tent and brought them to Joshua and to all the people of Israel. They poured them out before Yahweh.
 
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-\v 24 Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan son of Zerah, and the silver, the coat, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that he had, and they brought them up to the Valley of Achor.
+\v 24 Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan son of Zerah, and the silver, the coat, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys, sheep, and his tent and all that he had, and they brought them up to the Valley of Achor.
 
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 \v 25 Then Joshua said, "Why have you troubled us? Yahweh will trouble you today." All Israel stoned him with stones. Then they stoned the rest with stones and burned them with fire. 
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 \v 9 These were the cities selected for all the people of Israel and for the foreigners residing among them, so that anyone who killed a person unintentionally could run to them for safety. This person would not die by the hand of the one who wanted to avenge the blood that was shed, until the accused person would first stand before the assembly.
 
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07-JDG.usfm

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-\v 31 After Ehud the next judge was Shamgar son of Anath who killed 600 men of the Philistines with a stick used to goad cattle. He also delivered Israel from danger.
+\v 31 After Ehud the next judge was Shamgar son of Anath who killed 600 men of the Philistines with a stick used to goad oxen. He also delivered Israel from danger.
 
 
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 \v 3 It happened that any time the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people from the east would attack the Israelites.
-\v 4 They would set up their army on the land and destroy the crops, all the way to Gaza. They would leave no food in Israel, and no sheep, nor cattle or donkeys.
+\v 4 They would set up their army on the land and destroy the crops, all the way to Gaza. They would leave no food in Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys.
 
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 \v 5 Whenever they and their livestock and tents came up, they would come as a swarm of locusts, and it was impossible to count either the people or their camels. They invaded the land in order to destroy it.
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-\v 21 So they turned and went away. They put the small children in front of themselves, as well as the cattle and their possessions.
+\v 21 So they turned and went away, putting the little children, their livestock and their possessions in front of them.
 \v 22 When they were a good distance from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah's house were called together, and they caught up with the Danites.
 \v 23 They shouted to the Danites, and they turned and said to Micah, "Why have you been called together?"
 

09-1SA.usfm

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 \v 15 He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give to his officers and his servants.
 
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-\v 16 He will take your male servants and your female servants and the best of your young men and your donkeys; he will put them all to work for him.
+\v 16 He will take your male servants and your female servants and the best of your cattle \f + \ft The Hebrew text can be read as: \fqa young men \fqa* instead of \fqa cattle. \fqa* \f* and your donkeys; he will put them all to work for him.
 \v 17 He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you will be his slaves.
 \v 18 Then on that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves; but Yahweh will not answer you on that day."
 
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 \v 31 They attacked the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. The people were very weary.
-\v 32 The people rushed greedily on the plunder and took sheep, oxen and calves, and killed them on the ground. The people ate them with the blood.
+\v 32 The people rushed greedily on the plunder and took sheep, cattle and calves, and killed them on the ground. The people ate them with the blood.
 
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 \v 33 Then they told Saul, "Look, the people are sinning against Yahweh by eating with the blood." Saul said, "You have acted unfaithfully. Now, roll a big stone here to me."
-\v 34 Saul said, "Go out among the people, and tell them, 'Let every man bring his ox and his sheep, kill them here, and eat. Do not sin against Yahweh by eating with the blood.'" So each of the people brought his own ox with him that night and killed it there.
+\v 34 Saul said, "Go out among the people, and tell them, 'Let every man bring his cattle and his sheep, and slaughter them here and eat them. Do not sin against Yahweh by eating meat with the blood.'" So each of the people brought his own ox with him that night and killed it there.
 
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 \v 35 Saul built an altar to Yahweh, which was the first altar that he built to Yahweh.
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 \v 1 Samuel said to Saul, "Yahweh sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel. Now listen to the words of Yahweh.
 \v 2 This is what Yahweh of hosts says, 'I have noted what Amalek did to Israel in opposing them on the way, when they came up from Egypt.
-\v 3 Now go and attack Amalek and completely destroy all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'"
+\v 3 Now go and attack Amalek and completely destroy all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, cattle and sheep, camel and donkey.'"
 
