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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 6 Moses took half of the blood and put it into basins; he splashed the other half onto the altar.
+\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 7 He took The Book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people. They said, "We will do all that Yahweh has spoken. We will be obedient."
-\v 8 Then Moses took the blood and splashed it onto the people. He said, "This is the blood of the covenant that Yahweh has made with you by giving you this promise with all these words."
+\v 8 Then Moses took the blood and sprinkled it onto the people. He said, "This is the blood of the covenant that Yahweh has made with you by giving you this promise with all these words."
 
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 \v 15 You must also take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on its head.
-\v 16 You must kill the ram. Then take its blood and splash it against the altar on every side and on it.
+\v 16 You must kill the ram. Then take its blood and sprinkled it against the altar on every side and on it.
 \v 17 You must cut the ram into pieces and wash its inner parts and its legs, and you must put the inner parts, together with its pieces and with its head,
 \v 18 on the altar. Then burn the whole ram. It will be a burnt offering to me, Yahweh. It will produce a sweet aroma for me; it will be an offering made to me by fire.
 
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 \v 19 You must then take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on its head.
-\v 20 Then you must kill the ram and take some of its blood. Put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the tip of his sons' right ears, on the thumb of their right hands, and on the great toe of their right feet. Then you must splash blood against the altar on every side.
+\v 20 Then you must kill the ram and take some of its blood. Put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the tip of his sons' right ears, on the thumb of their right hands, and on the great toe of their right feet. Then you must sprinkle the blood against the altar on every side.
 
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-\v 21 You must take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and splash it all on Aaron and on his garments, and also on his sons and on their garments. Aaron will then be set apart for me, as well as his garments, his sons and his sons' garments with him.
+\v 21 You must take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it all on Aaron and on his garments, and also on his sons and on their garments. Aaron will then be set apart for me, as well as his garments, his sons and his sons' garments with him.
 
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 \v 22 You must take the ram's fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the inner parts, the covering of the liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, and the right thigh—for this ram is for the priests' consecration to me.

03-LEV/01.usfm

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 \v 4 He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and then it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for himself.
 
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-\v 5 Then he must kill the bull before Yahweh. Aaron's sons, the priests, will present the blood and splash it on the altar that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
+\v 5 Then he must kill the bull before Yahweh. Aaron's sons, the priests, will present the blood and sprinkle it on the altar that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
 \v 6 Then he must skin the burnt offering and cut it to pieces.
 
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 \v 10 If his offering for the burnt offering is from the flock, one of the sheep or one of the goats, he must offer a male without blemish.
-\v 11 He must kill it on the north side of the altar before Yahweh. Aaron's sons, the priests, will splash its blood on every side of the altar.
+\v 11 He must kill it on the north side of the altar before Yahweh. Aaron's sons, the priests, will sprinkle its blood on every side of the altar.
 
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 \v 12 Then he must cut it into pieces, with its head and its fat, and the priest will lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire, which is on the altar,

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 \v 1 If someone offers a sacrifice which is a fellowship offering of an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must offer an animal without blemish before Yahweh.
-\v 2 He will lay his hand on the head of his offering and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting. Then Aaron's sons the priests will splash its blood on the sides of the altar.
+\v 2 He will lay his hand on the head of his offering and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting. Then Aaron's sons the priests will sprinkle its blood on the sides of the altar.
 
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 \v 3 The man will offer the sacrifice of a fellowship offering by fire to Yahweh. The fat that covers or is connected to the inner parts, 
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 \v 6 If the man's sacrifice of a fellowship offering to Yahweh is from the flock; male or female, he must offer a sacrifice without blemish.
 \v 7 If he offers a lamb for his sacrifice, then he must offer it before Yahweh.
-\v 8 He will lay his hand on the head of his sacrifice and kill it before the tent of meeting. Then Aaron's sons will splash its blood on the sides of the altar.
+\v 8 He will lay his hand on the head of his sacrifice and kill it before the tent of meeting. Then Aaron's sons will sprinkle its blood on the sides of the altar.
 
