diff --git a/01-GEN/01.usfm b/01-GEN/01.usfm index 16f69768..f056dde4 100644 --- a/01-GEN/01.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/01.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 1 \p \v 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. -\v 2 The earth was without form and empty. Darkness was upon the surface of the deep. The Spirit of God was moving above the surface of the waters. +\v 2 The earth was without form and empty. Darkness was upon the surface of the deep. The Spirit of God was moving above the surface of the waters. \s5 \v 3 God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. diff --git a/01-GEN/03.usfm b/01-GEN/03.usfm index bff26d43..7d1d702f 100644 --- a/01-GEN/03.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/03.usfm @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \q "Because you have done this, \q cursed are you alone among all the livestock \q and all the beasts of the field. -\q It is on your belly that you will go, +\q It is on your stomach that you will go, \q and it is dust that you will eat all the days of your life. \q \v 15 I will put hostility between you and the woman, diff --git a/01-GEN/19.usfm b/01-GEN/19.usfm index 4e8652f3..c8cb890e 100644 --- a/01-GEN/19.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/19.usfm @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \s5 \v 10 But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them and shut the door. -\v 11 As for the men who were outside the door of the house, Lot's visitors attacked them with blindness, both young and old, so that they wore themselves out trying to find the door. +\v 11 Then Lot's visitors struck with blindness the men who were outside the door of the house, both young and old, so that they became exhausted when they were trying to find the door. \s5 \p diff --git a/01-GEN/24.usfm b/01-GEN/24.usfm index 8c072658..e4a575a1 100644 --- a/01-GEN/24.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/24.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 24 \p -\v 1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things. +\v 1 Now Abraham was very old and Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things. \v 2 Abraham said to his servant, the one who was the oldest of his household and who was in charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh \v 3 and I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I make my home. \v 4 But you will go to my country, and to my relatives, and get a wife for my son Isaac." diff --git a/01-GEN/31.usfm b/01-GEN/31.usfm index 00e05ad2..0cda37e7 100644 --- a/01-GEN/31.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/31.usfm @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ \s5 \v 51 Laban said to Jacob, "Look at this pile, and look at the pillar, which I have set between you and me. \v 52 This pile is a witness, and the pillar is a witness, that I will not pass beyond this pile to you, and that you will not pass beyond this pile and this pillar to me, to do harm. -\v 53 May the God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." Jacob swore by God, him whom his father Isaac feared. +\v 53 May the God of Abraham, and the god of Nahor, the gods of their father, judge between us." Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac. \s5 \v 54 Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and called his relatives to eat a meal. They ate and spent the entire night on the mountain. diff --git a/01-GEN/32.usfm b/01-GEN/32.usfm index 772baffc..644c3d8d 100644 --- a/01-GEN/32.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/32.usfm @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \v 13 Jacob stayed there that night. He took some of what he had with him as a gift for Esau, his brother: \v 14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, \v 15 thirty milking camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys. -\v 16 These he handed over to his servants, every herd by itself. He said to his servants, "Go on ahead of me and put a space between each of the herds." +\v 16 These he gave these into the hand of his servants, every herd by itself. He said to his servants, "Go on ahead of me and put a space between each of the herds." \s5 \v 17 He instructed the first servant, saying, "When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying, 'To whom do you belong? Where are you going? And whose are these animals in front of you?' diff --git a/01-GEN/35.usfm b/01-GEN/35.usfm index 3ebb01a8..b94214d6 100644 --- a/01-GEN/35.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/35.usfm @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ \v 20 Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave. It is the marker of Rachel's grave to this day. \s5 -\v 21 Israel traveled on and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder. +\v 21 Israel traveled on and pitched his tent beyond the watchtower of the flock. \v 22 While Israel was living in that land, Reuben slept with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. \p Now Jacob had twelve sons. diff --git a/01-GEN/36.usfm b/01-GEN/36.usfm index 49982ab6..ccf76775 100644 --- a/01-GEN/36.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/36.usfm @@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, Mizzah. These were the clans descended from Reuel in the \v 33 When Bela died, then Jobab son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place. \s5 -\v 34 When Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. -\v 35 When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated the Midianites in the land of Moab, reigned in his place. The name of his city was Avith. +\v 34 When Jobab died, Husham who was of the land of the Temanites, reigned in his place. +\v 35 When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad who defeated the Midianites in the land of Moab, reigned in his place. The name of his city was Avith. \v 36 When Hadad died, then Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. \s5 diff --git a/01-GEN/37.usfm b/01-GEN/37.usfm index 78ae42fd..b53e814c 100644 --- a/01-GEN/37.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/37.usfm @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ \s5 \v 34 Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth upon his loins. He mourned for his son many days. -\v 35 All his sons and daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, "Indeed I will go down to sheol mourning for my son." His father wept for him. +\v 35 All his sons and daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, "Indeed I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son." His father wept for him. \v 36 The Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard. diff --git a/01-GEN/42.usfm b/01-GEN/42.usfm index 89450853..7ecb1d36 100644 --- a/01-GEN/42.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/42.usfm @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ \s5 \v 37 Reuben spoke to his father, saying, "You may kill my two sons if I do not bring Benjamin back to you. Put him in my hands, and I will bring him to you again." -\v 38 Jacob said, "My son will not go down with you. For his brother is dead and he alone is left. If harm comes to him on the road in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hair with sorrow to sheol." +\v 38 Jacob said, "My son will not go down with you. For his brother is dead and he alone is left. If harm comes to him on the road in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hair with sorrow to Sheol." diff --git a/01-GEN/44.usfm b/01-GEN/44.usfm index d544ca4a..64c58697 100644 --- a/01-GEN/44.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/44.usfm @@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ \s5 \v 27 Your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons. \v 28 And the one went out from me and I said, "Surely he is torn in pieces, and I have not seen him since." -\v 29 And if you take this one also from me and harm comes to him, you will bring down my gray hair with sorrow to sheol.' +\v 29 And if you take this one also from me and harm comes to him, you will bring down my gray hair with sorrow to Sheol.' \s5 \v 30 Now, therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the boy's life, -\v 31 it will come about, when he sees that the boy is not with us that he will die. And your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father with sorrow to sheol. +\v 31 it will come about, when he sees that the boy is not with us that he will die. And your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol. \v 32 For your servant became a guarantee for the boy to my father and said, 'If I do not bring him to you, then I will bear the guilt to my father forever.' \s5 diff --git a/01-GEN/46.usfm b/01-GEN/46.usfm index b608db4c..a71a7f35 100644 --- a/01-GEN/46.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/46.usfm @@ -18,18 +18,18 @@ \v 8 These were the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn; \v 9 the sons of Reuben Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi; \v 10 the sons of Simeon, Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman; -\v 11 the sons of Levi Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; +\v 11 the sons of Levi Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. \s5 -\v 12 the sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah,(but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan). And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. +\v 12 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah, (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan). And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. \v 13 The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puvah, Lob, and Shimron; \v 14 The sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel -\v 15 These were the sons of Leah whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. His sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three. +\v 15 These were the sons of Leah whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, along with his daughter Dinah. His sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three. \s5 \v 16 The sons of Gad were Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Er, Arodi, and Areli. -\v 17 The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. And Serah was their sister. And the sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel -\v 18 These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban had given to Leah his daughter. These she bore to Jacob—sixteen in all. +\v 17 The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; and Serah was their sister. The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel +\v 18 These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban had given to Leah his daughter. These sons she bore to Jacob—sixteen in all. \s5 \v 19 The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. diff --git a/01-GEN/47.usfm b/01-GEN/47.usfm index a3c0267d..b685d645 100644 --- a/01-GEN/47.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/47.usfm @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ \s5 \v 25 They said, "You have saved our lives. May we find favor in your eyes. We will be Pharaoh's servants." -\v 26 So Joseph made it a statute which is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day, that one fifth belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh's. +\v 26 So Joseph made it a statute which is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day, that one-fifth belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh's. \s5 \p diff --git a/01-GEN/50.usfm b/01-GEN/50.usfm index ffcbd788..e2e3833f 100644 --- a/01-GEN/50.