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 \v 12 Joel was their leader; Shapham was second; and Janai and Shaphat in Bashan.
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-\v 13 Their relatives, by their fathers' families, were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakan, Zia, and Eber—seven in all.
+\v 13 Their relatives, by their clans, were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakan, Zia, and Eber—seven in all.
 
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 \v 14 These persons named above were the descendants of Abihail, and Abihail was the son of Huri. Huri was the son of Jaroah. Jaroah was the son of Gilead. Gilead was the son of Michael. Michael was the son of Jeshishai. Jeshishai was the son of Jahdo. Jahdo was the son of Buz.
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-\v 15 Ahi son of Abdiel son of Guni, was head of their fathers' family.
+\v 15 Ahi son of Abdiel son of Guni, was head of their clan.
 
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 \v 23 The half tribe of Manasseh lived in the land of Bashan as far as Baal Hermon and Senir (that is, Mount Hermon).
-\v 24 These were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were mighty warriors, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.
+\v 24 These were the heads of their clans: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were mighty warriors, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.
 
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 \v 16 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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-\v 17 The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei.
+\v 17 The sons of Gershon were named Libni and Shimei.
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 \v 18 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
 
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-\v 48 Their associates, the Levites, were assigned to do all the work for the tabernacle, the house of God.
+\v 48 Their associates, the Levites, were assigned to do all the labor for the tabernacle, the house of God.
 
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 \v 49 But Aaron and his descendants made the offerings on the altar for burnt offerings; and the offering on the incense altar for all the work on the most holy place. These offerings made atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
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-\v 61 To the rest of Kohath's descendants were allotted ten cities from the half tribe of Manasseh.
+\v 61 To the rest of Kohath's descendants were given by lot ten cities from the half tribe of Manasseh.
 \v 62 To Gershon's descendants in their various clans were given thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
 
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-\v 63 To Merari's descendants they gave twelve cities, clan by clan, from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
+\v 63 To Merari's descendants they gave by lot twelve cities, clan by clan, from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
 \v 64 So the people of Israel gave these cities with their pasturelands to the Levites.
-\v 65 They assigned by lot the towns mentioned earlier from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
+\v 65 They assigned by lot these towns mentioned by name from the tribes of of the sons of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
 
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 \v 1 Issachar's four sons were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.
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-\v 2 The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel. They were the heads of their fathers' houses, from the descendants of Tola and they were listed as mighty warriors among their generation. They numbered 22,600 in the days of David.
+\v 2 The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel. They were the heads of their clans, from the descendants of Tola and they were listed as mighty warriors among their generation. They numbered 22,600 in the days of David.
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 \v 3 Uzzi's son was Izrahiah. His sons were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Ishijah, all five of them were clan leaders.
 
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 \v 6 Benjamin's three sons were Bela, Beker, and Jediael.
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-\v 7 Bela's five sons were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were soldiers and heads of fathers' houses. Their people numbered 22,034 mighty warriors, according to the lists belonging to their ancestors' clans.
+\v 7 Bela's five sons were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were soldiers and heads of clans. Their people numbered 22,034 mighty warriors, according to the lists belonging to their ancestors' clans.
 
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 \v 8 Beker's sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were his sons.
-\v 9 The lists of their clans numbered 20,200 heads of their fathers' houses and mighty warriors.
+\v 9 The lists of their clans numbered 20,200 heads of their clans and mighty warriors.
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 \v 10 The son of Jediael was Bilhan. Bilhan's sons were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
 
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 \v 39 Ulla's sons were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.
-\v 40 All these were descendants of Asher. They were ancestors of the clans, heads of fathers' houses, distinguished men, mighty warriors, and chief among the leaders. There were twenty-six thousand men listed who were fit for military service, according to their numbered lists.
+\v 40 All these were descendants of Asher. They were heads of clans, distinguished men, mighty warriors, and chief among the leaders. There were twenty-six thousand men listed who were fit for military service, according to their numbered lists.
 
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 \v 12 There was Adaiah son of Jeroham son of Pashhur son of Malkijah. There was also Maasai son of Adiel son of Jahzerah son of Meshullam son of Meshillemith son of Immer.
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-\v 13 Their relatives, who were leaders for their fathers' houses, numbered 1,760. They were very capable men in the work in the house of God.
+\v 13 Their relatives, who were leaders of their clans, numbered 1,760. They were very capable men in the work in the house of God.
 