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 \v 9 The man will offer the sacrifice of fellowship offerings as an offering made by fire to Yahweh. The fat, the entire fat tail cut away close to the backbone, and the fat that covers the inner parts and all the fat that is near the inner parts,
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 \v 12 And if the man's offering is a goat, then he will offer it before Yahweh.
-\v 13 He must lay his hand on the head of the goat and kill it before the tent of meeting. Then the sons of Aaron will splash its blood on the sides of the altar.
+\v 13 He must lay his hand on the head of the goat and kill it before the tent of meeting. Then the sons of Aaron will sprinkle its blood on the sides of the altar.
 \v 14 The man will offer his sacrifice made by fire to Yahweh. He will remove the fat that covers the inner parts, and all the fat near the inner parts.
 
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03-LEV/05.usfm

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 \v 7 If he cannot afford to buy a lamb, then he can bring as his guilt offering for his sin two doves or two young pigeons to Yahweh, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
 \v 8 He must bring them to the priest, who will offer one for the sin offering first—he will wring off its head from its neck but will not remove it completely from the body.
-\v 9 Then he will splash some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, and he will drain the rest of the blood out at the base of the altar. This is a sin offering.
+\v 9 Then he will sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, and he will drain the rest of the blood out at the base of the altar. This is a sin offering.
 
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 \v 10 Then he must offer the second bird as a burnt offering, as described in the instructions, and the priest will make atonement for him for the sin that he has committed, and the person will be forgiven.

03-LEV/06.usfm

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 \v 26 The priest who offers it for sin will eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.
 
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-\v 27 Whatever touches its meat will become holy, and if the blood is splashed on any garment, you must wash it, the part that was splashed on, in a holy place.
+\v 27 Whatever touches its meat will become holy, and if the blood is sprinkled on any garment, you must wash it, the part that was sprinkled on, in a holy place.
 \v 28 But the clay pot in which it is boiled must be broken. If it is boiled in a bronze pot, it must be scrubbed and rinsed clean in water.
 
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 \v 1 This is the law of the guilt offering. It is most holy.
-\v 2 They must kill the guilt offering in the place for killing it, and they must splash its blood against every side of the altar.
+\v 2 They must kill the guilt offering in the place for killing it, and they must sprinkle its blood against every side of the altar.
 \v 3 All the fat in it will be offered: the fat tail, the fat that is over the inner parts,
 \v 4 the two kidneys and the fat on them, which is next to the loins, and what covers the liver, with the kidneys—all this must be removed.
 
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 \v 13 Also for the purpose of giving thanks, he must offer with his peace offering cakes of bread made with yeast.
-\v 14 He is to offer one of each kind of these sacrifices as an offering presented to Yahweh. It will belong to the priests who splashed the blood of the peace offerings onto the altar.
+\v 14 He is to offer one of each kind of these sacrifices as an offering presented to Yahweh. It will belong to the priests who sprinkle the blood of the peace offerings onto the altar.
 
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03-LEV/08.usfm

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 \v 18 Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
-\v 19 He killed it and splashed its blood against every side of the altar.
+\v 19 He killed it and sprinkled its blood against every side of the altar.
 
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 \v 20 He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head and the pieces and the fat.
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 \v 22 Then Moses presented the other ram, the ram of consecration, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
 \v 23 Aaron killed it, and Moses took some of its blood and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
-\v 24 He brought Aaron's sons, and he put some of the blood on the tip of their right ear, on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot. Then Moses splashed its blood against every side of the altar.
+\v 24 He brought Aaron's sons, and he put some of the blood on the tip of their right ear, on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot. Then Moses sprinkled its blood against every side of the altar.
 
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 \v 25 He took the fat, the fat tail, all the fat that was on the inner parts, the covering of the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh. 

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-\v 18 He killed also the ox and the ram, the sacrifice for the peace offering, which was for the people. Aaron's sons gave him the blood, which he splashed against every side of the altar.
+\v 18 He killed also the ox and the ram, the sacrifice for the peace offering, which was for the people. Aaron's sons gave him the blood, which he sprinkled against every side of the altar.
 \v 19 However, the fat of the bull and the ram, the fat tail, the fat that covers the inner parts, the kidneys, and the covering of the liver—
 
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 \v 5 The purpose of this command is so that the people of Israel will bring their sacrifices to Yahweh at the entrance to the tent of meeting, to the priest to be sacrificed as fellowship offerings to Yahweh, instead of offering sacrifices in an open field.
-\v 6 The priest will splash the blood on Yahweh's altar at the entrance to the tent of meeting; he will burn the fat for it to produce a sweet aroma for Yahweh.
+\v 6 The priest will sprinkle the blood on Yahweh's altar at the entrance to the tent of meeting; he will burn the fat for it to produce a sweet aroma for Yahweh.
 
