"Sons of Israel" from "Israelites" to "people of Israel"

There is a separate word, however rare, for "Israelite."

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 \v 6 Then Joseph, all his brothers, and all that generation died.
-\v 7 But the Israelites were fruitful, increased in numbers, became great, and became very, very mighty; the land was filled with them.
+\v 7 But the people of Israel were fruitful, increased in numbers, became great, and became very, very mighty; the land was filled with them.
 
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 \v 8 Now then a new king arose over Egypt, one who did not know about Joseph.
-\v 9 He said to his people, "Look, the Israelites are more numerous and stronger than we are.
+\v 9 He said to his people, "Look, the people of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we are.
 \v 10 Come, let us deal with them wisely, otherwise they will continue to grow in numbers, and if war breaks out, they will join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the land."
 
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 \v 11 So they put taskmasters over them to oppress them with hard labor. The Israelites built store cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Rameses.
-\v 12 But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more the Israelites increased in numbers and spread. So the Egyptians began to dread the Israelites.
+\v 12 But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more the Israelites increased in numbers and spread. So the Egyptians began to dread the people of Israel.
 
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-\v 13 The Egyptians severely forced the Israelites to serve.
+\v 13 The Egyptians severely forced the people of Israel to serve.
 \v 14 They made their lives bitter with hard service with mortar and brick, and with all kinds of work in the fields. All their required work was severe.
 
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-\v 23 A long time later, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out for help, and their pleas went up to God because of their bondage.
+\v 23 A long time later, the king of Egypt died. The people of Israel groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out for help, and their pleas went up to God because of their bondage.
 \v 24 When God heard their groaning, God called to mind his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
-\v 25 God saw the Israelites, and he understood their situation.
+\v 25 God saw the people of Israel, and he understood their situation.
 
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 \v 9 Now the shouts of the people of Israel have come to me. Moreover, I have seen the way the Egyptians have been oppressing them.
-\v 10 Now then, I will send you to Pharaoh so that you may bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt."
+\v 10 Now then, I will send you to Pharaoh so that you may bring my people, the people of Israel, out of Egypt."
 
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-\v 11 But Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites from Egypt?"
+\v 11 But Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the people of Israel from Egypt?"
 \v 12 God replied, "I will certainly be with you. This will be a sign to you that I have sent you. When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship me on this mountain."
 
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-\v 13 Moses said to God, "When I go to the Israelites and tell them, 'The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,' and when they say to me, 'What is his name?' what should I say to them?"
+\v 13 Moses said to God, "When I go to the people of Israel and tell them, 'The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,' and when they say to me, 'What is his name?' what should I say to them?"
-\v 14 God said to Moses, "I AM THAT I AM." God said, "You must say to the Israelites, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"
+\v 14 God said to Moses, "I AM THAT I AM." God said, "You must say to the people of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"
-\v 15 God also said to Moses, "You must say to the Israelites, 'Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is how I will be kept in mind for all generations.'
+\v 15 God also said to Moses, "You must say to the people of Israel, 'Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is how I will be kept in mind for all generations.'
 
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 \v 28 Moses told Aaron all the words of Yahweh that he had sent him to say and about all the signs of Yahweh's power that he had commanded him to do.
 
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-\v 29 Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the Israelites.
+\v 29 Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the people of Israel.
 \v 30 Aaron spoke all the words that Yahweh had spoken to Moses. He also displayed the signs of Yahweh's power in the sight of the people.
-\v 31 The people believed. When they heard that Yahweh had observed the Israelites and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed down and worshiped him.
+\v 31 The people believed. When they heard that Yahweh had observed the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed down and worshiped him.
 
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 \v 12 So the people scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
 \v 13 The taskmasters kept urging them and saying, "Finish your work, just as when straw was given to you."
-\v 14 Pharaoh's taskmasters beat the Israelite overseers, those same men whom they had put in charge of the workers. The taskmasters kept asking them, "Why have you not produced all the bricks required of you, either yesterday and today, as you used to do in the past?"
+\v 14 Pharaoh's taskmasters beat the overseers, who were of the people of Israel, those same men whom they had put in charge of the workers. The taskmasters kept asking them, "Why have you not produced all the bricks required of you, either yesterday and today, as you used to do in the past?"
 
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-\v 15 So the Israelite overseers came to Pharaoh and cried out to him. They said, "Why are you treating your servants this way?
+\v 15 So the overseers, who were of the people of Israel, came to Pharaoh and cried out to him. They said, "Why are you treating your servants this way?
 \v 16 No straw is being given to your servants anymore, but they are still telling us, 'Make bricks!' We, your servants, are even beaten now, but it is the fault of your own people."
 \v 17 But Pharaoh said, "You are lazy! You are lazy! You say, 'Allow us to go sacrifice to Yahweh.'
 \v 18 So now go back to work. No more straw will be given to you, but you must still make the same number of bricks."
 