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 \v 8 Then he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive; he completely destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
-\v 9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, as well as the best of the sheep, oxen, fattened calves, and the lambs. Everything that was good, they did not destroy. But they completely destroyed anything that was despised and worthless.
+\v 9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, as well as the best of the sheep and cattle, fattened calves and the lambs. Everything that was good, they did not destroy. But they completely destroyed anything that was despised and worthless.
 
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 \v 13 Then Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed are you by Yahweh! I have fulfilled the command of Yahweh."
 
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-\v 14 Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen that I hear?"
+\v 14 Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle that I hear?"
-\v 15 Saul replied, "They have brought them from the Amalekites. For the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God. The rest we have completely destroyed."
+\v 15 Saul replied, "They have brought them from the Amalekites. For the people spared the best of the sheep and cattle, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God. The rest we have completely destroyed."
 \v 16 Then Samuel said to Saul, "Wait, and I will tell you what Yahweh has said to me tonight." Saul said to him, "Speak!"
 
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 \v 20 Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have indeed obeyed the voice of Yahweh, and have gone on the way that Yahweh sent me. I have captured Agag, the king of Amalek, and have completely destroyed the Amalekites.
-\v 21 But the people took some of the booty—sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal."
+\v 21 But the people took some of the booty—sheep and cattle, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal."
 
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 \v 22 Samuel replied, "Has Yahweh as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Obedience is better than sacrifice, and to listen is better than the fat of rams.
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 \v 18 Then the king said to Doeg, "Turn and kill the priests." So Doeg the Edomite turned and attacked the priests; he killed eighty-five persons who wore a linen ephod that day.
-\v 19 He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests; both men and women, children and infants, and oxen and donkeys and sheep he put to the sword.
+\v 19 He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, both men and women, children and infants, and its cattle, donkeys and sheep, he put to the sword.
 
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 \v 8 David and his men attacked various places, making raids on the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those nations were the inhabitants of the land, as you go to Shur, as far as the land of Egypt. They had been living there in the land from ancient times. \f + \ft Instead of \fqa the Girzites \fqa* which is found in some ancient copies of the Hebrew text, some modern translations have \fqa the Gizrites \fqa* which is found in the margin of some Hebrew copies. \f*
-\v 9 David attacked the land and saved neither man nor woman alive; he took away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing; he would return and come again to Achish.
+\v 9 David attacked the land and saved neither man nor woman alive. He took away the sheep and cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned and went back to Achish.
 
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 \v 10 Achish would say, "Against whom have you made a raid today?" David would answer, "Against the south of Judah," or "Against the south of the Jerahmeelites," or "Against the south of the Kenites."
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 \v 18 David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
 \v 19 Nothing was missing, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither booty, nor anything that the raiders had taken for themselves. David brought back everything.
-\v 20 David took all the flocks and the herds, which the men drove ahead of the other cattle. They said, "This is David's booty."
+\v 20 David took all the flocks and the herds, which the men drove ahead of the other livestock. They said, "This is David's booty."
 
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 \v 1 Then Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said, "There were once two men in a city. One man was rich and the other poor.
-\v 2 The rich man had huge numbers of flocks and herds,
+\v 2 The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,
 \v 3 but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and fed and raised. It grew up together with him and with his children. The lamb even ate with him and drank from his own cup, and it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.
 
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-\v 4 One day a visitor came to the rich man, but the rich man was unwilling to take an animal from his own flocks and herds to provide food for him. Instead he took the poor man's ewe lamb and cooked it for his visitor."
+\v 4 One day a visitor came to the rich man, but the rich man was unwilling to take one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for him. Instead, he took the poor man's ewe lamb and cooked it for his visitor."
 \v 5 David was hot with anger against the rich man, and he raged to Nathan, "As Yahweh lives, the man who has done this deserves to be put to death.
 \v 6 He must pay back the lamb four times over because he did such a thing, and because he had no pity on the poor man."
 

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 \v 8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David did not follow Adonijah.
 
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-\v 9 Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened calves by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants.
+\v 9 Adonijah sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened calves by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants.
 \v 10 But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or his brother Solomon.
 
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 \v 18 Now, see, Adonijah is king, and you, my master the king, do not know it.
-\v 19 He has sacrificed oxen, fatted calves, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant.
+\v 19 He has sacrificed many cattle, fatted calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant.
 