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/50.usfm @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \v 18 His brothers also went and lay facedown before him. They said, "See, we are your servants." \v 19 But Joseph answered them, "Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God? \v 20 And as for you, you meant to harm me, but God meant it for good, to preserve the lives of many people, as you see today. -\v 21 So now do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children." He comforted them in this way and spoke kindly to them. +\v 21 So now do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children." He comforted them in this way and spoke kindly to their hearts. \s5 \p diff --git a/02-EXO/01.usfm b/02-EXO/01.usfm index c01047e5..798e11e2 100644 --- a/02-EXO/01.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/01.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \v 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, \v 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, \v 4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. -\v 5 Everyone who came out of the thigh of Jacob were seventy in number. Joseph was already in Egypt. +\v 5 All the people who came out of the thigh of Jacob were seventy in number. Joseph was already in Egypt. \s5 \v 6 Then Joseph, all his brothers, and all that generation died. diff --git a/02-EXO/03.usfm b/02-EXO/03.usfm index 70ae47d3..b540da5d 100644 --- a/02-EXO/03.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/03.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 When Yahweh saw that he had turned aside to look, God called to him out of the bush and said, "Moses, Moses." Moses said, "Here I am." -\v 5 God said, "Do not come any closer! Take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are standing is ground that is dedicated to me." +\v 5 God said, "Do not come any closer! Take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are standing is ground that is set apart to me." \v 6 He added, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Then Moses covered his face, for he was afraid to look at God. \s5 diff --git a/02-EXO/06.usfm b/02-EXO/06.usfm index bdb8fc59..eb7b730d 100644 --- a/02-EXO/06.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/06.usfm @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \s5 \v 6 Therefore, say to the Israelites, 'I am Yahweh. I will bring you out from slavery under the Egyptians, and I will free you from their power. I will rescue you with a display of my power, and with mighty acts of judgment. -\v 7 I will take you to myself as my people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you out from slavery under the Egyptians. +\v 7 I will take you to myself as my people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from slavery under the Egyptians. \s5 \v 8 I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am Yahweh.'" diff --git a/02-EXO/10.usfm b/02-EXO/10.usfm index b517b517..aa658aba 100644 --- a/02-EXO/10.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/10.usfm @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \v 13 Moses reached out with his staff over the land of Egypt, and Yahweh brought an east wind over the land all that day and night. When it was morning, the east wind had brought the locusts. \s5 -\v 14 The locusts went through all the land of Egypt and infested all parts of it. So many locusts had never before been in the land and never will be again. +\v 14 The locusts went through all the land of Egypt and infested all parts of it. Never before had there been such a swarm of locusts in the land, and nothing like this will come after it. \v 15 They covered the surface of the whole land so that it was darkened. They ate every plant in the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Throughout all the land of Egypt, no living green plant remained, nor any tree or plant in the fields. \s5 diff --git a/02-EXO/12.usfm b/02-EXO/12.usfm index 64fd22d9..8a69a9bf 100644 --- a/02-EXO/12.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/12.usfm @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 15 You will eat bread without yeast during seven days. On the first day you will remove the yeast from your houses. Whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that person must be cut off from Israel. -\v 16 On the first day there will be an assembly that is dedicated to me, and on the seventh day there will be another such gathering. No work will be done on these days, except the cooking for everyone to eat. That must be the only work that may be done by you. +\v 16 On the first day there will be an assembly that is set apart to me, and on the seventh day there will be another such gathering. No work will be done on these days, except the cooking for everyone to eat. That must be the only work that may be done by you. \s5 \v 17 You must observe this Festival of Unleavened Bread because it is on this day that I will have brought your people, armed group by armed group, out of the land of Egypt. So you must observe this day throughout your people's generations. This will always be a law for you. diff --git a/02-EXO/13.usfm b/02-EXO/13.usfm index 5ea60e9f..9d8d3a29 100644 --- a/02-EXO/13.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/13.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 13 \p \v 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, -\v 2 "Dedicate to me all the firstborn, every firstborn male among the Israelites, both of people and animals. The firstborn belongs to me." +\v 2 "Set apart to me all the firstborn, every firstborn male among the Israelites, both of people and animals. The firstborn belongs to me." \s5 \p diff --git a/02-EXO/16.usfm b/02-EXO/16.usfm index 095bda36..259310cd 100644 --- a/02-EXO/16.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/16.usfm @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \v 9 Moses said to Aaron, "Say to all the community of the people of Israel, 'Come near before Yahweh, for he has heard your complaints.'" \v 10 It came about, as Aaron spoke to the whole community of the people of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, Yahweh's glory appeared in the cloud. \v 11 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, -\v 12 "I have heard the complaints of the people of Israel. Speak to them and say, 'In the evening you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am Yahweh, your God.'" +\v 12 "I have heard the complaints of the people of Israel. Speak to them and say, 'In the evening you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am Yahweh your God.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/02-EXO/19.usfm b/02-EXO/19.usfm index 1f00a5cf..4d48d440 100644 --- a/02-EXO/19.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/19.usfm @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \v 9 Yahweh said to Moses, "I will come to you in a thick cloud so that the people may hear when I speak with you and may also believe you forever." Then Moses told the people's words to Yahweh. \s5 -\v 10 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to the people. Today and tomorrow you must dedicate them to me, and make them wash their garments. +\v 10 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to the people. Today and tomorrow you must set them apart to me, and make them wash their garments. \v 11 Be ready for the third day, for the third day I, Yahweh, will come down to Mount Sinai. \s5 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \v 13 No one's hand must touch such a person. Instead, he must certainly be stoned or shot. Whether it is a person or an animal, he must be put to death. When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they may come up to the foot of the mountain." \s5 -\v 14 Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people. He dedicated the people to Yahweh, and they washed their garments. +\v 14 Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people. He set apart the people to Yahweh and they washed their garments. \v 15 He said to the people, "Be ready on the third day; do not go near your wives." \s5 @@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ \v 22 Let the priests also who come near to me set themselves apart—prepare themselves for my coming—so that I do not attack them." \s5 -\v 23 Moses said to Yahweh, "The people cannot come up to the mountain, for you commanded us: 'Set boundaries around the mountain and dedicate it to Yahweh.'" +\v 23 Moses said to Yahweh, "The people cannot come up to the mountain, for you commanded us: 'Set boundaries around the mountain and set it apart to Yahweh.'" \v 24 Yahweh said to him, "Go, get down the mountain, and bring up Aaron with you, but do not let the priests and the people break through the barrier to come up to me, or I will attack them." \v 25 So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them. diff --git a/02-EXO/20.usfm b/02-EXO/20.usfm index a76dc22b..75ad19e7 100644 --- a/02-EXO/20.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/20.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 20 \p \v 1 God spoke all these words: -\v 2 "I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. +\v 2 "I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. \v 3 You must have no other gods before me. \s5 @@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ \s5 \p -\v 8 Remember the Sabbath day, to dedicate it to me. +\v 8 Remember the Sabbath day, to set it apart to me. \v 9 You must labor and do all your work for six days. \v 10 But the seventh day is a Sabbath for me, Yahweh your God. On it you must not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor the foreigner who is within your gates. -\v 11 For in six days I, Yahweh, made the heavens, earth, and sea, and everything that is in them, and then rested on the seventh day. Therefore I, Yahweh, blessed the Sabbath day and dedicated it to myself. +\v 11 For in six days I, Yahweh, made the heavens, earth, and sea, and everything that is in them, and then rested on the seventh day. Therefore I, Yahweh, blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart to myself. \s5 \p diff --git a/02-EXO/24.usfm b/02-EXO/24.usfm index e023a9b3..2c9d59e7 100644 --- a/02-EXO/24.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/24.usfm @@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ \s5 \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. \s5 -\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 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 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." \s5 \p diff --git a/02-EXO/27.usfm b/02-EXO/27.usfm index 919801d3..6c171344 100644 --- a/02-EXO/27.