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-\v 19 The Israelite overseers saw that they were in trouble when they were told, "You must not reduce the daily number of bricks."
+\v 19 The overseers, who were of the people of Israel, saw that they were in trouble when they were told, "You must not reduce the daily number of bricks."
 \v 20 They met Moses and Aaron, who were standing outside the palace, as they went away from Pharaoh.
 \v 21 They said to Moses and Aaron, "May Yahweh look at you and punish you, because you have made us offensive in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants. You have put a sword in their hand to kill us."
 
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 \v 2 God spoke to Moses and said to him, "I am Yahweh.
 \v 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty; but by my name, Yahweh, I was not known to them.
 \v 4 I also established my covenant with them, in order to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they sojourned.
-\v 5 Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites whom the Egyptians have enslaved, and I have called to mind my covenant.
+\v 5 Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians have enslaved, and I have called to mind my covenant.
 
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-\v 6 Therefore, say to the Israelites, 'I am Yahweh. I will bring you out from under the hard labors of the Egyptians, and I will free you from their power. I will rescue you with a display of my power, and with mighty acts of judgment.
+\v 6 Therefore, say to the people of Israel, 'I am Yahweh. I will bring you out from under the hard labors of the Egyptians, and I will free you from their power. I will rescue you with a display of my power, and with mighty acts of judgment.
 \v 7 I will take you to myself as my people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from under the hard labors of the Egyptians.
 
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 \v 8 I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am Yahweh.'"
-\v 9 When Moses told this to the Israelites, they would not listen to him because of their discouragement about their severe slavery.
+\v 9 When Moses told this to the people of Israel, they would not listen to him because of their discouragement about their severe slavery.
 
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 \v 10 Then Yahweh said to Moses, saying,
 \v 11 "Go tell Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to let the people of Israel go from his land."
-\v 12 Moses said to Yahweh, "If the Israelites have not listened to me, why will Pharaoh listen to me, since I am not good at speaking?"
+\v 12 Moses said to Yahweh, "If the people of Israel have not listened to me, why will Pharaoh listen to me, since I am not good at speaking?"
-\v 13 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron. He gave them a command for the Israelites and for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
+\v 13 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron. He gave them a command for the people of Israel and for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
 
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-\v 26 These two men were the Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, "Bring out the Israelites from the land of Egypt, by their hosts."
+\v 26 These two men were the Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, "Bring out the people of Israel from the land of Egypt, by their hosts."
-\v 27 Aaron and Moses spoke to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to allow them bring out the Israelites from Egypt. These were the same Moses and Aaron.
+\v 27 Aaron and Moses spoke to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to allow them bring out the people of Israel from Egypt. These were the same Moses and Aaron.
 
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 \v 3 But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and I will display many signs of my power, many wonders, in the land of Egypt.
-\v 4 But Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will put my hand on Egypt and bring out my hosts, my people, the people of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
+\v 4 But Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will put my hand on Egypt and bring out my hosts, my people, the people of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.
-\v 5 The Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh when I reach out with my hand on Egypt and bring out the Israelites from among them."
+\v 5 The Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh when I reach out with my hand on Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them."
 
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 \v 6 Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as Yahweh commanded them.
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 \v 1 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says this: "Let my people go so that they may worship me."
 \v 2 But if you refuse to let them go, if you still keep them back,
 \v 3 then Yahweh's hand will bring a terrible plague on your livestock that are in the field—the horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.
-\v 4 But Yahweh will set the livestock of Israel apart from the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal that belongs to the Israelites will die.
+\v 4 But Yahweh will set the livestock of Israel apart from the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal that belongs to the people of Israel will die.
 
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 \v 5 Yahweh has fixed a time; he has said, "It is tomorrow that I will do this thing in the land."'"
-\v 6 Yahweh did this the next day: All the cattle of Egypt died, but none of the Israelites' animals died, not one animal.
+\v 6 Yahweh did this the next day: All the cattle of Egypt died, but none of the people of Israel' animals died, not one animal.
-\v 7 Pharaoh investigated, and, behold, not even one livestock of the Israelites died. But his heart was stubborn, so he did not let the people go.
+\v 7 Pharaoh investigated, and, behold, not even one livestock of the people of Israel died. But his heart was stubborn, so he did not let the people go.
 
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 \v 25 Throughout all the land of Egypt, the hail struck everything in the fields, both people and animals. It struck every plant in the fields and broke every tree.
-\v 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived, was there no hail.
+\v 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the people of Israel lived, was there no hail.
 
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 \v 6 They will fill your houses, those of all your servants, and those of all the Egyptians—something neither your father nor your grandfather ever saw, nothing ever seen since the day that they were on the earth to this present day.'" Then Moses left and went out from Pharaoh.
 
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-\v 7 Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the Israelites go so that they may worship Yahweh their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is destroyed?"
+\v 7 Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people of Israel go so that they may worship Yahweh their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is destroyed?"
 \v 8 Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, who said to them, "Go worship Yahweh your God. But what people will go?"
 