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 \v 7 The people must no longer offer their sacrifices to goat idols, for which they act as prostitutes. This will be a permanent statute for them throughout their people's generations.'

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 \v 26 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
-\v 27 "Now the tenth day of this seventh month will be the Day of Atonement. It must be an assembly that is dedicated to Yahweh, you must humble yourselves and make a sacrifice offered with fire to Yahweh.
+\v 27 "Now the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It must be an assembly that is set apart to Yahweh, you must humble yourselves and present an offering to Yahweh by fire.
 
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 \v 28 You must do no work on that day because it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for yourselves before Yahweh your God.

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 \v 7 You must put pure incense along each row of loaves as a representative offering. This incense will be burnt for Yahweh.
 \v 8 Every Sabbath day the high priest must regularly set out the bread before Yahweh on behalf of the people of Israel, as a sign of an everlasting covenant.
-\v 9 This offering will be for Aaron and his sons. They must eat it in a place that is holy, for it is completely dedicated to him, since it was taken from the offerings to Yahweh made by fire." 
+\v 9 This offering will be for Aaron and his sons, and they are to eat it in a place that is holy, for it is a portion from the offerings to Yahweh made by fire." 
 
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 \v 9 Then you must blow a loud trumpet everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you must blow a trumpet throughout all your land.
 
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-\v 10 You must dedicate the fiftieth year to Yahweh and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It will be a Jubilee for you, in which property and slaves must be returned to their families. 
+\v 10 You must set apart the fiftieth year to Yahweh and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It will be a jubilee for you, in which property and slaves must be returned to their families. 
 
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-\v 11 The fiftieth year will be a Jubilee for you. You must not plant or conduct an organized harvest. Eat whatever grows by itself, and gather the grapes that grow on the unpruned vines.
-\v 12 For it is a Jubilee, which will be holy for you. You must eat the produce that grows by itself out of the fields.
+\v 11 The fiftieth year will be a jubilee for you. You must not plant or conduct an organized harvest. Eat whatever grows by itself, and gather the grapes that grow on the unpruned vines.
+\v 12 For it is a jubilee, which will be holy for you. You must eat the produce that grows by itself out of the fields.
 
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-\v 13 You must return everyone to his own property in this Year of Jubilee.
+\v 13 You must return everyone to his own property in this year of jubilee.
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 \v 14 If you sell any land to your neighbor or buy any land from your neighbor, you must not cheat or wrong each other.
 
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-\v 15 If you buy land from your neighbor, consider the number of years and crops that can be harvested until the next Jubilee. Your neighbor selling the land must consider that also. 
-\v 16 A larger number of years until the next Jubilee will increase the value of land, and a smaller number of years until the next Jubilee will decrease the value, because the number of harvests the land will produce for the new owner is related to the number of years before the next Jubilee.
+\v 15 If you buy land from your neighbor, consider the number of years and crops that can be harvested until the next jubilee. Your neighbor selling the land must consider that also. 
+\v 16 A larger number of years until the next jubilee will increase the value of land, and a smaller number of years until the next jubilee will decrease the value, because the number of harvests the land will produce for the new owner is related to the number of years before the next jubilee.
 \v 17 You must not cheat or wrong one another; instead, you must honor your God, for I am Yahweh, your God.
 
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 \v 26 If a man has no relative to redeem his property, but if he has prospered and has the ability to redeem it, 
 \v 27 then he may calculate the years since the land was sold and repay the balance to the man to whom he sold it. Then he may return to his own property.
-\v 28 But if he is not able to get the land back for himself, then the land he has sold will remain in the ownership of the one who bought it until the Year of Jubilee. At the Year of Jubilee, the land will be returned to the man who sold it, and the original owner will return to his property.
+\v 28 But if he is not able to get the land back for himself, then the land he has sold will remain in the ownership of the one who bought it until the year of jubilee. At the year of jubilee, the land will be returned to the man who sold it, and the original owner will return to his property.
 