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/27.usfm @@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ \s5 \p -\v 20 You must command the Israelites to bring pure olive oil of pressed olives for the lamps so that they may burn continually. -\v 21 In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that is before the ark of the covenant decrees, Aaron and his sons must maintain the lamps from evening to morning before Yahweh. This requirement will be a lasting ordinance forever throughout the generations of the Israelite nation. +\v 20 You must command the people of Israel to bring olive oil, pure and pressed, for the lamps so they may burn continually. +\v 21 In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that is in front of the tabernacle that contains the ark of testimony, Aaron and his sons must keep the lamps burning before Yahweh, from evening to morning. This requirement will be a lasting ordinance throughout the generations of the people of Israel. diff --git a/02-EXO/28.usfm b/02-EXO/28.usfm index 8c3788fb..f2a01beb 100644 --- a/02-EXO/28.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/28.usfm @@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ \c 28 \p \v 1 Call to yourself Aaron your brother and his sons—Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar— from among the Israelites so that they may serve me as priests. -\v 2 You must make for Aaron, your brother, garments that are dedicated to me. These garments will be for his honor and splendor. +\v 2 You must make for Aaron, your brother, garments that are set apart to me. These garments will be for his honor and splendor. \v 3 You must speak to all people who are wise in heart, those whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, so that they may make Aaron's garments to set him apart to serve me as my priest. \s5 -\v 4 The garments that they must make are a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a coat of woven work, a turban, and a sash. They must make these garments that are dedicated to me. They will be for your brother Aaron and his sons so that they may serve me as priests. +\v 4 The garments that they must make are a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a coat of woven work, a turban, and a sash. They must make these garments that are set them apart to me. They will be for your brother Aaron and his sons so that they may serve me as priests. \v 5 Craftsmen must use fine linen that is gold, blue, purple, and scarlet. \s5 @@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ \s5 \p -\v 36 You must make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving on a signet, DEDICATED TO YAHWEH. +\v 36 You must make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving on a signet, "Holy to Yahweh." \v 37 You must attach this plate by a blue cord to the front of the turban. -\v 38 It must be on Aaron's forehead; he must always bear any guilt that might attach to the offering of the holy gifts that the Israelites dedicate to Yahweh. The turban must be always on his forehead so that Yahweh may accept their gifts. +\v 38 It must be on Aaron's forehead; he must always bear any guilt that might attach to the offering of the holy gifts that the Israelites set is apart to Yahweh. The turban must be always on his forehead so that Yahweh may accept their gifts. \s5 \v 39 You must make the coat with fine linen, and you must make a turban of fine linen. You must also make a sash, the work of an embroiderer. @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 40 For Aaron's sons you must make coats, sashes, and headbands for their honor and splendor. -\v 41 You must clothe Aaron your brother, and his sons with him. You must anoint them, ordain them, and dedicate them to me, so that they may serve me as priests. +\v 41 You must clothe Aaron your brother, and his sons with him. You must anoint them, ordain them, and set them apart to me, so that they may serve me as priests. \s5 \v 42 You must make them linen undergarments to cover their private parts, undergarments that will cover them from the waist to the thighs. diff --git a/02-EXO/29.usfm b/02-EXO/29.usfm index d26ce936..548b1bbd 100644 --- a/02-EXO/29.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/29.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 29 \p -\v 1 Now this is what you must do to dedicate them to me so that they may serve me as priests. Take one young bull and two rams without blemish, +\v 1 Now this is what you must do to set them apart to me so that they may serve me as priests. Take one young bull and two rams without blemish, \v 2 bread without yeast, and cakes without yeast mixed with oil. Also take wafers without yeast rubbed with oil. Make the wafers using fine wheat flour. \s5 @@ -32,30 +32,34 @@ \s5 \p \v 15 You must also take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on its head. +<<<<<<< HEAD \v 16 You must kill the ram. Then take its blood and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar. +======= +\v 16 You must kill the ram. Then take its blood and sprinkled it against the altar on every side and on it. +>>>>>>> origin/master \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. \s5 \p \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. \s5 -\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. \s5 \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. \v 23 Take one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer out of the basket of bread without yeast that will be before me, Yahweh. \s5 -\v 24 You must put these in Aaron's hands and in the hands of his sons. They must raise them up before me, Yahweh, and present them as an offering to me. +\v 24 You must put these in Aaron's hands and in the hands of his sons and wave them before me for a wave offering before Yahweh. \v 25 You must then take the food from their hands and burn it on the altar with the burnt offering. It will produce a sweet aroma for me; it will be an offering made to me by fire. \s5 \p -\v 26 You must take the breast of Aaron's ram of dedication and raise it up and present it as an offering to me, Yahweh. Then it will be your portion to eat. -\v 27 You must dedicate to me the breast of the offering that is raised high and the thigh of the offering that is presented—the breast that is raised and the thigh that is presented, both coming from the ram for the confirmation of Aaron and his sons to me. +\v 26 You must take the breast of Aaron's ram of dedication and wave it for a wave offering before Yahweh, and it will be your share. +\v 27 You must set apart to me the breast of the offering of the wave offering and the thigh of the offering that is waved, and the thigh that is contribution for the priests , both breat that was waved and the thigh that was contributed for Aaron and his sons. \v 28 These portions of meat, given by the Israelites, must forever belong to Aaron and his descendants. By the regulations for the fellowship offerings, these will be offerings for the priests taken from the Israelites' offerings presented to me, Yahweh. \s5 @@ -64,16 +68,16 @@ \s5 \p -\v 31 You must take the ram for the dedication of the priests to me and boil its meat in a holy place. +\v 31 You must take the ram for the installation of the priests to me and boil its meat in a holy place. \v 32 Aaron and his sons must eat the ram's meat and the bread that is in the basket at the entrance to the tent of meeting. -\v 33 They must eat the meat and bread that were given to atone for them and to ordain them, to be dedicated to me. No one else may eat that food, because they must treat it as consecrated to me, reserved for me. -\v 34 If any of the meat of the ordination offering, or any of the bread, remains to the next morning, then you must burn it. It must not be eaten because it has been dedicated to me. +\v 33 They must eat the meat and bread that were given to atone for them and to ordain them, to be set apart to me. No one else may eat that food, because they must treat it as consecrated to me, reserved for me. +\v 34 If any of the meat of the ordination offering, or any of the bread, remains to the next morning, then you must burn it. It must not be eaten because it has been set apart to me. \s5 \p -\v 35 In this way, by following all that I have commanded you to do, you must treat Aaron and his sons. You must take seven days to dedicate them to me. -\v 36 Every day you must offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. You must purify the altar by making atonement for it, and you must anoint it in order to dedicate it to me. -\v 37 For seven days you must make atonement for the altar and dedicate it to Yahweh. Then the altar will be completely dedicated to me. Whatever touches the altar will be set apart for Yahweh. +\v 35 In this way, by following all that I have commanded you to do, you must treat Aaron and his sons. For seven days you must prepare them. +\v 36 Every day you must offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. You must purify the altar by making atonement for it, and you must anoint it in order to set it apart to me. +\v 37 For seven days you must make atonement for the altar and set it apart it to Yahweh. Then the altar will be completely set apart to me. Whatever touches the altar will be set apart to Yahweh. \s5 \p @@ -89,7 +93,7 @@ \s5 \v 43 That is where I will meet with the Israelites; the tent will be set apart for me by my glory. -\v 44 I will dedicate the tent of meeting and the altar for these to belong to me alone. I will also dedicate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests. +\v 44 I will set apart the tent of meeting and the altar for these to belong to me alone. I will also set apart Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests. \s5 \v 45 I will live among the Israelites and will be their God. diff --git a/02-EXO/30.usfm b/02-EXO/30.usfm index 59f32dec..4a9e76ca 100644 --- a/02-EXO/30.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/30.usfm @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \v 9 But you must offer no other incense on the incense altar, nor any burnt offering or grain offering. You must pour no drink offering on it. \s5 -\v 10 Aaron must make atonement on the horns of the incense altar once a year. He must do this using the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The high priest must do this throughout your people's generations. This offering will be completely dedicated to me, Yahweh." +\v 10 Aaron must make atonement on the horns of the incense altar once a year. He must do this using the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The high priest must do this throughout your people's generations. This offering will be completely set apart to me, Yahweh." \s5 \p @@ -56,19 +56,19 @@ \v 28 the altar for burnt offerings with all its equipment, and the basin with its stand. \s5 -\v 29 You must dedicate them to me so that they may be completely dedicated to me. Anything that touches them will also be set apart for me. -\v 30 You must anoint Aaron and his sons and dedicate them to me so that they may serve me as priests. -\v 31 You must say to the Israelites, 'This must be an anointing oil that is dedicated to Yahweh throughout your people's generations. +\v 29 You must set them apart to me so that they may be holy to me. Anything that touches them will also be holy. +\v 30 You must anoint Aaron and his sons and set them aside to me so that they may serve me as priests. +\v 31 You must say to the Israelites, 'This must be an anointing oil that is set apart to Yahweh throughout your people's generations. \s5 -\v 32 It must not be applied to people's skin, nor must you make any oil like it with the same formula, because it is dedicated to Yahweh. You must regard it in this manner. +\v 32 It must not be applied to people's skin, nor must you make any oil like it with the same formula, because it is set apart to Yahweh. You must regard it in this manner. \v 33 Whoever makes perfume like it, or whoever puts any of it on someone, that person must be cut off from his people.'" \s5 \p \v 34 Yahweh said to Moses, "Take spices—stacte, onycha, and galbanum—sweet spices along with pure frankincense, each in equal amounts. -\v 35 Make it into the form of incense, blended by a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and dedicated to me. -\v 36 You will grind it into a very fine mixture. Put part of it in front of the ark of the covenant decrees, which is in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. You will regard it as completely dedicated to me. +\v 35 Make it into the form of incense, blended by a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and set apart. +\v 36 You will grind it into a very fine mixture. Put part of it in front of the ark of the covenant decrees, which is in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. You will regard it as very holy to me. \s5 \v 37 As for this incense that you will make, you must not make any with the same formula for yourselves. It must be most holy to you. diff --git a/02-EXO/34.usfm b/02-EXO/34.usfm index da219df6..9169b1d1 100644 --- a/02-EXO/34.