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 \v 19 Yahweh brought a very strong west wind that picked up the locusts and drove them into the Sea of Reeds; not a single locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.
-\v 20 But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and Pharaoh did not let the Israelites go.
+\v 20 But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and Pharaoh did not let the people of Israel go.
 
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 \v 21 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Reach out with your hand toward the sky, so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, darkness that may be felt."
 \v 22 Moses reached out with his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.
-\v 23 No one could see anyone else; no one left his home for three days. However, all the Israelites had light in the place where they lived.
+\v 23 No one could see anyone else; no one left his home for three days. However, all the people of Israel had light in the place where they lived.
 
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 \v 24 Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, "Go worship Yahweh. Even your families may go with you, but your flocks and herds must remain behind."
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 \v 5 All the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the handmill grinding it, and to all the firstborn of the livestock.
 
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-\v 6 Then there will be a great wailing throughout all the land of Egypt, such as has never been nor ever will be again.
+\v 6 Then there will be a great outcry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as has never been nor ever will be again.
-\v 7 But not even a dog will bark against any of the people of Israel, against either man or animal. In this way you will know that I am treating the Egyptians and the Israelites differently.'
+\v 7 But not even a dog will bark against any of the people of Israel, against either man or animal. In this way you will know that I am making a distinction between the Egyptians and the people of Israel.'
 \v 8 All these servants of yours, Pharaoh, will come down to me and bow down to me. They will say, 'Go, you and all the people who follow you!' After that I will go out." Then he went out from Pharaoh in great anger.
 
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 \v 5 Your lamb or young goat must be without blemish, a one-year-old male. You may take one of the sheep or goats.
-\v 6 You must keep it until the fourteenth day of that month. Then the whole assembly of Israel must kill these animals at twilight.
+\v 6 You must keep it safe until the fourteenth day of that month. Then the whole assembly of Israel must kill these animals at twilight.
 \v 7 You must take some of the blood and put it on the two side doorposts and on the tops of the doorframes of the houses in which you will eat the meat.
 \v 8 You must eat the meat that night, after first roasting it over a fire. Eat it with bread made without yeast, along with bitter herbs.
 
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 \v 9 Do not eat it raw or boiled in water. Instead, roast it over fire with its head, legs and inner parts.
 \v 10 You must not let any of it be left over until morning. You must burn whatever is left over in the morning.
-\v 11 This is how you must eat it: with your belt fastened, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You must eat it hurriedly. It is Yahweh's Passover.
+\v 11 This is how you must eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You must eat it hurriedly. It is Yahweh's Passover.
 
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-\v 12 Yahweh says this: I will go through the land of Egypt in that night and attack all the firstborn of man and animal in the land of Egypt. I will bring punishment on all the gods of Egypt. I am Yahweh.
+\v 12 Yahweh says this: I will go through the land of Egypt in that night and attack all the firstborn of man and animal in the land of Egypt. I will do acts of judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am Yahweh.
 \v 13 The blood will be a sign on your houses for my coming to you. When I see the blood, I will pass over you when I attack the land of Egypt. This plague will not come on you and destroy you.
 \v 14 This day will become a memorial day for you, which you must observe as a festival to Yahweh; for your generations—a statute that you must keep as a festival forever.
 
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 \v 16 On the first day there will be an assembly that is set apart to me, and on the seventh day there will be another such gathering. No work will be done on these days, except the cooking for everyone to eat. That must be the only work that may be done by you.
 
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-\v 17 You must observe this Festival of Unleavened Bread because it was on this day that I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. So you must observe this day throughout your people's generations as a statute forever.
+\v 17 You must observe this Festival of Unleavened Bread because it was on this day that I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt. So you must observe this day throughout your people's generations as a statute forever.
 \v 18 You must eat unleavened bread from twilight of the fourteenth day in the first month of the year until twilight of the twenty-first day of the month.
 
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 \v 26 When your children ask you, 'What does this act of worship mean?'
-\v 27 then you must say, 'It is the sacrifice of Yahweh's Passover, because Yahweh passed over the Israelites' houses in Egypt when he attacked the Egyptians. He set our households free.'" Then the people bowed down and worshiped Yahweh.
+\v 27 then you must say, 'It is the sacrifice of Yahweh's Passover, because Yahweh passed over the people of Israel' houses in Egypt when he attacked the Egyptians. He set our households free.'" Then the people bowed down and worshiped Yahweh.
-\v 28 The Israelites went and did exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron.
+\v 28 The people of Israel went and did exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron.
 
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 \v 30 Pharaoh got up in the night—he, all his servants, and all the Egyptians. There was loud lamenting in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not someone dead.
 
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-\v 31 Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron in the night and said, "Get up, get out from among my people, you and the Israelites. Go, worship Yahweh, as you have said you wanted to do.
+\v 31 Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron in the night and said, "Get up, get out from among my people, you and the people of Israel. Go, worship Yahweh, as you have said you wanted to do.
 \v 32 Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go, and also bless me."
 \v 33 The Egyptians were in a great hurry to send them out of the land, for they said, "We will all die."
 