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 \v 29 If a man sells a house in a walled city, then he may buy it back within a whole year after it was sold. For a full year he will have the right of redemption.
-\v 30 If the house is not redeemed within a full year, then the house in the walled city will become the permanent property of the man who bought it, throughout his descendants' generations. That house is not to be returned in the Jubilee.
+\v 30 If the house is not redeemed within a full year, then the house in the walled city will become the permanent property of the man who bought it, throughout his descendants' generations. That house is not to be returned in the jubilee.
 
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 \v 31 But the houses of the villages that have no wall round around them will be property in connection with the fields of the country. They may be bought back, and they must be returned during the jubilee.
 \v 32 However, the houses owned by the Levites in their cities may be redeemed at any time.
 
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-\v 33 If one of the Levites does not redeem a house he sold, then the house that was sold in the city where it is located must be returned in the Jubilee, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their property among the people of Israel.
+\v 33 If one of the Levites does not redeem a house he sold, then the house that was sold in the city where it is located must be returned in the jubilee, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their property among the people of Israel.
 \v 34 But the fields around their cities may not be sold because they are the permanent property of the Levites.
 
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 \v 39 If your fellow countryman has become poor and sells himself to you, you must not make him work like a slave.
-\v 40 Treat him as a hired servant. He must be like someone living temporarily with you. He will serve with you until the Year of Jubilee. 
+\v 40 Treat him as a hired servant. He must be like someone living temporarily with you. He will serve with you until the year of jubilee. 
 \v 41 Then he will go away from you, he and his children with him, and he will return to his own family and to his fathers' property.
 
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 \v 49 It might be the person's uncle, or his uncle's son, who redeems him, or anyone who is his close relative from his family. Or, if he has become prosperous, he may redeem himself.
-\v 50 He must bargain with the man who bought him; they must count the years from the year he sold himself to his purchaser until the Year of Jubilee. The price of his redemption must be figured in keeping with the rate paid to a hired servant, for the number of years he might continue to work for the one who bought him.
+\v 50 He must bargain with the man who bought him; they must count the years from the year he sold himself to his purchaser until the year of jubilee. The price of his redemption must be figured in keeping with the rate paid to a hired servant, for the number of years he might continue to work for the one who bought him.
 
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-\v 51 If there are still many years until Jubilee, he must pay back as the price for his redemption an amount of money that is in proportion to the number of those years.
-\v 52 If there are only a few years to the Year of Jubilee, then he must bargain with his purchaser to reflect the number of years left before Jubilee, and he must pay for his redemption in keeping with the number of years.
+\v 51 If there are still many years until jubilee, he must pay back as the price for his redemption an amount of money that is in proportion to the number of those years.
+\v 52 If there are only a few years to the year of jubilee, then he must bargain with his purchaser to reflect the number of years left before jubilee, and he must pay for his redemption in keeping with the number of years.
 
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 \v 53 He is to be treated like a man hired year by year. You must make sure he is not treated with harshness.
-\v 54 If he is not redeemed by these means, then he must serve until the Year of Jubilee, he and his children with him.
+\v 54 If he is not redeemed by these means, then he must serve until the year of jubilee, he and his children with him.
 \v 55 To me the people of Israel are servants. They are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.'"
 
 

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 \v 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
-\v 2 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'When a man makes a special vow that requires him to use a standard value of a person he dedicates to Yahweh, use the following values.
+\v 2 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'If anyone makes a special vow to Yahweh, use the following valuations.
 
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 \v 3 Your standard value for a male from twenty to sixty years old must be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
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-\v 9 If someone wants to sacrifice an animal to Yahweh, and if Yahweh accepts it, then that animal will be dedicated to him.
+\v 9 If someone wants to sacrifice an animal to Yahweh, and if Yahweh accepts it, then that animal will be set apart to him.
 \v 10 The person must not alter or change such an animal, a good one for a bad one or a bad for a good. If he does at all change one animal for another, then both it and the one for which it is exchanged become holy.
 