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 \v 20 As for you, my master the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to tell them who will sit on the throne after you, my master.
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 \v 24 Nathan said, "My master the king, have you said, 'Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne?'
-\v 25 For he has gone down today and sacrificed oxen, fatted calves, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons, the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest. They are eating and drinking before him, and saying, 'Long live King Adonijah!'
+\v 25 For he has gone down today and sacrificed a great number of cattle, fatted calves, and sheep. He has invited all the king's sons, the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest. They are eating and drinking before him, and saying, 'Long live King Adonijah!'
 
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 \v 26 But as for me, your servant, Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, he has not invited us.
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 \v 20 Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea. They were eating and drinking and were happy.
 \v 21 Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
 \v 22 Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour and sixty cors of meal,
-\v 23 ten fat oxen, twenty oxen out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.
+\v 23 ten head of cattle fattened in the stall, twenty head of cattle taken from the pastures, and one hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.
 
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 \v 24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side of the River, from Tiphsah as far as to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River, and he had peace on all sides around him.
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 \v 3 All the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
 \v 4 They brought up the ark of Yahweh, the tent of meeting, and all the holy furnishings that were in the tent. The priests and the Levites brought these things up.
-\v 5 King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel came together before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen that could not be counted.
+\v 5 King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel came together before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle that could not be counted.
 
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 \v 62 So the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
-\v 63 Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to Yahweh: twenty-two thousand oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh.
+\v 63 Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to Yahweh: twenty-two thousand cattle and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh.
 
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 \v 64 The same day the king set apart the middle of the courtyard in front of the temple of Yahweh, for there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar that was before Yahweh was too small to receive the burnt offering, the grain offerings, and the fat of the fellowship offerings.

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 \v 7 Beerah's relatives according to their clans, listed according to their genealogical records: Jeiel the leader, Zechariah, and
 \v 8 Bela son of Azaz son of Shema son of Joel. They lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal Meon,
-\v 9 and eastward to the start of the wilderness that extends to the Euphrates River. This was because they had many cattle in the land of Gilead.
+\v 9 and eastward to the start of the wilderness that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead.
 
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 \v 20 The descendants of Ephraim were as follows: Ephraim's son was Shuthelah. Shuthelah's son was Bered. Bered's son was Tahath. Tahath's son was Eleadah. Eleadah's son was Tahath.
-\v 21 Tahath's son was Zabad. Zabad's son was Shuthelah. (Ezer and Elead were killed by men of Gath, natives in the land, when they went to steal their cattle.
+\v 21 Tahath's son was Zabad. Zabad's son was Shuthelah. (Ezer and Elead were killed by men of Gath, natives in the land, when they went to steal their livestock.
 \v 22 Ephraim their father mourned for them many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
 
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 \v 46 Eliel the Mahavite, Jeribai and Joshaviah sons of Elnaam, Ithmah the Moabite,
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 \v 38 All these soldiers, equipped for battle, came to Hebron with firm intentions to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of Israel were in agreement to make David king also.
 \v 39 They were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their relatives had sent them with provisions.
-\v 40 In addition, those who were near to them, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen, and cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, wine, oil, oxen, and sheep, for Israel was celebrating.
+\v 40 In addition, those who were near to them, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen, and cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, wine, oil, cattle and sheep, for there was joy in Israel. 
 
 
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 \v 22 Also the lamp trimmers, basins, spoons, and incense burners were all made of pure gold. As for the entrance into the house, its inner doors into the most holy place and the doors of the house, that is, of the temple, were made of gold.
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 \v 4 All the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.
 \v 5 They brought up the ark, the tent of meeting, and all the holy furnishings that were in the tent. The priests who were of the tribe of Levi brought these things up.
-\v 6 King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel came together before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen that could not be counted.
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 \v 4 So the king and all the people offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
-\v 5 King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen and 120,000 sheep and goats. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
+\v 5 King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and 120,000 sheep and goats. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
 \v 6 The priests stood, each standing where they serve; the Levites also with instruments of music of Yahweh, which David the king had made to give thanks to Yahweh in the song, "For his covenant faithfulness endures for ever." All the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
 
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 \v 10 So they gathered together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.
-\v 11 They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day some of the plunder that they had brought: seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep and goats.
+\v 11 They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day some of the plunder that they had brought: seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep and goats.
 