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-\v 37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. They numbered about 600,000 men on foot, in addition to the women and children.
+\v 37 The people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. They numbered about 600,000 men on foot, in addition to the women and children.
 \v 38 A mixed multitude also went with them, together with flocks and herds, a very large number of livestock.
 \v 39 They baked bread without yeast in the dough that they brought from Egypt. It was without yeast because they had been driven out of Egypt and could not delay to prepare food.
-\v 40 The Israelites had lived in Egypt for 430 years.
+\v 40 The people of Israel had lived in Egypt for 430 years.
 
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 \v 41 At the end of 430 years, on that very day, all of Yahweh's armed groups went out from the land of Egypt.
-\v 42 This was a night to stay awake, for Yahweh to bring them out from the land of Egypt. This was Yahweh's night to be observed by all the Israelites throughout their people's generations.
+\v 42 This was a night to stay awake, for Yahweh to bring them out from the land of Egypt. This was Yahweh's night to be observed by all the people of Israel throughout their people's generations.
 
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 \v 49 This same law will apply to both the native born and to the foreigner who lives among you."
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-\v 50 So all the Israelites did exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron.
+\v 50 So all the people of Israel did exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron.
 \v 51 It came about that very day that Yahweh brought Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armed groups.
 
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 \v 1 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
-\v 2 "Set apart to me every firstborn male—because whatever is the first to open the womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether man or animal."
+\v 2 "Set apart to me every firstborn male—because whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel belongs to me, whether man or animal."
 
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 \v 17 When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that land was nearby. For God said, "Perhaps the people will change their minds when they experience war and will then return to Egypt."
-\v 18 So God led the people around through the wilderness to the Sea of Reeds. The Israelites went up out of the land of Egypt armed for battle.
+\v 18 So God led the people around through the wilderness to the Sea of Reeds. The people of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt armed for battle.
 
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 \v 19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear and said, "God will surely rescue you, and you must carry away my bones with you."
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 \v 1 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
-\v 2 "Say to the Israelites that they should turn and camp before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal Zephon. You are to camp by the sea opposite Pi Hahiroth.
+\v 2 "Say to the people of Israel that they should turn and camp before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal Zephon. You are to camp by the sea opposite Pi Hahiroth.
-\v 3 Pharaoh will say about the Israelites, 'They are wandering in the land. The wilderness has closed in on them.'
+\v 3 Pharaoh will say about the people of Israel, 'They are wandering in the land. The wilderness has closed in on them.'
 
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 \v 4 I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will pursue them. I will get honor because of Pharaoh and all his army. The Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh." So the Israelites camped as they were instructed.
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 \v 6 Then Pharaoh got his chariots ready and took his army with him.
 \v 7 He took six hundred chosen chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers on all of them.
-\v 8 Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and the king pursued the Israelites. Now the Israelites had gone away in triumph.
+\v 8 Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and the king pursued the people of Israel. Now the people of Israel had gone away in triumph.
 \v 9 But the Egyptians pursued them, together with all his horses and chariots, his horsemen, and his army. They overtook the Israelites camping by the sea beside Pi Hahiroth, before Baal Zephon.
 
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-\v 10 When Pharaoh came close, the Israelites looked up and were surprised. The Egyptians were marching after them, and they were terrified. The Israelites cried out to Yahweh.
+\v 10 When Pharaoh came close, the people of Israel looked up and were surprised. The Egyptians were marching after them, and they were terrified. The people of Israel cried out to Yahweh.
 \v 11 They said to Moses, "Is it because there were no graves in Egypt, that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you treated us like this, bringing us out of Egypt?
 \v 12 Is this not what we told you in Egypt? We said to you, 'Leave us alone, so we can work for the Egyptians.' It would have been better for us to work for them than to die in the wilderness."
 
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 \v 14 Yahweh will fight for you, and you will only have to stand still."
 
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-\v 15 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Why are you, Moses, continuing to call out to me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.
+\v 15 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Why are you, Moses, continuing to call out to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward.
 \v 16 Lift up your staff, reach out with your hand over the sea and divide it in two, so that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground.
 \v 17 Be aware that I will harden the Egyptians' hearts so they will go after them. I will get honor because of Pharaoh and all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen.
 \v 18 Then the Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh when I have gotten honor because of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen."
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 \v 21 Moses reached out with his hand over the sea. Yahweh drove the sea back by a strong east wind all that night and made the sea into dry land. In this way the waters were divided.
-\v 22 The Israelites went into the middle of the sea on dry ground. The waters formed a wall for them on their right hand and on their left.
+\v 22 The people of Israel went into the middle of the sea on dry ground. The waters formed a wall for them on their right hand and on their left.
 
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 \v 23 The Egyptians pursued them. They went after them into the middle of the sea—all Pharaoh's horses, chariots, and horsemen.
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 \v 28 The waters came back and covered Pharaoh's chariots, horsemen, and his entire army that had followed the chariots into the sea. No one survived.
 