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-\v 14 When a man desires to dedicate his house to be set apart for Yahweh, then the priest will estimate its value. Whatever the priest values it at, that will be its value.
-\v 15 But if the owner dedicates his home and later wishes to redeem it, then a fifth of its value is to be added to its redemption price, and then the house will be his again.
+\v 14 When a man sets apart his house as a holy gift to Yahweh, then the priest will set its value as either good or bad. Whatever the priest values it, so it will be.
+\v 15 But if the owner who set apart his home and later wishes to redeem it, he must add a fifth of its value to its redemption price, and it will belong to him.
  
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-\v 16 If a man desires to dedicate to Yahweh some of his land, then the estimation of its value will be made in keeping with the amount of seed required to plant it. One homer of barley will be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
+\v 16 If a man sets apart some of his own land, then the valuation of it will be in proportion to the amount of seed required to plant it—a homer of barley will be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
  
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-\v 17 If he dedicates his field during the Year of Jubilee, the estimated value will stand.
-\v 18 But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest must calculate the value of the field by the number of years that remain until the next Year of Jubilee, and the estimated value must be reduced.
+\v 17 If he sets apart his field during the year of jubilee, the valuation of it will stand.
+\v 18 But if he sets apart his field after the jubilee, then the priest must calculate the value of the field by the number of years that remain until the next year of jubilee, and the valuation of it must be reduced.
  
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-\v 19 If the man who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, then he must add a fifth to the estimated value, and it will be become his again.
+\v 19 If the man who set apart the field wishes to redeem it, then he must add a fifth to the valuation, and it will be become his again.
 \v 20 If he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it cannot be redeemed any more. 
-\v 21 Instead, the field, when it is released in the Jubilee, will be a holy gift to Yahweh, like the field that has been completely given to Yahweh. It will belong to the priest.
+\v 21 Instead, the field, when it is released in the jubilee, will be a holy gift to Yahweh, like the field that has been completely given to Yahweh. It will belong to the priest.
 
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-\v 22 If a man dedicates to Yahweh a field that he has bought, but that field is not part of his family's land, 
-\v 23 then the priest will figure the estimated value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the man must pay its value on that day as a holy gift to Yahweh.
+\v 22 If a man sets apart a field that he has bought, but that field is not part of his family's land, 
+\v 23 then the priest will figure the valuation of it up to the year of jubilee, and the man must pay its value on that day as a holy gift to Yahweh.
  
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-\v 24 In the Year of Jubilee, the field will return to the man from whom it was bought, to the land's owner.
-\v 25 All the estimated values must be set by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. Twenty gerahs must be the equivalent of one shekel.
+\v 24 In the year of jubilee, the field will return to the man from whom it was bought, to the land's owner.
+\v 25 All the valuations must be set by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. Twenty gerahs must be the equivalent of one shekel.
  
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-\v 26 But a firstborn among animals already belongs to Yahweh and no man may dedicate it—whether ox or sheep—for it belongs to Yahweh.
-\v 27 If it is an unclean animal, then the owner may buy it back at the estimated value, and a fifth must be added to that value. If the animal is not redeemed, then it is to be sold at the set value.
+\v 26 No one may set apart the firstborn among animals, since the firstborn already belongs to Yahweh; whether ox or sheep, it is Yahweh's.
+\v 27 If it is an unclean animal, then the owner may buy it back at the valuation of it, and a fifth must be added to that value. If the animal is not redeemed, then it is to be sold at the set value.
  
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-\v 28 However, nothing a man dedicates to Yahweh from anything he has, whether human or animal, or his family land, may be sold or redeemed. Every dedicated thing is holy to Yahweh.
-\v 29 No ransom may be paid for the person who is set apart to be destroyed. That person must be put to death. 
+\v 28 However, nothing a man sets apart from anything he has, whether human or animal, or his family land, may be sold or redeemed. Everything that is devoted is holy to Yahweh.
+\v 29 No ransom may be paid for the person who is devoted for destruction. That person must be put to death. 
  
