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 \v 13 Then you will succeed, if you carefully obey the statutes and the decrees that Yahweh gave to Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be discouraged.
 
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-\v 14 Now, see, at great effort I have prepared for the house of Yahweh 100,000 talents of gold, one million talents of silver, and bronze and iron in large quantities. I have also provided timber and stone. You must add more to all this.
+\v 14 Now, see, with great pains I have prepared for the house of Yahweh 100,000 talents of gold, one million talents of silver, and bronze and iron in large quantities. I have also provided timber and stone. You must add more to all this.
 
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 \v 15 You have many workmen with you: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and skillful craftsmen without number of every kind,
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 \v 17 David also ordered all the leaders of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
 \v 18 "Yahweh your God is with you and has given you peace on every side. He has given the region's inhabitants into my hand. The region is subdued before Yahweh and his people.
-\v 19 Now seek Yahweh your God with all your heart and your soul. Get up and build the holy place of Yahweh God. Then you can bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh and the things that belong to God into the house built for Yahweh's name."
+\v 19 Now seek Yahweh your God with all your heart and your soul. Get up and build the holy place of Yahweh God. Then you can bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh and the holy things that belong to God into the house built for Yahweh's name."
 
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 \v 1 When David was old and near the end of his life, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
 \v 2 He gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and Levites.
-\v 3 The Levites who were thirty years old and older were counted. They numbered thirty-eight thousand.
+\v 3 The Levites who were thirty years old and older were counted in a census, and they numbered thirty-eight thousand.
 
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 \v 4 "Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work on the house of Yahweh, and six thousand were officers and judges.
 \v 5 Four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand were to praise Yahweh with the instruments that I made to give praise," David said.
-\v 6 He divided them into groups that corresponded to Levi's sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
+\v 6 David divided them into groups that corresponded to Levi's sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
 
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-\v 24 These were Levi's descendants corresponding to their clans. They were the leaders, counted and listed by name, of the clans that did the work in the service of the house of Yahweh, from twenty years old and upward.
+\v 24 These were Levi's descendants corresponding to their clans. They were the leaders, counted and listed by name in the census, of the clans that did the work in the service of the house of Yahweh, from twenty years old and upward.
 \v 25 For David said, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people. He makes his home in Jerusalem forever.
 \v 26 The Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all the equipment used in its service."
 
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 \v 1 The work groups based on Aaron's descendants were these: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
 \v 2 Nadab and Abihu died before their father died. They had no children, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
-\v 3 David, together with Zadok, a descendant of Eleazar, and Ahimelek, a descendant of Ithamar, divided them into groups for their work as priests.
+\v 3 David, together with Zadok, a descendant of Eleazar, and Ahimelek, a descendant of Ithamar, divided them into groups for their labor as priests.
 
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 \v 4 There were more leading men among Eleazar's descendants than among Ithamar's descendants, so they divided Eleazar's descendants into sixteen groups. They did this by heads of clans and by Ithamar's descendants. These divisions were eight in number, corresponding to their clans.
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-\v 19 This was the order of their service, when they came into the house of Yahweh, following the procedure given to them by Aaron their ancestor, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had instructed him.
+\v 19 This was the order of their service, when they came into the house of Yahweh, following the ordinance given to them by Aaron their ancestor, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
 
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 \v 29 From Kish: The son of Kish: Jerahmeel.
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-\v 30 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the Levites, listed by their families.
+\v 30 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the Levites, listed by their clans.
 \v 31 These men who were the head of each clan and each of their younger brothers, cast lots in the presence of King David, and Zadok and Ahimelek, along with the leaders of the families of the priests and Levites. They cast lots just as Aaron's descendants had done.
 
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