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 \v 12 They entered into a covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and with all their soul.
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 \v 1 Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor; he allied himself with Ahab by having one of his family marry his daughter.
-\v 2 After some years, he went down to Ahab in Samaria. Ahab killed many sheep and oxen for him and the people who were with him. Ahab also persuaded him to attack Ramoth Gilead with him.
+\v 2 After some years, he went down to Ahab in Samaria. Ahab killed many sheep and cattle for him and the people who were with him. Ahab also persuaded him to attack Ramoth Gilead with him.
 \v 3 Ahab, king of Israel, said to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, "Will you go with me to Ramoth Gilead?" Jehoshaphat answered him, "I am like you, and my people are like your people. We will be with you in the war."
 
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 \v 33 But a certain man drew his bow at random and shot the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. Then Ahab said to the driver of his chariot, "Turn around and carry me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded."
 \v 34 The battle grew worse that day, and the king of Israel was held up in his chariot facing the Arameans until the evening. About the time that the sun was going down, he died.
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-\v 7 Josiah gave to all the people thirty thousand lambs and kids from flocks for the Passover offerings to all who were present. He also gave three thousand bulls; these were from the king's possessions.
+\v 7 Josiah gave thirty thousand lambs and kids from flocks for the Passover offerings to all the people who were present, and he also gave three thousand head of cattle—all of these were from the king's own possessions.
-\v 8 His leaders gave a free will offering to the people, priests, and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the officials in charge of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings 2,600 small cattle and three hundred oxen.
+\v 8 His leaders gave a free will offering to the people, priests, and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the officials in charge of the house of God, gave to the priests 2,600 Passover offerings and three hundred head of cattle.
-\v 9 Also Konaniah, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings five thousand small cattle and five hundred oxen.
+\v 9 Also Konaniah, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave five thousand Passover offerings to the Levites and five hundred head of cattle.
 
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 \v 10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their places, with the Levites by their divisions, in response to the king's command.
 \v 11 They killed the Passover lambs, and the priests sprinkled the blood that they received from the Levites' hand, and the Levites skinned the lambs.
-\v 12 They removed the burnt offerings, in order to distribute them to the divisions of the ancestral houses of the people, to offer them to Yahweh, as it is written in the Book of Moses. They did the same with the bulls.
+\v 12 They removed the burnt offerings, in order to distribute them to the divisions of the ancestral houses of the people, to offer them to Yahweh, as it is written in the Book of Moses. They did the same with the cattle.
 
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 \v 35 Even in their own kingdom, while they enjoyed your great goodness to them, in the large and productive land you set before them, they did not serve you or turn away from their evil ways.
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 \v 36 Now we are slaves in the land you gave our ancestors to enjoy its fruit and its good gifts, and behold, we are slaves in it!
 \v 37 The rich yield from our land goes to the kings you have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.
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 \v 38 Because of all this, we make a firm covenant in writing. On the sealed document are the names of our princes, Levites, and priests."
 
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 \v 34 The priests, the Levites, and the people cast lots for the wood offering. The lots would select which of our families would bring wood into the house of our God at the appointed times each year, to be burned on the altar of Yahweh our God, as it is written in the law.
-\v 35 We promised to bring to the house of Yahweh the firstfruits grown from our soil, and the firstfruits of every tree each year.
+\v 35 We promised to bring to the house of Yahweh the firstfruits grown from our soil, and each year the firstfruits from each tree.
-\v 36 As it is written in the law, we promised to bring to the house of God and to the priests who serve there, the firstborn of our sons and of our herds and our flocks.
+\v 36 The firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle—according to what is written in the law—and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks we will bring to the house of our God, to the priests who serve in the house of our God. 
 
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 \v 37 We will bring the first of our dough and our grain offerings, and the fruit of every tree, and the new wine and the oil we will bring to the priests, to the storerooms of the house of our God. We will bring to the Levites the tithes from our soil because the Levites collect the tithes in all the towns where we work.

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 \v 9 Then Satan answered Yahweh and said, "Does Job fear God without reason?
-\v 10 Have you not put a barrier around him, around his house, and around all that is his from every side? You have blessed the deeds of his hands, and his cattle have burst forth in the land.
+\v 10 Have you not put a barrier around him, around his house, and around all that is his from every side? You have blessed the deeds of his hands, and his livestock have spread throughout the land.
 \v 11 But now stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and see if he does not curse you to your face."
 \v 12 Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him himself do not stretch out your hand." Then Satan went away from the presence of Yahweh.
 