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 \v 31 If a man redeems any of his tithe, he must add a fifth to its value.
  
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-\v 32 As for all the tithe of the herd or the flock, whatever passes under the shepherd's rod, one tenth must be dedicated to Yahweh. 
+\v 32 As for all the tithe of the herd or the flock, whatever passes under the shepherd's rod, one tenth must be set apart to Yahweh. 
 \v 33 The shepherd must not search for the better or the worse animals, and he must not substitute one for another. If he changes it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed will be holy. It cannot be redeemed.'"
  
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-\v 5 During all the time of his vow of separation, no razor is to be used on his head until the days of his separation to Yahweh are fulfilled. He must be dedicated to Yahweh. He must let the hair grow long on his head.
+\v 5 During all the time of his vow of separation, no razor is to be used on his head until the days of his separation to Yahweh are fulfilled. He must be set apart to Yahweh. He must let the hair grow long on his head.
  
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 \v 10 On the eighth day he must bring two doves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
-\v 11 The priest must offer one bird as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. These will atone for him because he sinned by being near the dead body. He must rededicate himself to Yahweh on that same day.
+\v 11 The priest must offer one bird as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. These will atone for him because he sinned by being near the dead body. He must reconsecrated his head on that day.
  
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-\v 12 He must rededicate himself to Yahweh for the time of his separation. He must bring a male lamb one year old as a guilt offering. The days before he defiled himself must not be counted, because he was defiled while he was separate for God.
+\v 12 He must set himself apart to Yahweh for the days of his consecration. He must bring a male lamb one year old as a guilt offering. The days before he defiled himself must not be counted, because his consecration was defiled.
  
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-\v 1 On the day that Moses completed the tabernacle, he anointed it and dedicated it to Yahweh, together with all of its furnishings. He did the same for the altar and all its utensils. He anointed them and dedicated them to Yahweh.
+\v 1 On the day that Moses completed the tabernacle, he anointed it and set it apart to Yahweh, together with all of its furnishings. He did the same for the altar and all its utensils. He anointed them and set them apart to Yahweh.
 \v 2 On that day, the leaders of Israel, the heads of their ancestor's families, offered sacrifices. These men were leading the tribes. They had overseen the counting of the men in the census.
 \v 3 They brought their offerings before Yahweh. They brought six covered carts and twelve oxen. They brought one cart for every two leaders, and each leader brought one ox. They presented these things in front of the tabernacle.
  
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-\v 84 The leaders of Israel dedicated all these things on the day that Moses anointed the altar. They dedicated twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold dishes.
+\v 84 The leaders of Israel set all these apart on the day that Moses anointed the altar. They set apart the twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold dishes.
 \v 85 Each silver platter weighed 130 shekels and each bowl weighed seventy shekels. All the silver vessels weighed 2,400 shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel.
 \v 86 Each of the twelve gold dishes, full of incense, weighed ten shekels by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. All the gold dishes weighed 120 shekels.
  
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-\v 87 They dedicated as burnt offerings twelve bulls, twelve rams, and twelve year-old male lambs. They gave their grain offering. They gave twelve male goats as a sin offering.
-\v 88 From all their cattle, they gave twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty male lambs a year old, as the sacrifice for the fellowship offering. This was for the dedication of the altar, when it was anointed.
+\v 87 They set apart all the animals for the burnt offerings, twelve bulls, twelve rams, and twelve year-old male lambs. They gave their grain offering. They gave twelve male goats as a sin offering.
+\v 88 From all their cattle, they gave twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty male lambs a year old, as the sacrifice for the fellowship offering. This was for the dedication of the altar after it was anointed.
  
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 \v 36 Again Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
-\v 37 "Speak to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest and tell him to take the censers out of the smoldering remains, for the censers are dedicated to me. Then they must scatter the embers.
+\v 37 "Speak to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest and tell him to take the censers out of the smoldering remains, for the censers are set apart to me. Then they must scatter the embers.
 \v 38 Take the censers of those who lost their lives because of their sin. Let them be made into hammered plates as a covering over the altar. Those men did offer them before me, so they are set apart to me. They will be a sign of my presence to the people of Israel."
  
