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 \v 1 Samson went to the city of Gaza. He saw a prostitute there, and he spent the night with her.
-\v 2 The Gazites were told, "Samson has come here." They surrounded the place where Samson was, and they waited in secret all night long. They were beside the city gate, so they would be sure he could not escape. They said, "Let us wait until the light, and then we will kill him."
+\v 2 The Gazites were told, "Samson has come here." They surrounded the place where Samson was, and they waited in secret all night long. They were beside the city gate so they would be sure he could not escape. They said, "Let us wait until the light and then we will kill him."
 
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-\v 3 But Samson did not stay there all night. At midnight, he got up. He went to the city gate, he took hold of its two posts, and he lifted them up out of the ground, with its connecting cross bar still attached. He put it on his shoulders and carried it many miles uphill, in front of the town of Hebron.
+\v 3 But Samson did not stay there all night. At midnight he got up. He went to the city gate, he took hold of its two posts, and he lifted them up out of the ground with its connecting cross bar still attached. He put it on his shoulders and carried it many miles uphill, in front of the town of Hebron.
 
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 \v 11 Samson replied, "If someone ties me with new ropes, ones that have never been used, I will be as weak as other men."
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-\v 12 So again, she told the Philistine leaders, and then came and hid in the room as they did before. And again she called out, "Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!" But Samson snapped the ropes on his arms as easily as if they had been threads.
+\v 12 So again, she told the Philistine leaders, and they came and hid in the room as they did before. And again she called out, "Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!" But Samson snapped the ropes on his arms as easily as if they had been threads.
 
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-\v 13 Then Delilah said, "You have deceived me and lied to me again! Please tell me how someone can tie you up securely!" Samson replied, "If you weave the seven braids of my hair into the threads you are weaving on the loom, and then fasten those threads with a nail that makes the threads tight, then I will become as weak as other men."
-\p So again, Delilah held the seven braids of his hair, and wove them into the threads on the loom,
+\v 13 Then Delilah said, "You have deceived me and lied to me again! Please tell me how someone can tie you up securely!" Samson replied, "If you weave the seven braids of my hair into the threads you are weaving on the loom and then fasten those threads with a nail that makes the threads tight, then I will become as weak as other men."
+\p So again, Delilah held the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the threads on the loom,
 \v 14 and she secured them with a pin. Then she called out, "Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!" But Samson woke up and pulled away his hair, taking with it the pin of the loom and the fabric in the loom.
 
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-\v 18 Delilah realized that this time he had told her the truth. So she called together the Philistine leaders, saying, "Come back one more time, because Samson has finally told me the secret about his strength." So the Philistine leaders returned and gave Delilah the money they promised to give her.
-\v 19 Again she lulled Samson to sleep, with his head in her lap. Then she called one of the Philistine men to come and cut off Samson's hair. As he did that, Samson became weak; he had no more strength.
+\v 18 Delilah realized that this time he had told her the truth. So she called together the Philistine leaders, saying, "Come back one more time because Samson has finally told me the secret about his strength." So the Philistine leaders returned and gave Delilah the money they promised to give her.
+\v 19 Again she lulled Samson to sleep with his head in her lap. Then she called one of the Philistine men to come and cut off Samson's hair. As he did that, Samson became weak; he had no more strength.
 
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-\v 23 Several months later the Philistine leaders celebrated a big festival. During the festival they offered sacrifices to their god Dagon. They praised him, saying, "Our god has enabled us to defeat our great enemy Samson!"
+\v 23 Several months later, the Philistine leaders celebrated a big festival. During the festival they offered sacrifices to their god Dagon. They praised him, saying, "Our god has enabled us to defeat our great enemy Samson!"
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 \v 24 When the other people saw Samson, they also praised their god Dagon, saying,
 \q1 "Our god has put our great enemy into our hands.
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 \v 27 At that time the temple was full of men and women. All the Philistine leaders were also there. And there were about three thousand people on the roof, watching Samson and making fun of him.
 
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-\v 28 Samson prayed to Yahweh and he said, "Lord Yahweh, think about me again! Please give me strength only this once more, so that I may get revenge on the Philistines for gouging out my eyes!"
+\v 28 Samson prayed to Yahweh and he said, "Lord Yahweh, think about me again! Please give me strength only this once more so that I may get revenge on the Philistines for gouging out my eyes!"
 \v 29 Then Samson held on to the two center pillars on which the building rested. He leaned against them, one pillar with his right hand, and his left hand on the other pillar.
 