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/34.usfm @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \s5 \v 23 All your men must appear before me, Yahweh, the God of Israel three times every year. -\v 24 For I will drive out nations before you and expand your borders. No one will desire to invade your land and take it when you go up to appear before me, Yahweh, your God, three times every year. +\v 24 For I will drive out nations before you and expand your borders. No one will desire to invade your land and take it when you go up to appear before me, Yahweh your God, three times every year. \s5 \p diff --git a/02-EXO/35.usfm b/02-EXO/35.usfm index e8fdfe93..4e8a2af3 100644 --- a/02-EXO/35.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/35.usfm @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \p \v 20 Then all the tribes of Israel left and went away from Moses's presence. \v 21 Everyone whose heart stirred him up and whom his spirit made willing came and brought an offering to Yahweh for the construction of the tabernacle, for all the items of service in it, and for the holy garments. -\v 22 They came, both men and women, all who had a willing heart. They brought brooches, earrings, rings, and ornaments, all kinds of gold jewelry. They all presented offerings of gold to Yahweh. +\v 22 They came, both men and women, all who had a willing heart. They brought brooches, earrings, rings, and ornaments, all kinds of gold jewelry. They all presented offerings of gold as a wave offering to Yahweh. \s5 \v 23 Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet wool, fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or sea cow skins brought them. diff --git a/02-EXO/38.usfm b/02-EXO/38.usfm index 09b171b9..40044a76 100644 --- a/02-EXO/38.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/38.usfm @@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ \s5 \p -\v 24 All the gold that was used for the project, in all the work connected with the holy place—the gold from the presentation offering—was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels, measured by the standard of the sanctuary shekel. +\v 24 All the gold that was used for the project, in all the work connected with the holy place—the gold from the wave offering—was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels, measured by the standard of the sanctuary shekel. \v 25 The silver given by the community weighed one hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel, \v 26 or one beka per man, which is half a shekel, measured by the sanctuary shekel. This figure was reached on the basis of every person who was counted in the census, those twenty years old and older—603,550 men in all. \s5 \v 27 One hundred talents of silver were cast for the bases of the holy place and the curtain's bases: one hundred bases, one talent for each base. \v 28 With the remaining 1,775 shekels of silver, Bezalel made the hooks for the posts, covered the tops of the posts, and made the rods for them. -\v 29 The bronze from the offering weighed seventy talents and 2,400 shekels. +\v 29 The bronze from wave offering weighed seventy talents and 2,400 shekels. \s5 \v 30 With this he made the bases for the entrance to the tent of meeting, the bronze altar, its bronze grate, all the equipment for the altar, diff --git a/02-EXO/39.usfm b/02-EXO/39.usfm index 9e10be0a..b44048bb 100644 --- a/02-EXO/39.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/39.usfm @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 30 They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold; they engraved on it, like the engraving on a signet, DEDICATED TO YAHWEH. +\v 30 They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold; they engraved on it, like the engraving on a signet, "Holy to Yahweh." \v 31 They attached to the turban a blue cord to the top of the turban. This was as Yahweh had commanded Moses. \s5 diff --git a/02-EXO/40.usfm b/02-EXO/40.usfm index ed54077e..c3de3d70 100644 --- a/02-EXO/40.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/40.usfm @@ -13,17 +13,17 @@ \s5 \v 5 You must put the golden incense altar before the ark of the covenant decrees, and you must put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle. \v 6 You must put the altar for burnt offerings in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting. -\v 7 You must put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you must put water in it. +\v 7 You must put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and you must put water in it. \s5 \v 8 You must set up the courtyard around it, and you must hang up the curtain at the courtyard entrance. -\v 9 You must take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything that is in it. You must dedicate it and all its furnishings to me; then it will be holy. -\v 10 You must anoint the altar for burnt offerings and all its utensils. You must dedicate the altar to me, and it will become completely dedicated to me. -\v 11 You must anoint the bronze basin and its base, and dedicate it to me. +\v 9 You must take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything that is in it. You must set it apart and all its furnishings to me; then it will be holy. +\v 10 You must anoint the altar for burnt offerings and all its utensils. You must set apart the altar to me and it will become very holy to me. +\v 11 You must anoint the bronze basin and its base and set it apart to me. \s5 -\v 12 You are to bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and you must wash them with water. -\v 13 You are to clothe Aaron with the garments that are dedicated to me, anoint him, and dedicate him to me so that he may serve as my priest. +\v 12 You are to bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and you must wash them with water. +\v 13 You are to clothe Aaron with the garments that are set apart to me, anoint him and set him apart so that he may serve as my priest. \s5 \v 14 You are to bring his sons and clothe them with coats. diff --git a/03-LEV/01.usfm b/03-LEV/01.usfm index c8508a89..a34e3613 100644 --- a/03-LEV/01.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/01.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \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. \s5 -\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. \s5 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ \s5 \p \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. \s5 \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, diff --git a/03-LEV/02.usfm b/03-LEV/02.usfm index ce71fc4b..a92aa5d4 100644 --- a/03-LEV/02.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/02.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \p \v 1 When anyone brings a grain offering to Yahweh, his offering must be fine flour, and he will pour oil on it and put incense on it. \v 2 He is to take the offering to Aaron's sons the priests, and there the priest will take out a handful of the fine flour with the oil and the incense on it. Then the priest will burn the offering on the altar as a representative offering. It will produce a sweet aroma for Yahweh; it will be an offering made to him by fire. -\v 3 Whatever is left of the grain offering will belong to Aaron and his sons. It is completely dedicated to Yahweh from the offerings to Yahweh made by fire. +\v 3 Whatever is left of the grain offering will belong to Aaron and his sons. It is very holy to Yahweh from the offerings to Yahweh made by fire. \s5 \p @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \s5 \v 8 You must bring the grain offering made from these things to Yahweh, and it will be presented to the priest, who will bring it to the altar. \v 9 Then the priest will take some from the grain offering as a representative offering, and he will burn it on the altar. It will be an offering made by fire, and it will produce a sweet aroma for Yahweh. -\v 10 What is left of the grain offering will belong to Aaron and his sons. It is completely dedicated to Yahweh from the offerings to Yahweh made by fire. +\v 10 What is left of the grain offering will belong to Aaron and his sons. It is very holy to Yahweh from the offerings to Yahweh made by fire. \s5 \p diff --git a/03-LEV/03.usfm b/03-LEV/03.usfm index 1106c7d0..a5b091d6 100644 --- a/03-LEV/03.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/03.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 3 \p \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. \s5 \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, @@ -15,22 +15,22 @@ \p \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. \s5 \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, \v 10 and the two kidneys and the fat that is with them, which is by the loins, and the lobe of the liver, with the kidneys—he will remove all of this. -\v 11 And the priest will burn it all on the altar as a food offering made by fire to Yahweh. +\v 11 And the priest will burn it all on the altar as a burnt offering of food to Yahweh. \s5 \p \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. \s5 \v 15 He will also remove the two kidneys and the fat that is with them, which is by the loins, and the lobe of the liver with the kidneys. -\v 16 The priest will burn all that on the altar as a food offering made by fire, to produce a sweet aroma. All the fat belongs to Yahweh. +\v 16 The priest will burn all that on the altar as a burnt offering of food, to produce a sweet aroma. All the fat belongs to Yahweh. \v 17 It will be a permanent statute throughout your people's generations in every place you make your home, that you must not eat fat or blood.'" diff --git a/03-LEV/04.usfm b/03-LEV/04.usfm index 6f7c7846..780ae116 100644 --- a/03-LEV/04.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/04.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 He must bring the bull to the entrance of the tent of meeting before Yahweh, lay his hand on its head, and kill the bull before Yahweh. -\v 5 The anointed priest will take some of the blood of the bull and bring it to the tent of meeting. +\v 5 The anointed priest will take some of the blood of the bull and take it to the tent of meeting. \s5 \v 6 The priest will dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before Yahweh, before the curtain of the most holy place. diff --git a/03-LEV/05.usfm b/03-LEV/05.usfm index 6acbc825..7c233b1e 100644 --- a/03-LEV/05.