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-\v 29 However, the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea. The waters were a wall for them on their right hand and on their left.
+\v 29 However, the people of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea. The waters were a wall for them on their right hand and on their left.
 \v 30 So Yahweh saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw dead Egyptians on the seashore.
 \v 31 When Israel saw the great power that Yahweh used against the Egyptians, the people honored Yahweh, and they trusted in Yahweh and in his servant Moses.
 
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-\v 19 For Pharaoh's horses went with his chariots and horsemen into the sea. Yahweh brought back the waters of the sea on them. But the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.
+\v 19 For Pharaoh's horses went with his chariots and horsemen into the sea. Yahweh brought back the waters of the sea on them. But the people of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.
 \v 20 Miriam the prophetess, sister of Aaron, picked up a tambourine, and all the women went out with tambourines, dancing along with her.
 \v 21 Miriam sang to them:
 \q "Sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously.
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-\v 1 The people journeyed on from Elim, and all the community of Israelites came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.
+\v 1 The people journeyed on from Elim, and all the community of people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.
-\v 2 The whole community of Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
+\v 2 The whole community of people of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
-\v 3 The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by Yahweh's hand in the land of Egypt when we were sitting by the pots of meat and were eating bread to the full. For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill our whole community with hunger."
+\v 3 The people of Israel said to them, "If only we had died by Yahweh's hand in the land of Egypt when we were sitting by the pots of meat and were eating bread to the full. For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill our whole community with hunger."
 
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-\v 1 The whole community of the Israelites journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, following Yahweh's instructions. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
+\v 1 The whole community of the people of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, following Yahweh's instructions. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
 \v 2 So the people blamed Moses for their situation and said, "Give us water to drink." Moses said, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?"
 \v 3 The people were very thirsty, and they complained against Moses. They said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt? To kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?"
 
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 \v 4 Then Moses cried out to Yahweh, "What should I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me."
 \v 5 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go on ahead of the people, and take with you some elders of Israel. Take with you the staff with which you struck the river, and go.
 \v 6 I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you will strike the rock. Water will come out of it for the people to drink." Then Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
-\v 7 He called that place Massah and Meribah because of the Israelites' complaining, and because they had tested the Lord by saying, "Is Yahweh among us or not?"
+\v 7 He called that place Massah and Meribah because the people of Israel were complaining and because they had tested the Lord by saying, "Is Yahweh among us or not?"
 
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-\v 22 Yahweh said to Moses, "This is what you must tell the Israelites: 'You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
+\v 22 Yahweh said to Moses, "This is what you must tell the people of Israel: 'You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
 \v 23 You will not make for yourselves other gods alongside me, gods of silver or gods of gold.
 
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 \v 4 Then Moses wrote down all of Yahweh's words. Early in the morning, Moses built an altar at the foot of the mountain and arranged twelve stone pillars, so that the stones would represent the twelve tribes of Israel.
 
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-\v 5 He sent some Israelite young men to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice fellowship offerings of oxen to Yahweh.
+\v 5 He sent some young men from among the people of Israel to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice fellowship offerings of oxen to Yahweh.
 \v 6 Moses took half of the blood and put it into basins; he sprinkled the other half onto the altar.
 
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 \v 9 Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders went up the mountain.
 \v 10 They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was a pavement made of sapphire stone, as clear as the sky itself.
-\v 11 God did not lay a hand on the Israelite leaders. They saw God, and they ate and drank.
+\v 11 God did not lay a hand on the leaders of the people of Israel. They saw God, and they ate and drank.
 
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 \v 16 Yahweh's glory settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud.
-\v 17 The appearance of Yahweh's glory was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the Israelites.
+\v 17 The appearance of Yahweh's glory was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the people of Israel.
 \v 18 Moses entered the cloud and went up the mountain. He was up the mountain for forty days and forty nights.
 
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 \v 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses,
-\v 2 "Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me from every person who is motivated by a willing heart. You must receive these offerings for me.
+\v 2 "Tell the people of Israel to take an offering for me from every person who is motivated by a willing heart. You must receive these offerings for me.
 
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 \v 21 You must put the atonement lid on top of the ark, and you must put into the ark the covenant decrees that I am giving you.
 
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-\v 22 It is at the ark that I will meet with you. I will speak with you from my position above the atonement lid. It will be from between the two cherubim over the ark of the testimony that I will speak to you about all the commands I will give you for the Israelites.
+\v 22 It is at the ark that I will meet with you. I will speak with you from my position above the atonement lid. It will be from between the two cherubim over the ark of the testimony that I will speak to you about all the commands I will give you for the people of Israel.
 
