PDF 1 Chron 1-6 harlot prostitute

03-LEV.usfm

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 \v 3 I also will set my face against that man and will cut him off from among his people because he has given his child to Molech, so as to defile my holy place and profane my holy name.
 \v 4 If the people of the land close their eyes to that man when he gives any of his children to Molech, if they do not put him to death,
-\v 5 then I myself will set my face against that man and his clan, and I will cut him off and everyone else who prostitutes himself in order to play the harlot with Molech.
+\v 5 then I myself will set my face against that man and his clan, and I will cut him off and everyone else who acts like a prostitute as he did in order to act like a prostitute with Molech.
 
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05-DEU.usfm

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 \v 20 But if this thing is true, that the proof of virginity was not found in the girl,
-\v 21 then they must bring out the girl to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city must stone her to death with stones, because she has committed a disgraceful action in Israel, to act as a harlot in her father's house; and you will remove the evil from among you.
+\v 21 then they must bring out the girl to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city must stone her to death with stones, because she has committed a disgraceful action in Israel, to act as a prostitute in her father's house; and you will remove the evil from among you.
 
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07-JDG.usfm

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 \v 1 In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a man, a Levite, living for a while in the most remote area of the hill country of Ephraim. He took for himself a woman, a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
-\v 2 But his concubine acted like a harlot against him; she left him and went back to her father's house in Bethlehem of Judah. She stayed there for four months.
+\v 2 But his concubine acted like a prostitute against him; she left him and went back to her father's house in Bethlehem of Judah. She stayed there for four months.
 
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 \v 3 Then her husband got up and went after her in order to persuade her to come back. His servant was with him, and a yoke of donkeys. She brought him into her father's house. When the girl's father saw him, he was glad to meet him.

13-1CH.usfm

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 \v 9 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteka. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
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-\v 10 Cush became the father of Nimrod, who was the first conqueror on the earth.
+\v 10 Cush became the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty man on the earth.
 
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 \v 6 Zerah's sons were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, and Darda, five in all.
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-\v 7 Karmi's son was Achar, who brought trouble on Israel when he stole what was reserved for God. \f + \ft Some Hebrew copies spell the name: \fqa Achan \fqa* instead of \fqa Achar \fqa* , a name which means \fqa trouble \fqa* . \f*
+\v 7 Karmi's son was Achar, who brought trouble on Israel when he acted faithlessly in regard to what was devoted to God. \f + \ft Some Hebrew copies spell the name: \fqa Achan \fqa* instead of \fqa Achar \fqa* , a name which means \fqa trouble \fqa* . \f*
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 \v 8 Ethan's son was Azariah.
 
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-\v 9 Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother called him Jabez. She said, "Because I bore him in pain."
+\v 9 Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez. She said, "Because I bore him in pain."
 \v 10 Jabez called out to the God of Israel and said, "If only you would truly bless me, expand my territory, and your hand will be with me. When you do this you will keep me from harm, so that I may be free from pain!" So God granted him his prayer.
 
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-\v 17 Ezrah's sons were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered's Egyptian wife \f + \ft The Hebrew does not indicate here who the woman was. We understand from 4:18 that it was Mered's Egyptian wife. \f* bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, who became the father of Eshtemoa.
+\v 17 Ezrah's sons were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered's Egyptian wife \f + \ft The Hebrew does not indicate here who the woman was. We understand from 4:18 that it was Mered's Egyptian wife. \f* conceived and bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, who became the father of Eshtemoa.
 \v 18 These were the sons of Bithiah, daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married. Mered's Judahite wife bore Jered, who became the father of Gedor; Heber, who became the father of Soko; and Jekuthiel, who became the father of Zanoah.
 
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 \v 36 Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,
 \v 37 and Ziza son of Shiphi son of Allon son of Jedaiah son of Shimri son of Shemaiah.
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-\v 38 These mentioned by name were leaders in their clans, and their clans increased greatly.
+\v 38 These mentioned by name were leaders in their clans, and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
 
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 \v 39 They went near Gedor, on the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
 \v 40 They found abundant and good pasture. The land was broad, quiet, and peaceable. The Hamites had formerly lived there.
-\v 41 These just listed by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and attacked the Hamite settlements and the Meunites, who were there also. They destroyed them completely and lived there because they found pasture for their flocks.
+\v 41 These just listed by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and attacked the Hamite tents and the Meunites, who were there also. They completely destroyed them and lived there because they found pasture for their flocks.
 