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/05.usfm @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \p \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. \s5 \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. @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ \p \v 14 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, \v 15 "If anyone violates a command and sins against the things that belong to Yahweh, but did so unintentionally, then he must bring his guilt offering to Yahweh. This offering must be a ram without blemish from the flock; its value must be appraised in silver shekels—the shekel of the sanctuary—as a guilt offering. -\v 16 He must satisfy Yahweh for what he had done wrong in connection with what is holy, and he must add one fifth to it and give it to the priest. Then the priest will make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and that person will be forgiven. +\v 16 He must satisfy Yahweh for what he had done wrong in connection with what is holy, and he must add one-fifth to it and give it to the priest. Then the priest will make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and that person will be forgiven. \s5 \p diff --git a/03-LEV/06.usfm b/03-LEV/06.usfm index 3f36da68..e0815f16 100644 --- a/03-LEV/06.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/06.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \v 4 then it will come about, if he has sinned and is guilty, that he must restore whatever he took by robbery or oppression or taking what was entrusted to him or the lost thing that he found. \s5 -\v 5 Or if he lied about any matter, he must restore it in full and must add one fifth more to pay him to whom it is owed, on the day that he is found guilty. +\v 5 Or if he lied about any matter, he must restore it in full and must add one-fifth more to pay him to whom it is owed, on the day that he is found guilty. \v 6 Then he must bring his guilt offering to Yahweh: a ram without blemish from the flock that is worth the current value, as a guilt offering to the priest. \v 7 The priest will make atonement for him before Yahweh, and he will be forgiven concerning whatever he has become guilty of doing." @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \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. \s5 -\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. \s5 diff --git a/03-LEV/07.usfm b/03-LEV/07.usfm index 3675eeb9..f53a5168 100644 --- a/03-LEV/07.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/07.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 7 \p \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. @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \s5 \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. \s5 \p @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ \p \v 28 So Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, \v 29 "Speak to the people of Israel and say, 'He who offers the sacrifice of a peace offering to Yahweh must bring part of his sacrifice to Yahweh. -\v 30 The offering for Yahweh to be made by fire, his own hands must bring it. He must bring the fat with the breast, so that the breast may be an offering raised before Yahweh and presented to him. +\v 30 The offering for Yahweh to be made by fire, his own hands must bring it. He must bring the fat with the breast, so that the breast may waved as a wave offering before Yahweh. \s5 \v 31 The priest must burn the fat on the altar, but the breast will belong to Aaron and his descendants. @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ \s5 \v 33 The priest, one of Aaron's descendants, who offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat—he will have the right thigh as his share of the offering. -\v 34 For I have taken the offering of the breast and thigh that was raised and presented to me, and I have given them to Aaron, the high priest and to his descendants; this will always be their share from the sacrifices of peace offerings made by the people of Israel. +\v 34 For I have taken the breast may be waved and the thigh may be presented, and they may be presented to Aaron the priest and his sons as their regular share from the people of Israel. \s5 \p diff --git a/03-LEV/08.usfm b/03-LEV/08.usfm index 047bf961..478323bb 100644 --- a/03-LEV/08.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/08.usfm @@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ \s5 \p -\v 10 Moses took the anointing oil, anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and dedicated them to Yahweh. -\v 11 He sprinkled the oil on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the washbasin and its base, to dedicate them to Yahweh. +\v 10 Moses took the anointing oil, anointed the tabernacle and everything in it and set them apart to Yahweh. +\v 11 He sprinkled the oil on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the washbasin and its base, to set them apart to Yahweh. \s5 -\v 12 He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him in order to dedicate him to Yahweh. -\v 13 Moses brought Aaron's sons and clothed them with tunics; he tied sashes around their waists and wrapped linen cloth around their heads, as Yahweh had commanded him. +\v 12 He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him to set him apart. +\v 13 Moses brought Aaron's sons and clothed them with tunics. He tied sashes around their waists and wrapped linen cloth around their heads, as Yahweh had commanded him. \s5 \p @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \s5 \p \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. \s5 \v 20 He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head and the pieces and the fat. @@ -51,20 +51,20 @@ \p \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. \s5 \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. \v 26 Out of the basket of bread without yeast that was before Yahweh, he took one loaf without yeast, and one loaf of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat and on the right thigh. -\v 27 He put it all in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons, raised them high as an offering before Yahweh. +\v 27 He put it all in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons and waved them before Yahweh as a wave offering. \s5 \v 28 Then Moses took them from off their hands and burned them on the altar for the burnt offering. They were a consecration offering and produced a sweet aroma. It was an offering made by fire to Yahweh. -\v 29 Moses took the breast and raised it high as an offering to Yahweh. It was Moses' share of the ram for the priests' ordination, as Yahweh had commanded him. +\v 29 Moses took the breast and waved it as a wave offering to Yahweh. It was Moses' share of the ram for the priests' ordination, as Yahweh had commanded him. \s5 \p -\v 30 Moses took some of the anointing oil and the blood that was on the altar; he sprinkled these on Aaron, on his clothes, on his sons, and on his sons' clothes with him. In this way he dedicated Aaron and his clothes, and his sons and their clothes to Yahweh. +\v 30 Moses took some of the anointing oil and the blood that was on the altar; he sprinkled these on Aaron, on his clothes, on his sons, and on his sons' clothes with him. In this way he set apart Aaron and his clothes, and his sons and their clothes to Yahweh. \s5 \p diff --git a/03-LEV/09.usfm b/03-LEV/09.usfm index d3801141..19e7a8ad 100644 --- a/03-LEV/09.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/09.usfm @@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ \s5 \p -\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 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— +\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, they cut out 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. \s5 -\v 20 they put these on the breasts, and then Aaron burned the fat on the altar. -\v 21 Aaron raised the breasts and the right thigh high as an offering before Yahweh and presented them to him, as Moses had commanded. +\v 20 They took the parts that were cut out and put these on the breasts, and then Aaron burned the fat on the altar. +\v 21 Aaron waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before Yahweh, as Moses had commanded. \s5 \p diff --git a/03-LEV/10.usfm b/03-LEV/10.usfm index 56a22fe7..8bd40264 100644 --- a/03-LEV/10.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/10.usfm @@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ Aaron did not say anything. \v 13 You must eat it in a holy place, because it is your share and your sons' share of the offerings to Yahweh made by fire, for this is what I have been commanded to tell you. \s5 -\v 14 The breast that is raised as an offering and the thigh that is presented to Yahweh—these you must eat in a clean place acceptable to God. You and your sons and daughters with you should eat those portions, for they are given as your share and your sons' share out of the sacrifices of the fellowship offerings of the people of Israel. -\v 15 The thigh that is an offering presented to Yahweh and the breast that is raised as an offering—they must bring those together with the offerings of fat made by fire, to raise them high and present them as an offering to Yahweh. They will be yours and your sons' with you as a share forever, as Yahweh has commanded." +\v 14 The breast that is waved and the thigh that is presented to Yahweh, you must eat in a clean place acceptable to God. You and your sons and daughters with you should eat those portions, for they are given as your share and your sons' share out of the sacrifices of the fellowship offerings of the people of Israel. +\v 15 The thigh that is presented and the breast that is waved, they must bring with the offerings of fat made by fire, to wave before Yahweh. They will be yours and your sons' with you as a share forever, as Yahweh has commanded." \s5 \p diff --git a/03-LEV/11.usfm b/03-LEV/11.usfm index ef96bc05..a36e2b0d 100644 --- a/03-LEV/11.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/11.usfm @@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 20 All flying insects that walk on legs must be detested by you. -\v 21 Yet you may eat any of the flying insects that also walk on legs if they have legs above their feet, which they use to leap on the ground. +\v 20 All winged insects that walk on four legs are detestable to you. +\v 21 Yet you may eat any of the flying insects that also walk on four legs if they have a jointed legs for hopping on the ground. \v 22 And you may also eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper. \v 23 But all the flying insects that have four feet must be detested by you. @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ \s5 \v 43 You must not make yourselves unclean with any living creatures that creep; you must not make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be made impure by them. -\v 44 For I am Yahweh your God. Therefore dedicate yourselves to me and be holy because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves with any kind of animal that moves on the ground. +\v 44 For I am Yahweh your God. You are to keep yourselves holy, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves with any kind of animal that moves about on the ground. \v 45 For I am Yahweh, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You must therefore be holy, for I am holy. \s5 diff --git a/03-LEV/14.usfm b/03-LEV/14.usfm index e377332d..64a1603a 100644 --- a/03-LEV/14.