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 \v 30 Then he shouted to God, "Let me die with the Philistines!" He pushed with all his strength. The pillars collapsed, and the temple crashed down on the Philistine leaders and all the other Philistine people, and they all died. So Samson killed more people when he died than he had killed all during his life.
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-\v 31 Later his brothers and their relatives went down from Zorah to Gaza to get his body. They took it back home and buried it between Zorah and Eshtaol, at the place where Samson's father Manoah was buried. Now Samson had led Israel for twenty years.
+\v 31 Later, his brothers and their relatives went down from Zorah to Gaza to get his body. They took it back home and buried it between Zorah and Eshtaol, at the place where Samson's father Manoah was buried. Now Samson had led Israel for twenty years.
 
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-\v 1 There was a man named Micah who lived in the hill country where the tribe of Ephraim live.
+\v 1 There was a man named Micah who lived in the hill country where the tribe of Ephraim lived.
 \v 2 One day he said to his mother, "I heard you curse whoever stole eleven hundred pieces of silver from your house. I am the one who took the silver, and I still have it." His mother replied, "My son, I pray that Yahweh will bless you."
 
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 \v 3 Micah gave all the silver back to his mother. Then she said to herself, "I will give this silver to Yahweh. I will have someone make a carved figure and a cast figure from this silver."
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-\v 4 After he gave the silver to his mother, she took two hundred pieces and gave them to a metal worker. With the silver that man made a carved figure and a cast metal figure, and gave them to Micah. Micah put them in his house.
+\v 4 After he gave the silver to his mother, she took two hundred pieces and gave them to a metal worker. With the silver, that man made a carved figure and a cast metal figure and gave them to Micah. Micah put them in his house.
 
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-\v 5 He had a house in which he worshiped his idols. He made a vest that was worn by priests, and some household idols and Micah gave one of his sons the task of being the priest for all his idols.
-\v 6 At that time, the Israel did not have a king, and everyone did what was right, as they saw it.
+\v 5 He had a house in which he worshiped his idols. He made a vest that was worn by priests and some household idols, and Micah gave one of his sons the task of being the priest for all his idols.
+\v 6 At that time the Israelites did not have a king, and everyone did what was right as they saw it.
 
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 \p He replied, "I come from Bethlehem. I am from the tribe of Levi, and I am looking for a place to live and work as a priest."
 
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-\v 10 Micah said to him, "Stay with me, and you can advise me and be my priest. Each year I will give to you ten pieces of silver and some new clothes. And I will provide food for you."
+\v 10 Micah said to him, "Stay with me, and you can advise me and be my priest. Each year I will give to you ten pieces of silver and some new clothes, and I will provide food for you."
 \v 11 So the young man agreed to live with Micah. He became like one of Micah's own sons.
 
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 \v 12 Micah appointed him to be a priest, and he lived in Micah's house.
-\v 13 Then Micah said, "Now I know that Yahweh will do good things for me, because I have a man from the tribe of Levi to be my priest."
+\v 13 Then Micah said, "Now I know that Yahweh will do good things for me because I have a man from the tribe of Levi to be my priest."
 
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 \v 1 At that time the Israelites had no king.
-\p The tribe of Dan was looking for a good place for them to settle down. The other Israelite tribes had been able to receive the land that had been allotted to them, but the tribe of Dan had not been able to do that.
+\p The tribe of Dan was looking for a good place to settle down. The other Israelite tribes had been able to receive the land that had been allotted to them, but the tribe of Dan had not been able to do that.
 \v 2 So they chose five soldiers from their clans, men who lived in the cities of Zorah and Eshtaol, to go through the land and explore it and try to find some land where their tribe could live.
 \p They came to Micah's house in the hill country where the tribe of Ephraim lived, and they stayed there that night.
 
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-\v 7 Then the five men left. When they came to the city of Laish, they saw that the people there lived safely, as the people did in the city of Sidon. The people there thought that they were safe, because there was no one nearby to cause trouble for them, they were far from Sidon, and they rarely had contact with any outsiders.
+\v 7 Then the five men left. When they came to the city of Laish, they saw that the people there lived safely, as the people did in the city of Sidon. The people there thought that they were safe because there was no one nearby to cause trouble for them, they were far from Sidon, and they rarely had contact with any outsiders.
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 \v 8 When those five men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their relatives asked them "What did you find out?"
 
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 \v 13 From there, they went to the hill country where the tribe of Ephraim lived. And they arrived at Micah's house.
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-\v 14 The five men who had explored the land near Laish said to their fellow Israelites, "Do you know that in one of these houses there is a sacred vest, several household idols, a carved figure and a cast metal figure? We think that you know what you should do."
+\v 14 The five men who had explored the land near Laish said to their fellow Israelites, "Do you know that in one of these houses there is a sacred vest, several household idols, a carved figure, and a cast metal figure? We think that you know what you should do."
 