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 \v 13 He waters the mountains from his water chambers in the sky.
 \q The earth is filled with the fruit of his labor.
 \q
-\v 14 He makes the grass grow for the livestock
+\v 14 He makes the grass grow for the cattle
-\q and plants for man to cultivate
+\q and plants for man to cultivate,
 \q so that man may produce food from the earth.
 \q
 \v 15 He makes wine to make man happy,
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 \q and as for his decrees, they do not know them.
 \q Praise Yahweh.
 
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 \v 9 Praise him, mountains and all hills,
 \q fruit trees and all cedars,
 \q
-\v 10 animals wild and tame,
+\v 10 Wild animals and all livestock,
-\q creatures that crawl and birds.
+\q creatures that crawl and birds with wings.
 
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20-PRO.usfm

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 \q but the lips of the wise will preserve them.
 \q
 \v 4 Where there are no cattle, the feeding trough is clean,
-\q but an abundant crop can come by the strength of an ox.
+\q but an abundant crop comes from the strength of an ox.
 
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-\v 19 But even if it hails and the forest is destroyed, and the city is completely annihilated,
+\v 19 Though hail flattens the forest and the city is completely leveled,
-\v 20 you who sow beside all the streams will be blessed, you who send out your ox and donkey to graze.
+\v 20 you will be blessed when you sow your seed beside every stream, 
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+\q and letting the foot of the ox and donkey range free.
 
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-\v 1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; their idols
+\v 1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low. 
-\q1 are carried by animals and beasts of burden. These idols that you carry are a heavy burden for weary animals.
+\q1 Their idols weigh down the animals who carry them, 
+\q1 and you load your cattle with heaven burdens for weary animals.
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 \v 2 Together they bend low, kneel down; they cannot rescue the images,
 \q1 and they themselves have gone off into captivity.

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 \q surely Yahweh our God is the salvation of Israel.
 \q
 \v 24 Yet shameful idols have consumed what our ancestors have worked for—
-\q their flocks and cattle, their sons and daughters!
+\q their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters!
 \q
 \v 25 Let us lie down in shame. May our shame cover us, for we have sinned against Yahweh our God!
 \q We ourselves and our ancestors, from the time of our youthfulness to this present day, have not listened to the voice of Yahweh our God!"
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 \v 16 Its quiver is like an open tomb. They are all soldiers.
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-\v 17 So your harvest will be consumed, your sons and daughters also, and your food.
+\v 17 They will eat up your harvest and your food. 
-\q They will eat your flocks and cattle; they will eat the fruit from your vines and fig trees.
+\q They will devour your sons and daughters. 
-\q They will beat down with a sword your fortified cities that you trusted in.
+\q They will devour your flocks and herds. 
+\q They will devour your vines and fig trees. 
+\q They will beat down with a sword your fortified cities in which you put your trust.
 
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 \v 18 Next he said to me, "Son of man, the Lord Yahweh says this: These are the regulations for the altar on the day they make it, for raising the burnt offering onto it, and for sprinkling blood on it.
-\v 19 You will give a bull from the cattle as a sin offering for the Levitical priests who are the descendants of Zadok, those who come near to me to serve me—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.
+\v 19 You will give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering for the Levitical priests who are the descendants of Zadok, those who come near to me to serve me—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.
 
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 \v 20 Then you will take some of its blood and place it on the altar's four horns and the four sides of its edge and on the surrounding rim; you will cleanse it and make atonement for it.
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 \v 22 Then on the second day you will offer a male goat without blemish from the goats as a sin offering; the priests will cleanse the altar just as they cleansed it with the bull.
-\v 23 When you finish its cleansing, offer an unblemished bull from the cattle and an unblemished ram from the flock.
+\v 23 When you finish its cleansing, offer an unblemished bull from the herd and an unblemished ram from the flock.
 \v 24 Offer them before Yahweh; the priests will throw salt onto them and raise them up as a burnt offering to Yahweh.
 
