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-\v 21 This is the law for the Nazirite who vows his offering to Yahweh for his consecration. Whatever else he may give, he must keep the obligations of the vow he has taken, to keep the promise indicated by the law for the Nazirite.'"
+\v 21 This is the law for the Nazirite who vows his offering to Yahweh for his consecration. Whatever else he may give, he must keep the obligations of the vow he has taken, to keep the promise indicated by the law of his consecration.'"
 
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 \v 1 When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was traveling by the road to Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them captive.
 \v 2 Israel vowed to Yahweh and said, "If you give us victory over these people, then we will completely destroy their cities."
-\v 3 Yahweh listened to Israel's voice and he gave them victory over the Canaanites. They completely destroyed them and their cities. That place was called Hormah.
+\v 3 Yahweh listened to Israel's voice and he gave them victory over the Canaanites. They completely destroyed them and their cities. That place was named Hormah.
 
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 \v 5 The people spoke against God and Moses: "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, no water, and we hate this miserable food."
 
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-\v 6 Then Yahweh sent poisonous snakes among the people. The snakes bit the people; many people died.
+\v 6 Then Yahweh sent poisonous snakes among the people. The snakes bit the people; many people of Israel died.
 \v 7 The people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned because we have spoken against Yahweh and you. Pray to Yahweh for him to take the snakes away from us." So Moses prayed for the people.
 
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-\v 18 Balaam answered and said to Balak's men, "Even if Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Yahweh, my God, and do less or more than what he tells me.
+\v 18 Balaam answered and said to Balak's servants, "Even if Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Yahweh, my God, and do less or more than what he tells me.
 \v 19 Now then, please wait here tonight too, so that I may learn anything further that Yahweh says to me."
 \v 20 God came to Balaam at night and said to him, "Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them. But only do what I tell you to do."
 
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 \v 6 So Balaam returned to Balak, who was standing by his burnt offering, and all the leaders of Moab were with him.
 
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-\v 7 Then Balaam began to speak his prophecy and said,
+\v 7 Then Balaam began to speak his proverb and said,
 \q "Balak has brought me from Aram,
 \q2 the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.
 \q 'Come, curse Jacob for me,' he said.
-\q2 'Come, defy Israel.'
+\q2 'Come, denounce Israel.'
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 \v 8 How can I curse those whom God has not cursed?
-\q2 How can I oppose those whom Yahweh does not oppose?
+\q2 How can I denounce those whom Yahweh does not denounce?
 
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 \v 23 There is no sorcery that works against Jacob,
-\q2 and no fortune-telling harms Israel.
+\q2 and no divination harms Israel.
 \q Instead, it must be said about Jacob and Israel,
 \q2 'Look what God has done!'
 
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 \v 1 When Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel, he did not go, as at the other times, to use sorcery. Instead, he looked toward the wilderness.
 
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-\v 2 He raised his eyes and saw that Israel was camped, each in their own tribe, and the Spirit of God came on him.
+\v 2 Balaam raised his eyes and saw that Israel was camped, each in their own tribe, and the Spirit of God came on him.
 \v 3 He received this prophecy and said,
-\q "Balaam son of Beor is about to speak,
+\q "This is the declaration of Balaam son of Beor,
-\q2 the man whose eyes are wide open.
+\q2 the declaration of the man whose eyes are wide open,
 
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-\v 4 He speaks and hears God's words.
+\v 4 the declaration of the one who hears the words of God,
-\q2 He sees a vision from the Almighty,
+\q2 who sees a vision from the Almighty,
-\q Before whom he bows down with his eyes open.
+\q who bows down with his eyes open.
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 \v 5 How beautiful are your tents, Jacob,
 \q2 the place where you live, Israel!
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 \v 10 Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam and he struck his hands together in anger. Balak said to Balaam, "I called you to curse my enemies, but look, you have blessed them three times.
-\v 11 So leave me right now and go home. I said I would greatly reward you, but Yahweh has kept you from getting any reward."
+\v 11 So flee home now. I said I would greatly reward you, but Yahweh has kept you from getting any reward."
 
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 \v 12 Then Balaam replied to Balak, "I said to the messengers that you sent to me,
 \v 13 'Even if Balak gave me his palace full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond Yahweh's word and anything bad or good, or anything at all that I might want to do. I can say only what Yahweh tells me to say.' Did I not say this to them?
-\v 14 So now, look, I will go back to my people. But first let me warn you what this people will do to your people in the days ahead."
+\v 14 So now, look, I will go back to my people. But first let me advise you about what this people will do to your people in the days ahead."
 