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 \v 8 Then Yahweh said to Aaron, "Look, I have given you the duty of handling the offerings raised up to me, and all the holy offerings that people of Israel give to me. I have given these offerings to you and your sons as your ongoing share.
-\v 9 These things from the offerings that are completely dedicated to Yahweh, but are not completely burned up, will be yours. Every sacrifice the people bring, including every grain offering, every sin offering, and every guilt offering—all these very holy offerings that they reserve for me and bring to me—will be for you and for your sons.
+\v 9 These are the very holy things, kept from the fire: from every offering of theirs—every grain offering, every sin offering, and every guilt offering—they is very holy to you and to your sons.
  
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-\v 10 It is completely dedicated to me, that you must eat these offerings. Every male among you must eat these offerings. They must be regarded by you as reserved for me.
+\v 10 These offerings are very holy; every male must eat it, for they are holy to you.
 \v 11 These are the offerings that will belong to you: their gifts that are set apart from all the raised offerings of the people of Israel, offerings that have been raised high before me and presented to me. I have given them to you, your sons, and your daughters, as your ongoing share. Everyone who is ritually clean in your family may eat any of these offerings.
  
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 \v 16 Those that are to be bought back by the people must be bought back after becoming one month old. Then the people may buy them back, for the price of five shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs.
  
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-\v 17 But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat—you must not buy back these animals; they are dedicated to me. You must splash their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire, to produce a sweet aroma for me.
+\v 17 But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat—you must not buy back these animals; they are set apart to me. You must sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to Yahweh.
 \v 18 Their meat will be yours. Like the raised breast and the right thigh, their meat will be yours.
  
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 \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.
  
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-\v 12 Then Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not trust me or dedicated me to be holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, you will not bring this assembly into the land I have given them."
+\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."
 \v 13 This place was called the waters of Meribah because the people of Israel had quarreled with Yahweh there, and he showed himself to them as holy.
 
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 \v 3 But if his daughters marry men in another tribe of the people of Israel, then their share of land will be removed from our ancestor's share. It will be added to the share of the tribes that they join. In that case, it will be removed from the assigned share of our inheritance. 
-\v 4 In that case, when the Jubilee of the people of Israel comes, then their share will be joined to the share of the tribe that they have joined. In this way, their share will be taken away from the share of our ancestors' tribe."
+\v 4 In that case, when the jubilee of the people of Israel comes, then their share will be joined to the share of the tribe that they have joined. In this way, their share will be taken away from the share of our ancestors' tribe."
  
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-\v 19 All the firstborn males in your herd and your flock you must dedicate to Yahweh your God; you will do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.
+\v 19 All the firstborn males in your herd and your flock you must set apart to Yahweh your God. You will do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.
 \v 20 You must eat the firstborn before Yahweh your God year by year in the place that Yahweh will choose, you and your household.
 \v 21 If it has any blemish—for example, if it is lame or blind, or has any blemish whatever—you must not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God.
  

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-\v 1 The men of Kiriath Jearim came, took the ark of Yahweh, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill. They dedicated his son Eleazar to keep the ark of Yahweh.
+\v 1 The men of Kiriath Jearim came, took the ark of Yahweh, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill. They set apart his son Eleazar to keep the ark of Yahweh.
 \v 2 From the day the ark remained in Kiriath Jearim, a long time passed, twenty years. All the house of Israel lamented and wished to turn to Yahweh.
 
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 \v 4 Samuel did as Yahweh said and went to Bethlehem. The elders of the city were trembling as they came to meet him and said, "Are you coming in peace?"
-\v 5 He said, "In peace; I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh. Dedicate yourselves to Yahweh for the sacrifice and come with me." And he dedicated Jesse and his sons to Yahweh, and then he called them to the sacrifice.
+\v 5 He said, "In peace; I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh. Prepare to set yourselves apart and come with me to the sacrifice." And he set apart Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
 
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 \v 4 The priest answered David and said, "There is no ordinary bread on hand, but there is holy bread—if the young men have kept themselves from women."
 