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/14.usfm @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \v 11 The priest who cleansed him will stand the person who is to be cleansed, along with those things, before Yahweh at the entrance to the tent of meeting. \s5 -\v 12 The priest will take one of the male lambs and offer it as a guilt offering, together with the log of oil; he will raise them up as an offering before Yahweh and present them to him. +\v 12 The priest will take one of the male lambs and offer it as a guilt offering, together with the log of oil; he will wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh. \v 13 He must kill the male lamb in the place where they kill the sin offerings and the burnt offerings, in the area of the tabernacle, for the sin offering belongs to the priest, as does the guilt offering, because it is most holy. \s5 @@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ \s5 \p -\v 21 However, if the person is poor and cannot afford these sacrifices, then he may take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be raised and presented to Yahweh to make atonement for himself, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and a log of oil, +\v 21 However, if the person is poor and cannot afford these sacrifices, then he may take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved, to make atonement for himself, and one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and a log of oil, \v 22 together with two doves or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; one bird will be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. \v 23 On the eighth day he must bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the entrance to the tent of meeting, before Yahweh. \s5 -\v 24 Then the priest will take the lamb for the guilt offering and the log of oil, and he will raise them up as an offering to Yahweh and present them to him. +\v 24 Then the priest will take the lamb for the guilt offering and the log of oil, and he will wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh. \v 25 He will kill the lamb for the guilt offering, and he will take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of the one who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. \s5 @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ \s5 \v 36 Then the priest will command that they empty the house before he goes in to see the evidence of mildew, so that nothing in the house will be made unclean. Afterward the priest must go in to see the house. -\v 37 He must examine the mildew to see if it is in the house walls, and to see whether it appears greenish or reddish in the depressions in the walls' surface. +\v 37 He must examine the mildew to see if it is in the house walls, and to see whether it appears greenish or reddish in the depressions in the wall's surface. \v 38 If the house does have mildew, then the priest will go out of the house and shut the door to the house for seven days. \s5 diff --git a/03-LEV/15.usfm b/03-LEV/15.usfm index cb3ffafc..bb4bcb93 100644 --- a/03-LEV/15.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/15.usfm @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 16 If any man's semen goes out from him spontaneously, then he must bathe his whole body in water; he will be unclean until evening. +\v 16 If any man has an emission of semen, then he must bathe his whole body in water; he will be unclean until evening. \v 17 Every garment or leather on which there is semen must be washed with water; it will be unclean until evening. \v 18 And if a woman and a man sleep together and there is a transfer of semen to her, they must both bathe themselves in water; they will be unclean until evening. diff --git a/03-LEV/16.usfm b/03-LEV/16.usfm index 9c79cc4b..5f808e7e 100644 --- a/03-LEV/16.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/16.usfm @@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ \s5 \v 17 No one must be in the tent of meeting when Aaron enters it to make atonement in the most holy place, and until he comes out and has finished making atonement for himself and for his family, and for all the assembly of Israel. \v 18 He must go out to the altar that is before Yahweh and make atonement for it, and he must take some of the bull's blood and some of the goat's blood and put it on the horns of the altar all around. -\v 19 He must sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and dedicate it to Yahweh, away from the unclean actions of the people of Israel. +\v 19 He must sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and set it apart to Yahweh, away from the unclean actions of the people of Israel. \s5 \p -\v 20 When he has finished atoning for the most holy place, the tent of meeting, the altar, he must present the live goat. +\v 20 When he has finished atoning for the most holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he must present the live goat. \v 21 Aaron must lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over him all the wickedness of the people of Israel, all their rebellion, and all their sins. Then he must put that sinfulness on the head of the goat and send the goat away in the care of a man who is ready to lead the goat into the wilderness. \v 22 The goat must carry on himself all the people's wickedness to a solitary place. There in the wilderness, the man must let the goat go free. diff --git a/03-LEV/17.usfm b/03-LEV/17.usfm index f50992b2..634a30f8 100644 --- a/03-LEV/17.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/17.usfm @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \s5 \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. \s5 \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.' diff --git a/03-LEV/18.usfm b/03-LEV/18.usfm index 978dfafb..ccfec517 100644 --- a/03-LEV/18.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/18.usfm @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \v 20 Do not sleep with your neighbor's wife and defile yourself with her in this way. \s5 -\v 21 You must not give any of your children to pass through the fire, so that you sacrifice them to Molech, because you must not profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh. +\v 21 You must not give any of your children to put them into the fire, so that you sacrifice them to Molech, because you must not profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh. \s5 \v 22 Do not sleep with other men as with a woman. This would be wicked. diff --git a/03-LEV/19.usfm b/03-LEV/19.usfm index e5596e2f..a83f303d 100644 --- a/03-LEV/19.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/19.usfm @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \v 5 When you offer a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to Yahweh, you must offer it that you may be accepted. \v 6 It must be eaten the same day you offer it, or on the next day. If anything remains until the third day, it must be burned. \v 7 If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is defiled. It must not be accepted, -\v 8 but everyone who eats it must carry his own guilt because he has polluted what was dedicated to Yahweh. That person must be cut off from his people. +\v 8 but everyone who eats it must carry his own guilt because he has dishonored what was holy to Yahweh. That person must be cut off from his people. \s5 \p diff --git a/03-LEV/20.usfm b/03-LEV/20.usfm index 190fde17..6cfd9d29 100644 --- a/03-LEV/20.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/20.usfm @@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ \s5 \p \v 6 The person who turns to those who talk with the dead, or to those who talk with spirits so as to prostitute themselves with them, I will set my face against that person; I will cut him off from among his people. -\v 7 Therefore dedicate yourselves to Yahweh and be holy, because I am Yahweh your God. +\v 7 Therefore consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am Yahweh your God. \f + \ft Several modern versions have: \fqa ... Because I, Yahweh your God, am holy \fqb \f* \s5 \p -\v 8 You must keep my commands and carry them out. I am Yahweh, who dedicates you to myself. +\v 8 You must keep my commands and carry them out. I am Yahweh who sets you apart as holy. \p \v 9 Everyone who curses his father or his mother must surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, so he is guilty and deserves to die. diff --git a/03-LEV/21.usfm b/03-LEV/21.usfm index 508f3009..ebdbeb70 100644 --- a/03-LEV/21.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/21.usfm @@ -4,48 +4,48 @@ \c 21 \p \v 1 Yahweh said to Moses: "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, 'No one among you shall make himself unclean for those who die among his people, -\v 2 except for a close relative—for his mother and father, for his son and daughter, or for his brother -\v 3 or a virgin sister who is in his house and who has had no husband. For her he may make himself unclean. +\v 2 except for his closest relatives—his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother, +\v 3 or his virgin sister who has no husband—he may make himself unclean for her. \s5 -\v 4 But he must not make himself unclean for other relatives, so as to defile himself. +\v 4 But he must not make himself unclean for other relatives and so defile himself. \p \v 5 Priests must not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards, nor cut their bodies. -\v 6 They must be separate for their God, and not disgrace the name of their God, because the priests offer the sacrifices to Yahweh by fire, the "food" of their God. Therefore they must be separate. +\v 6 They must be holy to their God and not disgrace the name of their God, because the priests offer Yahweh's food offerings, the bread of their God. Therefore the priests must be holy. \s5 \v 7 They must not marry any woman who is a prostitute and who is defiled, and they must not marry a woman divorced from her husband, for they are separate for their God. \p -\v 8 You must dedicate him for he offers the "food" from your God. He must be holy in your sight, because I, Yahweh, who dedicates you to myself, am also holy. +\v 8 You will set him apart, for he is the one who offers bread to your God. He must be holy to you, because—I, Yahweh, who makes you holy—I also am holy. \p \v 9 Any daughter of any priest who defiles herself by becoming a prostitute disgraces her father. She must be burned. \s5 \p -\v 10 He who is the high priest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured, and who has been consecrated to wear the special garments of the high priest, must not wear his hair loose or tear his clothes. +\v 10 The one who is the high priest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured, and who has been consecrated to wear the special garments of the high priest, must not wear his hair loose or tear his clothes. \v 11 He must not go anywhere that a dead body is present and defile himself, even for his father or his mother. \v 12 The high priest must not leave the sanctuary area of the tabernacle or profane the sanctuary of his God, because he has been consecrated as high priest by the anointing oil of his God. I am Yahweh. \s5 \p \v 13 The high priest must marry a virgin as his wife. -\v 14 