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 \v 1 So all Israel was recorded in genealogies. They were recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel. As for Judah, they were carried away in exile to Babylon because of their sin.
 \v 2 The first to resettle in their cities were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
-\v 3 Some descendants of Judah—Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh—lived in Jerusalem.
+\v 3 Some descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh lived in Jerusalem.
 
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-\v 4 The settlers included Uthai son of Ammihud son of Omri son of Imri son of Bani, some of the descendants of Perez son of Judah.
+\v 4 The settlers included Uthai son of Ammihud son of Omri son of Imri son of Bani, one of the descendants of Perez son of Judah.
 \v 5 Among the Shilonites were Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.
 \v 6 Among the descendants of Zerah was Jeuel. Their descendants numbered 690.
 
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 \v 7 Among the descendants of Benjamin were Sallu son of Meshullam son of Hodaviah son of Hassenuah.
-\v 8 There were also Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi son of Michri; Meshullam son of Shephatiah son of Reuel son of Ibnijah.
+\v 8 There were also Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi son of Michri; and Meshullam son of Shephatiah son of Reuel son of Ibnijah.
 \v 9 Their relatives written in the genealogical lists numbered 956. All these men were leaders in their ancestors' clans.
 
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 \v 10 The priests were Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin.
-\v 11 There were also Azariah son of Hilkiah son of Meshullam son of Zadok son of Meraioth son of Ahitub, the one in charge of the house of God.
+\v 11 There was also Azariah son of Hilkiah son of Meshullam son of Zadok son of Meraioth son of Ahitub, the one in charge of the house of God.
 
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 \v 12  There was Adaiah son of Jeroham son of Pashhur son of Malchijah. There was also Maasai son of Adiel son of Jahzerah son of Meshullam son of Meshillemith son of Immer.
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 \v 14 Among the Levites, there was Shemaiah son of Hasshub son of Azrikam son of Hashabiah, among the descendants of Merari.
-\v 15 There was also Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, Mattaniah son of Mica son of Zichri son of Asaph.
+\v 15 There were also Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah son of Mica son of Zichri son of Asaph.
 \v 16 There were also Obadiah son of Shemaiah son of Galal son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
 
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-\v 17 The doorkeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, and Ahiman, and their descendants. Shallum was their leader.
+\v 17 The doorkeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their descendants. Shallum was their leader.
 \v 18 Previously they stood guard at the king's gate on the east side for the camp of Levi's descendants.
 \v 19 Shallum son of Kore son of Ebiasaph son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father's clan, the Korahites, were over the temple work and guards of the thresholds of the tent. This was just as their ancestors had been guards  over the entrance to the place where Yahweh lives.
 
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 \v 24 The gatekeepers were posted on all four sides, toward the east, west, north, and south.
 
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-\v 25 Their brothers , who lived in their villages, came in for seven day rotations, in turn.
+\v 25 Their brothers, who lived in their villages, came in for seven-day rotations, in turn.
 \v 26 But the four leaders of the gatekeepers, who were Levites, were assigned to guard the rooms and storerooms in the house of God.
 \v 27 They would spend the night in their posts all around the house of God, for they were responsible for guarding it. They would open it each morning.
 
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 \v 30 Some of the priests' sons mixed the spices.
 \v 31 Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was in charge of preparing bread for the offerings.
-\v 32 Some of their brother descendants of the Kohathites, were in charge of the bread of the presence, to prepare it every Sabbath.
+\v 32 Some of their brothers, descendants of the Kohathites, were in charge of the bread of the presence, to prepare it every Sabbath.
 
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-\v 33 The singers and Levite family leaders lived in rooms at the sanctuary, when they were free from work, because they had to carry out their assigned tasks day and night.
+\v 33 The singers and Levite family leaders lived in rooms at the sanctuary when they were free from work, because they had to carry out their assigned tasks day and night.
 \v 34 These were family leaders among the Levites, as listed in their genealogical records.  They lived in Jerusalem.
 
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 \v 35 The father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah, lived in Gibeon.
-\v 36 His firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
+\v 36 His firstborn son was Abdon, then his sons Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
 \v 37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.
 
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