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-\v 5 David answered the priest, "Surely women have been kept from us for these three days. When I set out, the bodies of the young men were dedicated to Yahweh, even though it was an ordinary journey. How much more then today will their bodies be dedicated to Yahweh?"
-\v 6 So the priest gave him the bread that was dedicated to Yahweh. For there was no bread there, only the bread of the presence, which was removed from before Yahweh, in order to put hot bread in its place when it was taken away.
+\v 5 David answered the priest, "Surely women have been kept from us for the past three days, as usual when I set out. The things belonging to the men have been set apart even on ordinary missions. How much more today will what they have be set apart!"
+\v 6 So the priest gave him the bread that was set apart. For there was no bread there except the bread of the presence, which was removed from before Yahweh, in order to put hot bread in its place on the day it was taken away.
 
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 \v 10 Tou sent Hadoram his son to King David to greet him and to bless him, because David had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him, and because Hadadezer had waged war against Tou. Hadoram brought with himself objects of silver, gold, and bronze. 
 
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-\v 11 King David dedicated these objects to Yahweh, together with the silver and gold from all the nations that he conquered—
+\v 11 King David set aside these objects to Yahweh, together with the silver and gold from all the nations that he conquered—
 \v 12 from Aram, Moab, the people of Ammon, the Philistines, and Amalek, along with all of the plundered goods of Hadadezer son of Rehob, the king of Zobah.
 
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-\v 51 In this way, all the work that King Solomon did for the house of Yahweh was finished. So Solomon brought in the things that were dedicated to Yahweh by David, his father, and the silver, the gold, and the furnishings, and put them into the storerooms of the house of Yahweh.  
+\v 51 In this way, all the work that King Solomon did for the house of Yahweh was finished. So Solomon brought in the things that were set apart by David, his father, and the silver, the gold, and the furnishings, and put them into the storerooms of the house of Yahweh.  
 
 
 

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 \v 32 Jehu looked up at the window and said, "Who is on my side? Who?" Then two or three eunuchs looked out.
 
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-\v 33 So Jehu said, "Throw her down." So they threw Jezebel down, and some of her blood splashed on the wall and the horses, and Jehu trampled her under foot.
+\v 33 So Jehu said, "Throw her down." So they threw Jezebel down, and some of her blood spattered on the wall and the horses, and Jehu trampled her under foot.
 \v 34 When Jehu entered the palace, he ate and drank. Then he said, "See now to this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king's daughter."
 
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 \v 12 When the king came from Damascus he saw the altar; the king approached the altar and made offerings on it.
 
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-\v 13 He made his burnt offering and his grain offering, poured out his drink offering, and splashed the blood of his fellowship offerings on the altar.
+\v 13 He made his burnt offering and his grain offering, poured out his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his fellowship offerings on the altar.
 \v 14 The bronze altar that was before Yahweh—he brought it from the front of the temple, from between his altar and the temple of Yahweh and put it on the north side of his altar.
 
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-\v 15 Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, saying, "On the large altar burn the morning burnt offering and the evening grain offering, and the king's burnt offering and his grain offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their grain offering and their drink offerings. Splash on it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice. But the bronze altar will be for me to ask for God's help."
+\v 15 Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, saying, "On the large altar burn the morning burnt offering and the evening grain offering, and the king's burnt offering and his grain offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their grain offering and their drink offerings. Sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice. But the bronze altar will be for me to ask for God's help."
 \v 16 Uriah the priest did just what King Ahaz commanded.
 
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 \v 21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. He commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of Yahweh.
  
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-\v 22 So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood and splashed it on the altar. They killed the rams and splashed the blood on the altar; they also killed the lambs and splashed the blood on the altar.
+\v 22 So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They killed the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar; they also killed the lambs and sprinked the blood on the altar.
 \v 23 They brought the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly; they laid their hands on them.
 \v 24 The priests killed them, and they made a sin offering with their blood on the altar to make atonement for all Israel, for the king had commanded that a burnt offering and a sin offering should be made for all Israel.
  

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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 splashed the blood that they received from the Levites' hand, and the Levites skinned the lambs.
+\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.
  
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 \v 6 I trampled down the peoples in my anger and made them drunk in my wrath, 
-\q1 and I splashed their blood on the earth.
+\q1 and I poured out their blood on the earth.
 
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