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-\v 1 Call to yourself Aaron your brother and his sons—Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar—from among the Israelites so that they may serve me as priests.
+\v 1 Call to yourself Aaron your brother and his sons—Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar—from among the people of Israel so that they may serve me as priests.
 \v 2 You must make for Aaron, your brother, garments that are set apart to me. These garments will be for his honor and splendor.
 \v 3 You must speak to all people who are wise in heart, those whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, so that they may make Aaron's garments to set him apart to serve me as my priest.
 
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 \v 36 You must make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving on a signet, "Holy to Yahweh."
 \v 37 You must attach this plate by a blue cord to the front of the turban.
-\v 38 It must be on Aaron's forehead; he must always bear any guilt that might attach to the offering of the holy gifts that the Israelites set apart to Yahweh. The turban must be always on his forehead so that Yahweh may accept their gifts.
+\v 38 It must be on Aaron's forehead; he must always bear any guilt that might attach to the offering of the holy gifts that the people of Israel set apart to Yahweh. The turban must be always on his forehead so that Yahweh may accept their gifts.
 
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 \v 39 You must make the coat with fine linen, and you must make a turban of fine linen. You must also make a sash, the work of an embroiderer.
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 \v 42 These must be regular burnt offerings throughout your generations, at the entrance to the tent of meeting before Yahweh, where I will meet with you to speak to you there.
 
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-\v 43 That is where I will meet with the Israelites; the tent will be set apart for me by my glory.
+\v 43 That is where I will meet with the people of Israel; the tent will be set apart for me by my glory.
 \v 44 I will set apart the tent of meeting and the altar for these to belong to me alone. I will also set apart Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests.
 
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-\v 45 I will live among the Israelites and will be their God.
+\v 45 I will live among the people of Israel and will be their God.
 \v 46 They will know that I am Yahweh, their God, who brought them out from the land of Egypt so that I might live among them. I am Yahweh, their God.
 
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 \v 11 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
-\v 12 "When you take a census of the Israelites, then each person must give a ransom for his life to Yahweh. You must do this after you count them, so that there will be no plague among them when you count them.
+\v 12 "When you take a census of the people of Israel, then each person must give a ransom for his life to Yahweh. You must do this after you count them, so that there will be no plague among them when you count them.
 \v 13 Everyone who is counted in the census is to pay half a shekel of silver, according to the weight of the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is the same as twenty gerahs). This half shekel will be an offering to Yahweh.
 \v 14 Everyone who is counted, from twenty years old and up, must give this offering to me.
 
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 \v 15 When the people give this offering to me to make atonement for their lives, the rich must not give more than the half shekel, and the poor must not give less.
-\v 16 You must receive this atonement money from the Israelites and you must allocate it to the work of the tent of meeting. It must be a reminder to the Israelites before me, to make atonement for your lives."
+\v 16 You must receive this atonement money from the people of Israel and you must allocate it to the work of the tent of meeting. It must be a reminder to the people of Israel before me, to make atonement for your lives."
 
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 \v 29 You must set them apart to me so that they may be holy to me. Anything that touches them will also be holy.
 \v 30 You must anoint Aaron and his sons and set them aside to me so that they may serve me as priests.
-\v 31 You must say to the Israelites, 'This must be an anointing oil that is set apart to Yahweh throughout your people's generations.
+\v 31 You must say to the people of Israel, 'This must be an anointing oil that is set apart to Yahweh throughout your people's generations.
 
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 \v 32 It must not be applied to people's skin, nor must you make any oil like it with the same formula, because it is set apart to Yahweh. You must regard it in this manner.
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 \v 12 Then Yahweh said to Moses and said,
-\v 13 "Tell the Israelites: 'You must certainly keep Yahweh's Sabbath days, for these will be a sign between him and you throughout your people's generations so that you may know that he is Yahweh, who sets you apart for himself.
+\v 13 "Tell the people of Israel: 'You must certainly keep Yahweh's Sabbath days, for these will be a sign between him and you throughout your people's generations so that you may know that he is Yahweh, who sets you apart for himself.
 \v 14 So you must keep the Sabbath, for it must be treated by you as holy, reserved for him. Everyone who defiles it must surely be put to death. Whoever works on the Sabbath, that person must surely be cut off from his people.
 \v 15 Work will be done for six days, but the seventh day is to be a Sabbath of complete rest, holy before Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.
 
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-\v 16 Therefore the Israelites must keep the Sabbath. They must observe it throughout their people's generations as a lasting covenant.
+\v 16 Therefore the people of Israel must keep the Sabbath. They must observe it throughout their people's generations as a lasting covenant.
-\v 17 The Sabbath will always be a sign between Yahweh and the Israelites, for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.'"
+\v 17 The Sabbath will always be a sign between Yahweh and the people of Israel, for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.'"
 
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 \v 4 When the people heard these troubling words, they mourned, and no one put on any jewelry.
-\v 5 Yahweh had said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites, 'You are a stiff-necked people. If I went among you for even one moment, I would destroy you. So now, take off your jewelry so that I may decide what to do with you.'"
+\v 5 Yahweh had said to Moses, "Say to the people of Israel, 'You are a stiff-necked people. If I went among you for even one moment, I would destroy you. So now, take off your jewelry so that I may decide what to do with you.'"
-\v 6 So the Israelites wore no jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.
+\v 6 So the people of Israel wore no jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.
 