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 \v 15 So they went to the house where the man from the tribe of Levi lived, which was the house where Micah lived, and they greeted the young man from the tribe of Levi who was Micah's priest.
 \v 16 The six hundred men of the tribe of Dan stood outside the gate of the house, carrying their weapons.
 
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-\v 17 The five men who had explored the land went into Micah's house, and took the carved figure, the sacred vest, the household gods, and the cast metal figure. While they did that, the six hundred men stood outside the gate, talking with the priest.
+\v 17 The five men who had explored the land went into Micah's house and took the carved figure, the sacred vest, the household gods, and the cast metal figure. While they did that, the six hundred men stood outside the gate, talking with the priest.
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-\v 18 When the priest saw them bringing out the carved figure, the sacred vest, the household gods, and cast metal figure, and he said to them, "What are you doing?"
+\v 18 When the priest saw them bringing out the carved figure, the sacred vest, the household gods, and cast metal figure, he said to them, "What are you doing?"
 
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-\v 19 They replied, "Be quiet! Do not say anything! You come with us and be like a father to us and a priest for us. Is it better for you to stay here and be a priest for the people in the house of one man, or to be a priest for a clan, and a priest for a whole tribe of Israelites?"
-\v 20 The priest liked what they were suggesting. So he took the sacred vest and the household gods, and the carved figure, and he prepared to go with the people.
+\v 19 They replied, "Be quiet! Do not say anything! You come with us and be like a father to us and a priest for us. Is it better for you to stay here and be a priest for the people in the house of one man, or to be a priest for a clan and a priest for a whole tribe of Israelites?"
+\v 20 The priest liked what they were suggesting. So he took the sacred vest and the household gods and the carved figure, and he prepared to go with the people.
 
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 \v 21 All the men made their wives and little children, their animals, and everything else that they owned to travel just in front of themselves.
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 \v 24 Micah shouted, "You took the silver idols that were made for me! You also took my priest! I do not have anything left! So why do you ask me, 'What is the problem?'"
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-\v 25 The men from the tribe of Dan replied, "You better not say anything about this matter. Some of our men might become angry and attack you, killing you and your family!"
-\v 26 Then the men from the tribe of Dan continued walking. Micah realized that there was a very large group of them, so that it would be useless for him to try to fight them. So he turned around and went home.
+\v 25 The men from the tribe of Dan replied, "You had better not say anything about this matter. Some of our men might become angry and attack you, killing you and your family!"
+\v 26 Then the men from the tribe of Dan continued walking. Micah realized that there was a very large group of them so that it would be useless for him to try to fight them. So he turned around and went home.
 
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-\v 27 The men of the tribe of Dan were carrying the things that had been made for Micah, and they also took his priest, and they continued traveling to Laish. They attacked the people who were peacefully living there, and killed them with their swords. Then they burned everything in the city.
+\v 27 The men of the tribe of Dan were carrying the things that had been made for Micah, and they also took his priest, and they continued traveling to Laish. They attacked the people who were peacefully living there and killed them with their swords. Then they burned everything in the city.
 \v 28 There was no group of people to rescue the people of Laish. Laish was far from Sidon, so the people who lived there could not help the people of Laish. And the people of Laish had no other allies. Laish was in a valley near the town of Beth Rehob.
 \p The people of the tribe of Dan rebuilt the city and started to live there.
-\v 29 They gave a new name to the city, they called it Dan, in honor of their ancestor whose name was Dan. He was one of Israel's sons. The town used to be called Laish.
+\v 29 They gave a new name to the city. They called it Dan, in honor of their ancestor whose name was Dan. He was one of Israel's sons. The town was formerly called Laish.
 
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-\v 30 The people of the tribe of Dan set up in the city a carved figure that had been made for Micah. Jonathan son of Gershom, and the grandson of Moses, was appointed to be their priest. His descendants continued to be priests until the Israelites were captured and taken away.
-\v 31 After the people of the tribe of Dan set up the carved figure that had been made for Micah, and it stayed there as long as the house of God was in Shiloh.
+\v 30 The people of the tribe of Dan set up in the city a carved figure that had been made for Micah. Jonathan, son of Gershom and grandson of Moses, was appointed to be their priest. His descendants continued to be priests until the Israelites were captured and taken away.
+\v 31 After the people of the tribe of Dan set up the carved figure that had been made for Micah, it stayed there as long as the house of God was in Shiloh.
 
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