He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman who is a prostitute. He must not marry these kinds of women. He may only marry a virgin from his own people. -\v 15 He must obey these rules, so as not to defile his children among his people, for I am Yahweh, who dedicates him to myself.'" +\v 14 He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman who is a prostitute. He will not marry these kinds of women. He may only marry a virgin from his own people, +\v 15 so he will not defile his children among his people, for I am Yahweh, who makes him holy.'" \s5 \p \v 16 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, -\v 17 "Speak to Aaron and tell him, 'Whoever of your descendants throughout their generations has a bodily defect, he must not approach to offer the 'food' of his God. +\v 17 "Speak to Aaron and tell him, 'Whoever of your descendants throughout their generations has a bodily defect, he must not approach to offer the food to his God. \s5 -\v 18 Any man who has a bodily defect must not approach Yahweh, such as a blind man, a lame man, one who is disfigured or deformed, +\v 18 Any man who has a bodily defect must not approach Yahweh, such as a blind man or a man who is unable to walk, one who is disfigured or deformed, \v 19 a man with a crippled hand or foot, -\v 20 hunchbacked or dwarfed man, or a man with a defect in his eyes, or with a disease, sore, scabs, or damaged private parts. -\v 21 No man among the descendants of Aaron the priest with a bodily defect may come near to perform the offerings made by fire for Yahweh. Such a man has a bodily defect; he must not come near to offer the 'food' of his God. +\v 20 a man who has hump in his back or is abnormally thin or short, or a man with a defect in his eyes, or with a disease, sore, scabs, or whose testicles have been crushed. +\v 21 No man among the descendants of Aaron the priest with a bodily defect may come near to perform the offerings made by fire for Yahweh. Such a man has a bodily defect; he must not come near to offer the bread of his God. \s5 \v 22 He may eat the food of his God, whether some of the most holy or some of the holy. -\v 23 However, he must not enter inside the curtain or come near the altar, because he has a bodily defect, so that he does not defile my holy place, for I am Yahweh, who dedicates them to myself.'" +\v 23 However, he must not enter inside the curtain or come near the altar, because he has a bodily defect, so that he does not defile my holy place, for I am Yahweh, who makes them holy.'" \v 24 So Moses spoke these words to Aaron, to his sons, and to all the people of Israel. diff --git a/03-LEV/22.usfm b/03-LEV/22.usfm index 2e462efd..0e4e0135 100644 --- a/03-LEV/22.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/22.usfm @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ \c 22 \p \v 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, -\v 2 "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, tell them to keep away from the holy things of the people of Israel, which they dedicate to me. They must not profane my holy name. I am Yahweh. -\v 3 Say to them, 'Anyone among all your descendants throughout your people's generations who is unclean when he approaches the holy things that the people of Israel dedicate to Yahweh, that person must be cut off from before me. I am Yahweh. +\v 2 "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, tell them to keep away from the holy things of the people of Israel, which they set apart to me. They must not profane my holy name. I am Yahweh. +\v 3 Say to them, 'If any of your descendants throughout your generations approaches the holy things that the people of Israel have set apart to Yahweh, while he is unclean, that person must be cut off from before me: I am Yahweh. \s5 \p @@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ \v 7 When the sun has set, he will then be clean. After sunset he may eat from the holy things, because they are his food. \v 8 He must not eat anything found dead or killed by wild animals, by which he would defile himself. I am Yahweh. \p -\v 9 The priests must follow my instructions, or they will be guilty of sin and could die for profaning me. I am Yahweh, who dedicates them to myself. +\v 9 The priests must follow my instructions, or they will be guilty of sin and could die for profaning me. I am Yahweh who makes them holy. \s5 \p \v 10 No one outside the priest's family, including guests of a priest or his hired servants, may eat anything that is holy. -\v 11 But if a priest buys any slave with his own money, that slave may eat from the things set apart for Yahweh. And the priest's family members and slaves born in his house, they also may eat with him from those things. +\v 11 But if a priest buys any slave with his own money, that slave may eat from the things set apart to Yahweh. And the priest's family members and slaves born in his house, they also may eat with him from those things. \s5 \p @@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ \s5 \p -\v 14 If a man eats a holy food without knowing it, then he must repay the priest for it; he must add one fifth to it and give it back to the priest. +\v 14 If a man eats a holy food without knowing it, then he must repay the priest for it; he must add one-fifth to it and give it back to the priest. \p \v 15 The people of Israel must not dishonor the holy things that they have raised high and presented to Yahweh, -\v 16 and cause themselves to carry the sin that would make them guilty of eating the holy food, for I am Yahweh, who dedicates them to myself.'" +\v 16 and cause themselves to carry the sin that would make them guilty of eating the holy food, for I am Yahweh who makes them holy.'" \s5 \p @@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 24 Do not offer animals to Yahweh that have bruised, crushed, torn, or cut reproductive organs. Do not offer these in your land, -\v 25 and do not accept them from a foreigner's hand as food presented to God, because there are defects or blemishes in them. I will not accept them on your behalf.'" +\v 24 Do not offer any animal to Yahweh that has bruised, crushed, torn, or cut testicles. Do not do this within your land. +\v 25 You must not present the bread of your God from the hand of a foreigner. Those animals are deformed and have defects in them, they will not be accepted for you.'" \s5 \p @@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ \p \v 31 So you must keep my commandments and carry them out. I am Yahweh. \p -\v 32 You must not dishonor my holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy by the people of Israel. I am Yahweh who dedicates you to myself, -\v 33 who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. I am Yahweh." +\v 32 You must not dishonor my holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy by the people of Israel. I am Yahweh who makes you holy, +\v 33 who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am Yahweh." diff --git a/03-LEV/23.usfm b/03-LEV/23.usfm index 56a7cbbd..bbd7d385 100644 --- a/03-LEV/23.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/23.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 23 \p \v 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses: -\v 2 "Speak to the people of Israel, and say to them, 'The appointed festivals for Yahweh, which you must proclaim as holy assemblies, are my regular festivals. +\v 2 "Speak to the people of Israel, and say to them, 'These are the appointed festivals for Yahweh, which you must proclaim as holy assemblies; they are my regular festivals. \s5 \v 3 You may work for six days, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You must do no work because it is a Sabbath for Yahweh in all the places where you live. @@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ \v 6 On the fifteenth day of the same month is the Festival of Unleavened Bread for Yahweh. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. \s5 -\v 7 On the first day you have an assembly that is dedicated to Yahweh, you must not do ordinary work. -\v 8 You must offer a sacrifice made by fire to Yahweh for seven days. The seventh day is an assembly that is dedicated to Yahweh in which you must do no ordinary work.'" +\v 7 The first day you must set apart to gather together; you will not do any of your regular work. +\v 8 You will present a food offering to Yahweh for seven days. The seventh day is an assembly set apart to Yahweh, and on that day you must not do any regular work.'" \s5 \p @@ -32,16 +32,16 @@ \s5 \p -\v 15 You must count from the day after that Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the offering to be lifted up and presented, seven full weeks, seven Sabbaths, -\v 16 until the day after the seventh Sabbath. That is, you must count fifty days. Then you must offer an offering of new grain to Yahweh. +\v 15 Beginning from the day after the Sabbath—that was the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering—count seven full weeks. +\v 16 You must count fifty days, which would be the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then you must present an offering of new grain to Yahweh. \s5 -\v 17 You must bring out of your houses two loaves made from two tenths of an ephah. They must be made from fine flour and baked with yeast; they will be an offering from the firstfruits that will be raised and presented to Yahweh. +\v 17 You must bring out of your houses two loaves made from two tenths of an ephah. They must be made from fine flour and baked with yeast; they will be a wave offering of the firstfruits to Yahweh. \v 18 You must present with the bread seven lambs one year old and without blemish, one young bull, and two rams. They must be a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering made by fire and producing a sweet aroma for Yahweh. \s5 \v 19 You must offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice, as fellowship offerings. -\v 20 The priest must raise them up before Yahweh, together with the bread of the firstfruits, and present them to him as an offering with the two lambs. They will be holy offerings to Yahweh for the priest. +\v 20 The priest must wave them together with the bread of the firstfruits before Yahweh, and present them to him as an offering with the two lambs. They will be holy offerings to Yahweh for the priest. \v 21 You must make a proclamation on that same day. There will be a holy assembly, and you must do no ordinary work. This will be a permanent statute throughout your people's generations in all the places where you live. \s5 @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ \s5 \p \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 is to be a holy assembly, and you must humble yourselves and present to Yahweh an offering by fire. \s5 \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. @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ \s5 \v 30 Whoever does any work on that day, I, Yahweh, will destroy him from among his people. \v 31 You must do no work of any kind on that day. This will be a permanent statute throughout your people's generations in all the places where you live. -\v 32 This day must be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you humble yourselves the ninth day of the month. From evening to evening you must keep your Sabbath." +\v 32 This day must be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you must humble yourselves the ninth day of the month at the evening. From evening to evening you are to observe your Sabbath." \s5 \p diff --git a/03-LEV/24.usfm b/03-LEV/24.usfm index d8498660..3f1ee161 100644 --- a/03-LEV/24.