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 \v 14 Yahweh answered, "My own presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
 \v 15 Moses said to him, "If your presence does not go with us, do not take us up from here.
-\v 16 For otherwise, how will it be known that I have found favor in your eyes, I and your people? Will it not only be if you go with us so that I and your people are different from all the other peoples that are on the surface of the earth?"
+\v 16 For otherwise, how will it be known that I have found favor in your eyes, I and your people? Will it not only be if you go with us that I and your people will be distinct from all the other peoples that are on the surface of the earth?"
 
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 \v 29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant decrees in his hand, he did not know that the skin of his face had become radiant while speaking with God.
-\v 30 When Aaron and the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face was shining, and they were afraid to come near him.
+\v 30 When Aaron and the people of Israel saw Moses, the skin of his face was shining, and they were afraid to come near him.
 \v 31 But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the community came up to him. Then Moses spoke with them.
 
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 \v 33 When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.
 
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-\v 34 Whenever Moses went before Yahweh to speak with him, he would remove the veil, until he came out. When he came out, he would tell the Israelites what he was commanded to say.
+\v 34 Whenever Moses went before Yahweh to speak with him, he would remove the veil, until he came out. When he came out, he would tell the people of Israel what he was commanded to say.
-\v 35 When the Israelites saw Moses's face shining, he would put the veil over his face again until he went back in to speak with Yahweh.
+\v 35 When the people of Israel saw Moses's face shining, he would put the veil over his face again until he went back in to speak with Yahweh.
 
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-\v 1 Moses assembled all the community of the Israelites and said to them, "These are the things that Yahweh has commanded you to do.
+\v 1 Moses assembled all the community of the people of Israel and said to them, "These are the things that Yahweh has commanded you to do.
 \v 2 On six days work may be done, but for you, the seventh day must be a holy day, a Sabbath day of complete rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.
 \v 3 You must not light a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day."
 
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-\v 4 Moses spoke to all the community of the Israelites, saying, "This is the thing that Yahweh commanded.
+\v 4 Moses spoke to all the community of the people of Israel, saying, "This is the thing that Yahweh commanded.
 \v 5 Take an offering for Yahweh, all of you who have a willing heart. Bring an offering to Yahweh—gold, silver, bronze,
 \v 6 blue, purple, and scarlet wool and fine linen; goats' hair;
 \v 7 ram skins dyed red and fine leather hides; acacia wood;
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 \v 28 they brought spices and oil for the lamps, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.
-\v 29 The Israelites brought a freewill offering to Yahweh; every man and woman whose heart was willing brought materials for all the work that Yahweh had commanded through Moses to be made.
+\v 29 The people of Israel brought a freewill offering to Yahweh; every man and woman whose heart was willing brought materials for all the work that Yahweh had commanded through Moses to be made.
 
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-\v 30 Moses said to the Israelites, "See, Yahweh has called by name on Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah.
+\v 30 Moses said to the people of Israel, "See, Yahweh has called by name on Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah.
 \v 31 He has filled Bezalel with his Spirit, to give him wisdom, understanding, and knowledge, for all kinds of craftsmanship,
 \v 32 to make artistic designs and to work in gold, silver, and bronze;
 \v 33 also to cut and set stones and to carve wood—to do all kinds of design and craftsmanship.
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 \v 2 Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skillful person in whose mind Yahweh had given skill, and whose heart stirred within him to come and do the work.
-\v 3 They received from Moses all the offerings that the Israelites had brought for constructing the holy place. The people were still bringing freewill offerings every morning to Moses.
+\v 3 They received from Moses all the offerings that the people of Israel had brought for constructing the holy place. The people were still bringing freewill offerings every morning to Moses.
 \v 4 So all the skilled people working on the holy place came from the work that they had been doing.
 
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 \v 17 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
-\v 18 "Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the people of Israel. Say to them, 'Any Israelite, or an alien living in Israel, when they present a sacrifice—whether it is to fulfill a vow, or whether it is a freewill offering, or they present to Yahweh a burnt offering,
+\v 18 "Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the people of Israel. Say to them, 'Any man from the house of Israel, or an alien living in Israel, when they present a sacrifice—whether it is to fulfill a vow, or whether it is a freewill offering, or they present to Yahweh a burnt offering,
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-\v 10 Now it happened that the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went among the people of Israel. This son of the Israelite woman fought against a man of Israel in the camp.
+\v 10 Now it happened that the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the people of Israel. This son of the Israelite woman fought against a man of Israel in the camp.
 \v 11 The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the name of Yahweh and cursed God, so the people brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, from the tribe of Dan.
 \v 12 They held him in custody until Yahweh himself should declare his will to them.
 