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 \v 15 Balaam began this prophecy. He said,
-\q "Balaam son of Beor speaks,
+\q "This is the declaration of Balaam son of Beor,
-\q2 The man whose eyes are wide open.
+\q2 the declaration of the man whose eyes are wide open.
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-\v 16 This is a prophecy of someone who hears words from God,
+\v 16 This is the declaration of someone who hears words from God,
 \q2 who has knowledge from the Most High,
-\q2 who has visions from the Almighty,
+\q2 who sees visions from the Almighty,
-\q Before whom he bows down with open eyes.
+\q who bows down with open eyes.
 
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 \v 20 Then Balaam looked at Amalek and began his prophecy. He said,
 \q "Amalek was once the greatest of nations,
-\q2 but his final end will be destruction."
+\q2 but his end will be eternal destruction."
 
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 \v 4 Yahweh said to Moses, "Kill all the leaders of the people and hang them up before me to expose them in the daylight, so that my fierce anger may turn away from Israel."
-\v 5 So Moses said to Israel's leaders, "Each of you must execute his people who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor."
+\v 5 So Moses said to the judges of Israel, "Each of you must slay his people who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor."
 
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 \v 10 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
-\v 11 "Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, has turned my rage away from the people of Israel because he was passionate with my zeal among them. So I have not consumed the people of Israel in my fierceness.
+\v 11 "Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, has turned my rage away from the people of Israel because he was passionate with my zeal among them. So I have not consumed the people of Israel in my jealousy.
 
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 \v 12 Therefore say, 'Yahweh says, "Look, I am giving to Phinehas my covenant of peace.
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 \v 14 Now the name of the man of Israel who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, a leader of an ancestor's family among the Simeonites.
-\v 15 The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Kozbi daughter of Zur, who was head of a tribe and family in Midian.
+\v 15 The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Kozbi daughter of Zur, who was head of a tribe and ancestral household in Midian.
 
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 \v 8 Eliab was a son of Pallu.
-\v 9 Eliab's sons were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These were the same Dathan and Abiram who followed Korah when they challenged Moses and Aaron and rebelled against Yahweh.
+\v 9 Eliab's sons were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These were the same Dathan and Abiram who were in the company of Korah when they rebelled against Moses and Aaron and rebelled against Yahweh.
 
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-\v 10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah when all his followers died. At that time, fire devoured 250 men, who became a warning sign.
+\v 10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah when all his company died. At that time, fire devoured 250 men, who became a warning sign.
 \v 11 But Korah's line did not die out.
 
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 \v 54 To the larger clans you must give more inheritance, and to the smaller clans you must give less inheritance. To every family you must give an inheritance according to the number of men who were counted.
-\v 55 However, the land must be divided by random lots. They must inherit the land as it will be divided among their ancestors' tribes.
+\v 55 However, the land must be divided by random lots. They must inherit the land according to the names of their ancestors' tribes.
 \v 56 Their inheritance must be divided among the larger and the smaller clans, distributed to them by random lot."
 
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 \v 2 They stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and before all the community at the entrance to the tent of meeting. They said,
-\v 3 "Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among those who conspired against Yahweh in the company of Korah. He died for his own sin, and he had no sons.
+\v 3 "Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among the company that gathered themselves together to oppose Yahweh, in the company of Korah. He died for his own sin, and he had no sons.
 
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-\v 4 Why should our father's name be taken away from among his clan members because he had no son? Give us land among our father's relatives."
+\v 4 Why should our father's name be taken away from among his clan members because he had no son? Give us a possession among our father's relatives."
 \v 5 So Moses brought their case before Yahweh.
 
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 \v 6 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
-\v 7 "Zelophehad's daughters are speaking correctly. You must certainly give them land as an inheritance among their father's relatives, and you must ensure that their father's inheritance passes on to them.
+\v 7 "Zelophehad's daughters are speaking correctly. You must certainly give them a possession as an inheritance among their father's relatives, and you must ensure that their father's inheritance passes on to them.
 \v 8 You must speak to the people of Israel and say, 'If a man dies and has no son, then you must cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.
 
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 \v 12 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go up this mountain of Abarim and see the land that I have given to the people of Israel.
 \v 13 After you have seen it, you, too, must be gathered to your people, like Aaron your brother.
-\v 14 This will happen because you two rebelled against my command in the wilderness of Zin. There, when the water flowed from the rock, in your anger you failed to honor me as holy before the eyes of the whole community." These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
+\v 14 This will happen because you two rebelled against my command in the wilderness of Zin during the strife of the congregation. There, when the water flowed from the rock, in your anger you failed to honor me as holy before the eyes of the whole community." These are the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
 
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 \v 22 So Moses did as Yahweh had commanded him. He took Joshua and placed him before Eleazar the priest and all the community.
-\v 23 He laid his hands on him and commanded him to lead, as Yahweh had commanded him to do.
+\v 23 Moses laid his hands on him and commanded him to lead, as Yahweh had commanded him to do.
 
