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-\v 1 The men of Ephraim said to Gideon, "What is this you have done to us? You did not call us when you went to fight against Midian." And they argued with him with force.
+\v 1 The men of Ephraim said to Gideon, "What is this you have done to us? You did not call us when you went to fight against Midian." Then they had a violent argument with him.
 
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 \v 2 He said to them, "What have I done now compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim's grapes better than the full grape harvest of Abiezer?
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 \v 5 He said to the men of Succoth, "Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian."
 
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-\v 6 And the officials said, "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand? Why should we give bread to your army?"
+\v 6 Then the officials said, "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand? Why should we give bread to your army?"
 \v 7 Gideon said, "When Yahweh has given us victory over Zebah and Zalmunna, I will tear your skin with the desert thorns and briers."
 
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 \v 15 Gideon came to the men of Succoth and said, "Look at Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you mocked me and said, 'Have you already conquered Zebah and Zalmunna? We do not know that we should give bread to your army.'"
 \v 16 Gideon took the elders of the city, and he punished the men of Succoth with the desert thorns and briers.
-\v 17 And he pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of that city.
+\v 17 Then he pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of that city.
 
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 \v 27 Gideon made an ephod out of the earrings and put it in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there. It became a trap for Gideon and for those in his house.
-\v 28 So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel and they did not raise their heads up again. And the land had peace for forty years in the days of Gideon.
+\v 28 So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel and they did not raise their heads up again. So the land had peace for forty years in the days of Gideon.
 
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 \v 7 When Jotham was told about this, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He shouted and said to them, "Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.
-\v 8 The trees once went out to anoint a king over them. And they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'
+\v 8 The trees once went out to anoint a king over them. For they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'
 
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 \v 9 But the olive tree said to them, 'Should I give up my oil, which is used to honor gods and mankind, so I may go return, just to sway over the other trees?'
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 \v 17 —and to think that my father fought for you, risked his life, and rescued you out of the hand of Midian—
-\v 18 but today you have risen up against my father's house and have killed his sons, seventy persons, upon one stone. And you have made Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the leaders of Shechem, because he is your relative.
+\v 18 but today you have risen up against my father's house and have killed his sons, seventy persons, upon one stone. Then you have made Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the leaders of Shechem, because he is your relative.
 
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 \v 19 If you acted with honesty and integrity with Jerub Baal and his house, then you should rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you.
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 \v 27 They went out into the field and gathered grapes from the vineyards, and they trampled on them. They held a festival in the house of their god, where they ate and drank, and they cursed Abimelech.
 
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-\v 28 Gaal son of Ebed, said, "Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerub Baal? And is not Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor, Shechem's father! Why should we serve him?
+\v 28 Gaal son of Ebed, said, "Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerub Baal? Is Zebul not his officer? Serve the men of Hamor, Shechem's father! Why should we serve Abimelech?
 \v 29 I wish that this people were under my command! Then would I remove Abimelech. I would say to Abimelech, 'Call out all your army.'"
 
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 \v 32 Now, get up during the night, you and the soldiers with you, and prepare an ambush in the fields.
-\v 33 Then in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, rise early and make a raid on the city. And when he and the people with him come out against you, do whatever you can to them."
+\v 33 Then in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, rise early and make a raid on the city. When he and the people with him come out against you, do whatever you can to them."
 
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 \v 38 Then Zebul said to him, "Where are your proud words now, you who said, 'Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?' Are these not the men you despised? Go out now and fight against them."
 \v 39 Gaal went out and he was leading the men of Shechem, and he fought Abimelech.
-\v 40 Abimelech chased him, and Gaal fled before him. And many fell with deadly wounds before the entrance to the city gate.
+\v 40 Abimelech chased him, and Gaal fled before him. Many fell with deadly wounds before the entrance to the city gate.
 
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 \v 41 Abimelech stayed in Arumah. Zebul forced Gaal and his relatives out of Shechem.
 \v 42 On the next day the people of Shechem went out into the field, and this was reported to Abimelech.
-\v 43 He took his people, divided them into three units, and they set an ambush in the fields. He looked and saw the people coming out from the city. And he attacked them and killed them.
+\v 43 He took his people, divided them into three units, and they set an ambush in the fields. He looked and saw the people coming out from the city and he attacked and killed them.
 
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 \v 44 Abimelech and the units that were with him attacked and blocked the entrance to the city gate. The other two units attacked all who were in the field and killed them.

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 \v 8 They crushed and oppressed the people of Israel that year, and for eighteen years they oppressed all the people of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
-\v 9 And the Ammonites crossed over the Jordan to fight against Judah, against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was greatly distressed.
+\v 9 Then the  Ammonites crossed over the Jordan to fight against Judah, against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was greatly distressed.
 
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 \v 5 The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim. When any of the survivors of Ephraim said, "Let me go over the river," the men of Gilead would say to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No,"
-\v 6 then they would say to him, "Say: Shibboleth." And if he said "Sibboleth" (for he could not pronounce the word correctly), the Gileadites would seize him and kill him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.
+\v 6 then they would say to him, "Say: Shibboleth," and if he said "Sibboleth" (for he could not pronounce the word correctly), the Gileadites would seize him and kill him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.
 
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 \v 17 She cried during the seven days that their feast lasted. On the seventh day he told her the answer because she pressured him very much. She told the answer to the relatives of her people.
 
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-\v 18 And the men of the city said to him, on the seventh day before the sun went down,
+\v 18 Before the sun went down on the seventh day the men of the city said to him,
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-\v 19 Then Yahweh's Spirit suddenly came on Samson with power. Samson went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty men among those people. He took their plunder, and he gave the sets of clothing to those who had answered his riddle. He was furious and he went up to his father's house.
+\v 19 Then Yahweh's Spirit suddenly came on Samson with power. Samson went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of their men. He took their plunder, and he gave their clothes to those who had explained the riddle. Burning with anger, he went up to his father's house.
-\v 20 And his wife was given to his best friend.
+\v 20 Samson's wife was given to his best friend.
 
 
 

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 \v 18 Samson was very thirsty and called on Yahweh and said, "You have given this great victory to your servant. But now will I die of thirst and fall into the hands of those who are uncircumcised?"
 
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-\v 19 And God split open the hollow place that is at Lehi, and water came out. When he drank, his strength returned and he revived. So he called the name of that place En Hakkore, and it is at Lehi to this day.
+\v 19 God split open the hollow place that is at Lehi and water came out. When he drank, his strength returned and he revived. So he called the name of that place En Hakkore, and it is at Lehi to this day.
 \v 20 Samson judged Israel in the days of the Philistines for twenty years.
 
 

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 \v 5 The rulers of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, "Trick Samson to see where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him in order to humiliate him. Do this, and each one of us will give you 1,100 pieces of silver."
 
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-\v 6 And Delilah said to Samson, "Please, tell me how is it that you are so strong, and how could anyone bind you, so you might be controlled?"
+\v 6 Then Delilah said to Samson, "Please, tell me how is it that you are so strong, and how could anyone bind you, so you might be controlled?"
 \v 7 Samson said to her, "If they tie me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, then I will become weak and be like any other man."
 
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 \v 8 Then the rulers of the Philistines brought up to Delilah seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied Samson up with them.
-\v 9 Now she had men hiding in secret, staying in her inner room. She said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he broke the bowstrings like a thread of yarn when it touches the fire. And they did not learn the secret of his strength.
+\v 9 Now she had men hiding in secret, staying in her inner room. She said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he broke the bowstrings like a thread of yarn when it touches the fire. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.
 
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