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 \v 42 From them, from the sons of Simeon, five hundred men went to Mount Seir with Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, as their leader.
-\v 43 They defeated the rest of the Amalekite refugees, and have lived there to this day.
+\v 43 They defeated the rest of the escaped remnant of Amalekites, and have lived there to this day.
 
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-\v 1 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel—now Reuben was Israel's firstborn, but his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel because Reuben had defiled his father's couch. So he is not recorded as being the oldest son.
+\v 1 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel—now Reuben was Israel's firstborn, but his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel because Reuben had defiled his father's couch. So he is not recorded in the genealogy as having the birthright.
 \v 2 Judah was the strongest of his brothers, and the leader would come from him. But the birthright was Joseph's—
 \v 3 the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel were Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi.
 
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-\v 7 Beerah's relatives according to their clans, listed according to their genealogical records: Jeiel the leader, Zechariah, and
+\v 7 Beerah's relatives according to their clans, enrolled in the genealogy by their generations: Jeiel the leader, Zechariah, and
 \v 8 Bela son of Azaz son of Shema son of Joel. They lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal Meon,
 \v 9 and eastward to the start of the wilderness that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead.
 
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-\v 18 The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 soldiers trained for war, who carried shield and sword, and who drew the bow.
+\v 18 The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 soldiers skilled in battle, who carried shield and sword and who drew the bow, who could go out to war.
 \v 19 They attacked the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.
 
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-\v 20 They received divine help against them. In this way, the Hagrites and all who were with them were defeated. This was because the Israelites cried out to God in the battle, and he responded to them, because they put their trust in him.
+\v 20 They received divine help against them. In this way, the Hagrites and all who were with them were defeated. This was because the Israelites earnestly appealed to God in the battle, and he responded to them, because they put their trust in him.
 \v 21 They captured their animals, including fifty thousand camels, 250,000 sheep, two thousand donkeys, and 100,000 men.
 \v 22 Many fell because the battle was from God. They lived in their land until the captivity.
 
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-\v 25 But they were unfaithful to their ancestors' God. Instead, they worshiped the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
+\v 25 But they were unfaithful to their ancestors' God. Instead, they acted like prostitutes with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
 \v 26 The God of Israel stirred up Pul king of Assyria (also called Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria). He took into exile the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. He brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.
 
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-\v 10 Johanan became the father of Azariah, who served in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem.
+\v 10 Johanan became the father of Azariah, who served as a priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem.
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 \v 11 Azariah became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub.
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-\v 17 Now Yahweh had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.
+\v 17 Now Yahweh had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.
 
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-\v 6 Yahweh God prepared a plant and made it grow up over Jonah so that it might be a shade over his head to relieve him of his distress. Jonah was very glad because of the plant.
-\v 7 But God prepared a worm at sunrise the next morning. It attacked the plant and the plant withered.
+\v 6 Yahweh God appointed a plant and made it grow up over Jonah so that it might be a shade over his head to relieve him of his distress. Jonah was very glad because of the plant.
+\v 7 But God appointed a worm at sunrise the next morning. It attacked the plant and the plant withered.
 
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-\v 8 It came about that when the sun rose the next morning, God prepared a hot east wind. Also, the sun beat down on Jonah's head and he became faint. Then Jonah wished that he might die. He said to himself, "It is better for me to die than to live."
+\v 8 It came about that when the sun rose the next morning, God appointed a hot east wind. Also, the sun beat down on Jonah's head and he became faint. Then Jonah wished that he might die. He said to himself, "It is better for me to die than to live."
 \v 9 Then God said to Jonah, "Is it good that you are so angry about the plant?" Then Jonah said, "It is good that I am angry, even to death."
 
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34-NAM.usfm

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-\v 5 The one who will dash you to pieces calls his officers; they stumble over each other in their march;
+\v 5 He remembers his nobles; they stumble over each other in their march;
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