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-\v 12 On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you must have a holy assembly to honor Yahweh. You must not do regular work on that day, and you must keep the festival for him seven days.
+\v 12 On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you must have a holy assembly to honor Yahweh. You must not do regular work on that day, and you must celebrate the festival for him seven days.
 \v 13 You must offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire to produce a sweet aroma for Yahweh. You must offer thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old. Each must be without blemish.
 
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 \v 4 if her father hears the vow and the promise by which she has bound herself, and if he says nothing to reverse her, then all her vows will remain in force, and every pledge by which she has bound herself will stand.
 
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-\v 5 But if her father overrules her when he hears about it, none of her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand; Yahweh will release her because her father has forbidden her.
+\v 5 But if her father overrules her when he hears about it, none of her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand; Yahweh will forgive her because her father has forbidden her.
 
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 \v 6 If she marries a husband after she makes a vow or her lips uttered a rash promise by which she has bound herself,
 \v 7 and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her, then her vows will stand, and the pledges by which she bound herself will stand.
 
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-\v 8 But if her husband stops her on the day that he hears about it, then he cancels the vow that she has made, the rash talk of her lips with which she has bound herself, and Yahweh will release her.
+\v 8 But if her husband stops her on the day that he hears about it, then he cancels the vow that she has made, the rash talk of her lips with which she has bound herself, and Yahweh will forgive her.
 
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 \v 9 But any vow of a widow or a divorced woman will stand against her.
-\v 10 If a woman made a vow in her husband's house or bound herself by a pledge with an oath,
+\v 10 If a woman made a vow in her husband's house or bound herself by a promise with an oath,
 \v 11 and her husband hears of it but he says nothing to her and he does oppose her, then all her vows will stand, and every pledge by which she bound herself will stand.
 
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-\v 12 But if her husband cancels them on the day that he heard about them, then whatever came out of her lips about her vows or promises will not stand. Her husband has canceled them, and Yahweh will release her.
+\v 12 But if her husband cancels them on the day that he heard about them, then whatever came out of her lips about her vows or promises will not stand. Her husband has canceled them, and Yahweh will forgive her.
 
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 \v 13 Any vow and any binding oath to afflict her, her husband may make it stand or her husband may cancel it.
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 \v 8 They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their dead: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor, with the sword.
 
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-\v 9 The army of Israel took captive the women of Midian, their children, all their herds, all their flocks, and all their goods. They took these as plunder.
+\v 9 The army of Israel took captive the women of Midian, their children, all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their goods. They took these as plunder.
 \v 10 They burned all their cities where they lived and all their camps.
 
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 \v 11 They took all the plunder and prisoners, both people and animals.
-\v 12 They brought the prisoners, the plunder, and the captured things to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the community of the people of Israel. They brought these to the camp in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan near Jericho.
+\v 12 They brought the prisoners, the booty, and the captured things to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the community of the people of Israel. They brought these to the camp in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan near Jericho.
 
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 \v 13 Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp.
-\v 14 But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from battle.
+\v 14 But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from serving in the battle.
 \v 15 Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live?
 
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-\v 16 Look, these women caused the people of Israel, through Balaam's advice, to commit sin against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, when the plague spread among Yahweh's community.
+\v 16 Look, these women caused the people of Israel, through Balaam's advice, to trespass against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, when the plague spread among Yahweh's community.
 \v 17 Now then, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man by lying with him.
 
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-\v 18 But take for yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man by lying with him.
+\v 18 But keep alive for yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man by lying with him.
 \v 19 All of you who have killed anyone or touched anyone who was killed must stay outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you must purify yourselves and your captives.
 \v 20 You must purify every garment and everything made of animal hide and goats' hair, and everything made of wood."
 
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-\v 21 Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone to war, "This is a decreed law that Yahweh has given to Moses:
+\v 21 Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone to war, "This is a decreed law that Yahweh has commanded Moses:
 \v 22 The gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead,
 \v 23 and everything that resists fire, you must put it through the fire, and it will become clean. You must then purify those things with the water of cleansing. Whatever cannot go through the fire you must cleanse with that water.
 \v 24 You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and then you will become clean. Afterward you may come into Israel's camp."
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 \v 25 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
-\v 26 "Count all the plundered things that were taken, both men and animals. You and Eleazar the priest and family heads of the ancestor's clans
+\v 26 "Count all the plundered things that were captured, both men and animals. You and Eleazar the priest and family heads of the ancestor's clans
 \v 27 must divide the plunder into two parts. Divide it between the soldiers who went out to battle and all the rest of the community.
 
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