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 \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, \f + \ft Ebiasaph is the same person referred to as \fqa Asaph \fqa* in 1 Chronicles 26:1. \f* son of Korah, and his relatives from the house of his father, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the guard service. They guarded the door to the tent, as their ancestors had guarded the camp of Yahweh, and they also had guarded the entrance.
+\v 19 Shallum son of Kore son of Ebiasaph, \f + \ft Ebiasaph is the same person referred to as \fqa Asaph \fqa* in 1 Chronicles 26:1. \f* son of Korah, and his relatives from his clan, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the guard service. They guarded the door to the tent, as their ancestors had guarded the camp of Yahweh, and they also had guarded the entrance.
 
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 \v 20 Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of them in the past, and Yahweh had been with him.
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 \v 26 From the Levites there were 4,600 fighting men.
 \v 27 Jehoiada was the leader of Aaron's descendants, and with him were 3,700.
-\v 28 With Zadok, a young man, a mighty warrior, were twenty-two leaders from his father's family.
+\v 28 With Zadok, a young man, a mighty warrior, were twenty-two leaders from his clan.
 
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 \v 29 From Benjamin, Saul's tribe, were three thousand. Most of them had remained loyal to Saul until this time.
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-\v 30 From the Ephraimites there were 20,800 mighty warriors, men who were famous in their fathers' houses.
+\v 30 From the Ephraimites there were 20,800 mighty warriors, men who were famous in their clans.
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 \v 31 From the half tribe of Manasseh there were eighteen thousand famous men who came to make David king.
 
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 \v 16 David looked up and saw the angel of Yahweh standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand raised over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, lay facedown on the ground.
-\v 17 David said to God, "Is it not I that commanded that the army be numbered? I did this wicked thing. But these sheep, what have they done? Yahweh my God! Let your hand strike me and my family, but do not let the plague remain on your people."
+\v 17 David said to God, "Is it not I that commanded that the army be numbered? I did this wicked thing. But these sheep, what have they done? Yahweh my God! Let your hand strike me and my clan, but do not let the plague remain on your people."
 
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 \v 29 From Kish: The son of Kish: Jerahmeel.
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 \v 30 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the Levites, listed by their families.
-\v 31 These men who were the head of each father's house and each of their younger brothers, cast lots in the presence of King David, and Zadok and Ahimelek, along with the leaders of the families of the priests and Levites. They cast lots just as Aaron's descendants had done.
+\v 31 These men who were the head of each clan and each of their younger brothers, cast lots in the presence of King David, and Zadok and Ahimelek, along with the leaders of the families of the priests and Levites. They cast lots just as Aaron's descendants had done.
 
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 \v 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth, for God had blessed Obed Edom.
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-\v 6 To Shemaiah his son were born sons who ruled over their families; they were men of great ability.
+\v 6 To Shemaiah his son were born sons who ruled over their clans; they were men of great ability.
 
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 \v 7 The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. His relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also men with many abilities.
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 \v 12 These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their leaders, had responsibilities, like their relatives, to serve in the house of Yahweh.
-\v 13 They threw lots, both young and old, corresponding to their families, for every gate.
+\v 13 They threw lots, both young and old, corresponding to their clans, for every gate.
 \v 14 When the lot was cast for the east gate, it fell to Shelemiah \f + \ft Shelemiah is the same person referred to as \fqa Meshelemiah \fqa* in 1 Chronicles 26:2. \f* . They then cast lots for Zechariah his son, a prudent advisor, and his lot came out for the north gate.
 
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 \v 3 But God said to me, 'You will not build a temple for my name, because you are a man of war and have shed blood.'
 
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-\v 4 Yet Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me from all my father's family to be king over Israel forever. He has chosen Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah he chose my father's house, and from all my father's sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
+\v 4 Yet Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me from all my father's house to be king over Israel forever. He has chosen Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah he chose my father's house, and from all my father's sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
 \v 5 From the many sons whom Yahweh has given me, he chose Solomon, my son, to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Yahweh, over Israel.
 
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