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 \v 1 Yahweh spoke again to Moses and Aaron. He said,
-\v 2 "Each one of the Israelites must camp around his standard, with the banners of their fathers' houses. They will camp around the tent of meeting on every side.
+\v 2 "Each one of the people of Israel must camp around his standard, with the banners of their fathers' houses. They will camp around the tent of meeting on every side.
 
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 \v 3 Those will be camping on the east of the tent of meeting, where the sun rises, they are the camp of Judah by their armed groups, and they are camping under their standard. Nahshon son of Amminadab is the leader of the people of Judah.
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 \v 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
-\v 2 "Take vengeance on the Midianites for what they did to the Israelites. After doing that, you will die and be gathered to your people."
+\v 2 "Take vengeance on the Midianites for what they did to the people of Israel. After doing that, you will die and be gathered to your people."
 
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 \v 25 Now, look, you hold us in your power. Whatever seems good and right for you to do to us, do it."
 
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-\v 26 So Joshua did this for them: He delivered them out of the control of the people of Israel, so that the Israelites did not kill them.
+\v 26 So Joshua did this for them: He delivered them out of the control of the people of Israel, so that the people of Israel did not kill them.
 \v 27 That day Joshua made the Gibeonites cutters of wood and drawers of water for the community, and for the altar of Yahweh, to this day, in the place that Yahweh chooses.
 
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-\v 1 Now these are the kings of the land, whom the men of Israel conquered. The Israelites took possession of the land on the east side of the Jordan where the sun rises, from the Valley of the Arnon River to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah to the east.
+\v 1 Now these are the kings of the land, whom the men of Israel conquered. The people of Israel took possession of the land on the east side of the Jordan where the sun rises, from the Valley of the Arnon River to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah to the east.
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 \v 2 Sihon, king of the Amorites, lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer, which is on the rim of the Arnon Gorge from the middle of the valley, and half of Gilead down to the Jabbok River on the border of the Ammonites.
 

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 \v 1 Now Yahweh left these nations to test Israel, namely everyone in Israel who had not experienced any of the wars fought in Canaan.
-\v 2 (He did this to teach warfare to the new generation of the Israelites who had not known it before.)
+\v 2 (He did this to teach warfare to the new generation of the people of Israel who had not known it before.)
 \v 3 These are the nations: the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the Lebanon mountains, from Mount Baal Hermon to Lebo Hamath. \f + \ft Some modern English translations read, \fqa Hamath Pass \fqa* \f*
 
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-\v 12 After that, the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and Yahweh gave strength to Eglon king of Moab to overpower the Israelites.
+\v 12 After that, the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and Yahweh gave strength to Eglon king of Moab to overpower Israel.
 \v 13 Eglon joined with the Ammonites and the Amalekites and they went and defeated Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms.
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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.
-\v 6 Midian weakened the Israelites so severely that the people of Israel called out to Yahweh.
+\v 6 Midian weakened the people of Israel so severely that the people of Israel called out to Yahweh.
 
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-\v 17 Then the Ammonites were summoned and set up camp in Gilead. The Israelites came together and set up their camp at Mizpah.
+\v 17 Then the Ammonites were summoned and set up camp in Gilead. The people of Israel came together and set up their camp at Mizpah.
 \v 18 The leaders of the people of Gilead said one to another, "Who is the man who will begin to fight the Ammonites? He will become the leader over all those who are living in Gilead."
 
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 \v 5 During the night, the leaders of Gibeah attacked me, surrounding the house, intending to kill me. They raped my concubine, and she died.
 \v 6 I took my concubine and cut her body into pieces, and sent them into each region of Israel's inheritance, because they have committed wickedness and an act of disgraceful folly in Israel.
-\v 7 Now, all you Israelites, give your advice and counsel here."
+\v 7 Now, all you people of Israel, give your advice and counsel here."
 
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-\v 43 These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
+\v 43 These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the people of Israel: Bela son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
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-\v 1 This is the list of the Israelite family leaders, commanders of thousands and hundreds, as well as army officers who served the king in various ways. Each military division served month by month throughout the year. Each division had twenty-four thousand men.
+\v 1 This is the list of the family leaders of the people of Israel, commanders of thousands and hundreds, as well as army officers who served the king in various ways. Each military division served month by month throughout the year. Each division had twenty-four thousand men.
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 \v 20 The priests and Levites all purified themselves; all of them were clean. Then they slaughtered the Passover sacrifices for all those who had been in exile, including themselves.
 
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-\v 21 The Israelite people who ate some of the Passover meat were those who had returned from exile and had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the land and sought Yahweh, the God of Israel.
+\v 21 The people of Israel who ate some of the Passover meat were those who had returned from exile and had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the land and sought Yahweh, the God of Israel.
 \v 22 They joyfully celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days, for Yahweh had brought them joy and turned the heart of Assyria's king to strengthen their hands in the work of his house, the house of the God of Israel.
 
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-\q the Israelites, the people near to him.
+\q the people of Israel, the people near to him.
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