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-\v 25 You must prepare a male goat as a sin offering daily for seven days, and the priests must also prepare an unblemished bull of the cattle and unblemished ram from the flock.
+\v 25 You must prepare a male goat as a sin offering daily for seven days, and the priests must also prepare an unblemished bull from the herd and an unblemished ram from the flock.
 \v 26 They must atone for the altar for seven days and purify it, and in this way they must consecrate it.
 \v 27 They must complete these days, and on the eighth day and onward it will come about that the priests will prepare your burnt offerings and your peace offerings on the altar, and I will accept you—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration."
 

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 \v 24 This is the interpretation, king. It is a decree of the Most High that has reached you, my master the king.
-\v 25 You will be driven from among men, and you will live with the wild animals in the fields. You will be made to eat grass like an ox, and you will be wet with the dew from the heavens, and seven years will pass by until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of people and that he gives them to anyone he wishes.
+\v 25 You will be driven from among men, and you will live with the wild animals in the fields. You will be made to eat grass like cattle, and you will be wet with the dew from the heavens, and seven years will pass by until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of people and that he gives them to anyone he wishes.
 
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 \v 31 While the words were still on the lips of the king, a voice came from heaven: "King Nebuchadnezzar, it is announced to you that this kingdom has been taken away from you.
-\v 32 You will be driven away from people, and your home will be with the wild animals in the fields. You will be made to eat grass like an ox. Seven years will pass until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of people and he gives them to anyone he wishes."
+\v 32 You will be driven away from people, and your home will be with the wild animals in the fields. You will be made to eat grass like cattle. Seven years will pass until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of people and he gives them to anyone he wishes."
 
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-\v 33 This decree against Nebuchadnezzar was carried out immediately. He was driven away from people. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew from the heavens. His hair grew as long as eagles' feathers, and his nails became like birds' claws.
+\v 33 This decree against Nebuchadnezzar was carried out immediately. He was driven away from people. He ate grass like cattle, and his body was wet with the dew from the heavens. His hair grew as long as eagles' feathers, and his nails became like birds' claws.
 
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 \v 20 But when his heart was arrogant and his spirit was hardened so that he acted presumptuously, he was brought down from his kingly throne, and they took away his majesty.
-\v 21 He was driven away from humanity, he had the mind of an animal, and he lived with the wild donkeys. He ate grass like an ox. His body was wet with the dew from the heavens until he learned that the Most High God rules over the kingdoms of people and that he sets over them anyone he wishes.
+\v 21 He was driven away from humanity, he had the mind of an animal, and he lived with the wild donkeys. He ate grass like cattle. His body was wet with the dew from the heavens until he learned that the Most High God rules over the kingdoms of people and that he sets over them anyone he wishes.
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 \v 22 You his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.
 \v 23 You have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. From his house they brought you the containers that you, your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from, and you praised the idols made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone—idols that do not see, hear, or know anything. You have not honored the God who holds your breath in his hand and who knows all your ways.

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-\v 18 How the animals groan!
+\v 18 How the cattle groan!
-\q The herds of cattle are suffering
+\q Their herds are wandering in confusion because they have no pasture.
-\q because they have no pasture.
+\q Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
-\q Also, the flocks of sheep suffer.
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 \v 19 Yahweh, I cry to you.
 \q For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness,

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 \v 3 He sent out his servants to call those who had been invited to come to the marriage feast, but they would not come.
 
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-\v 4 Again the king sent other servants, saying, 'Tell them who are invited, "See, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened calves have been killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast."'
+\v 4 Again the king sent other servants, saying, 'Tell them who are invited, "See, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast."'
 
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 \v 14 He found sellers of oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money changers were sitting there.
 
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-\v 15 So he made a whip of cords and drove all of them out from the temple, including both the sheep and the oxen. He scattered the coins of the money changers and overthrew their tables.
+\v 15 So he made a whip of cords and drove all of them out from the temple, including both the sheep and the cattle. He scattered the coins of the money changers and overthrew their tables.
 \v 16 To the pigeon sellers he said, "Take these things away from here. Stop making the house of my Father a marketplace."
 
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 \v 11 The woman said to him, "Sir, you do not have a bucket and the well is deep. Where then do you have the living water?
-\v 12 You are not greater, are you, than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his cattle?"
+\v 12 You are not greater, are you, than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?"
 
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 \v 12 "Look! I am coming soon. My reward is with me, to pay back each one according to what he has done.
-\v 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
+\v 13 I am the Alpha and the omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
 
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