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/24.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \c 24 \p \v 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, -\v 2 "Command the people of Israel to bring to you pure oil beaten from olives for your oil lamps, for them to always burn and give light. +\v 2 "Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil beaten from olives to be used in the lamp, that the light may burn continually. \s5 \v 3 Outside the curtain before the covenant decrees in the tent of meeting, Aaron must continually, from evening to morning, keep the lamp lit before Yahweh. This will be a permanent statute throughout your people's generations. @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \s5 \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." \s5 \p diff --git a/03-LEV/25.usfm b/03-LEV/25.usfm index d27f38e8..b3980ffd 100644 --- a/03-LEV/25.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/25.usfm @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \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. \s5 -\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. \s5 \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. @@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ \s5 \p -\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. \p \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. \s5 \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. +\v 17 You must not cheat or wrong one another; instead, you must honor your God, for I am Yahweh your God. \s5 \p @@ -57,19 +57,19 @@ \s5 \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. \s5 \p \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 year of Jubilee. \s5 -\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 31 But the houses of the villages that have no wall around them will be considered as the field of the land. They may be redeemed, and they must be returned during the year of Jubilee. \v 32 However, the houses owned by the Levites in their cities may be redeemed at any time. \s5 -\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 year of 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. \s5 @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ \s5 \p \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. \s5 @@ -101,15 +101,15 @@ \s5 \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. \s5 -\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 the year of 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 the year of Jubilee, and he must pay for his redemption in keeping with the number of years. \s5 \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.'" diff --git a/03-LEV/26.usfm b/03-LEV/26.usfm index 8f71d970..c2de6060 100644 --- a/03-LEV/26.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/26.usfm @@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ \s5 \p -\v 23 If in all this you still do not accept my teaching but continue to walk against me, -\v 24 then I will also walk against you. I myself will hit you with even seven times more blows for your sins. +\v 23 If in spite of these things you still do not accept my correction and you continue to walk in opposition to me, +\v 24 then I will also walk in opposition to you, and I myself will punish you seven times because of your sins. \s5 -\v 25 I will bring a sword on you that will execute vengeance for breaking the covenant. You will be gathered together inside your cities, and I will send a disease among you there, and then you will be defeated by the power of your enemy. +\v 25 I will bring a sword on you that will execute vengeance for breaking the covenant. You will be gathered together inside your cities, and I will send a disease among you there, and then you will be delivered into the hand of your enemy. \v 26 When I cut off your food supply, ten women will be able to bake your bread in one oven, and they will distribute your bread by weight. You will eat but not be satisfied. \s5 @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ \p \v 34 Then the land will enjoy its Sabbaths for as long as it lies abandoned and you are in your enemies' lands. During that time, the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths. \v 35 As long as it lies abandoned, it will have rest, which will be the rest that it did not have with your Sabbaths, when you lived in it. +\p \v 36 As for those of you who are left in your enemies' lands, I will send fear into your hearts so that even the sound of a leaf blowing in the wind will startle you, and you will flee as though you were fleeing from the sword. You will fall, even when no one is chasing you. \s5 @@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 40 Yet if they confess their sins and their fathers' sin, and their treason by which they were unfaithful to me, and also their walking against me— -\v 41 which caused me to turn against them and give them over into their enemies' land—if their uncircumcised hearts become humbled, and if they accept the punishment for their sins, +\v 41 which caused me to turn against them and I brought them into the land of their enemies—if their uncircumcised hearts become humbled, and if they accept the punishment for their sins, \v 42 then will I call to mind my covenant with Jacob, my covenant with Isaac, and my covenant with Abraham; also, I will call the land to mind. \s5 diff --git a/03-LEV/27.usfm b/03-LEV/27.usfm index 8fc71517..37a9fbaa 100644 --- a/03-LEV/27.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/27.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 27 \p \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. \s5 \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. @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \s5 \p -\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. \s5 @@ -30,39 +30,40 @@ \s5 \p -\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 wishes to redeem it, he must add a fifth of its value to its redemption price, and it will belong to him. \s5 \p -\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. \s5 -\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 year of 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. \s5 -\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 year of Jubilee, will be a holy gift to Yahweh, like the field that has been completely given to Yahweh. It will belong to the priest. \s5 -\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. \s5 -\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. \s5 \p -\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. + \s5 \p -\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 But nothing that a man devotes to Yahweh, from all that he has, whether human or animal, or his family land, may be sold or redeemed. Everything that is devoted is very 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. \s5 \p @@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ \v 31 If a man redeems any of his tithe, he must add a fifth to its value. \s5 -\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 every tenth 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.'" \s5 diff --git a/04-NUM/05.usfm b/04-NUM/05.usfm index cd734b38..65b1da9c 100644 --- a/04-NUM/05.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/05.usfm @@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ \p \v 5 Again Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said, \v 6 "Speak to the people of Israel. When a man or woman commits any sin such as people do to one another, and is unfaithful to me, that person is guilty. -\v 7 Then he must confess the sin that he has done. He must completely pay back the price of his guilt and add to the price one fifth more. He must give this to the one he has wronged. +\v 7 Then he must confess the sin that he has done. He must completely pay back the price of his guilt and add to the price one-fifth more. He must give this to the one he has wronged. \s5 \v 8 But if the wronged person has no close relative to receive the payment, he must pay the price for his guilt to me through a priest, along with a ram to atone for himself. \v 9 Every offering of the people of Israel, the things that are set aside and brought to the priest by the people of Israel, will belong to him. -\v 10 The sacred offerings of every person will be for the priest; if anyone gives anything to the priest, it will belong to him." +\v 10 The offerings of every person will be for the priest; if anyone gives anything to the priest, it will belong to him." \s5 \p @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ \s5 \v 20 But if you, a woman under her husband, have gone astray, if you are defiled, and if some other man has slept with you, \v 21 then, (the priest must cause the woman to swear an oath that can bring down a curse on her, and then he must continue speaking to the woman) 'Yahweh will make you into a curse that will be shown to your people to be such. This will happen if Yahweh causes your thigh to waste away and your abdomen to swell. -\v 22 This water that brings the curse will go into your stomach, swell your abdomen and waste away your thighs.' The woman is to reply, 'Yes, let that happen if I am guilty.' +\v 22 This water that brings the curse will go into your belly, swell your abdomen and waste away your thighs.' The woman is to reply, 'Yes, let that happen if I am guilty.' \s5 \p diff --git a/04-NUM/06.usfm b/04-NUM/06.usfm index 9b47e5c2..ad062ba3 100644 --- a/04-NUM/06.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/06.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \s5 \p -\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. \s5 \p @@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ \s5 \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. \s5 -\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. \s5 \p @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \s5 \v 19 The priest must take the boiled shoulder of the ram, one loaf of bread without yeast out of the basket, and one wafer without yeast. He must place them into the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his head indicating separation. -\v 20 The priest must raise them high as an offering before Yahweh and present them to him. This is holy food reserved for the priest, together with the breast that was raised and the thigh that was offered. After that the Nazirite may drink wine. +\v 20 The priest must wave them as an offering before Yahweh, a holy portion for the priest, together with the breast that was waved and the thigh that was presented for the priest. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine. \s5 \p diff --git a/04-NUM/07.usfm b/04-NUM/07.usfm index afe128c5..28af1ee7 100644 --- a/04-NUM/07.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/07.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 7 \p -\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. @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \p \v 12 On the first day, Nahshon son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah, offered his sacrifice. \v 13 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. -\v 14 He also gave one gold dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense. +\v 14 He gave one gold dish that weighed ten shekels and was full of incense. \s5 \v 15 He gave as a burnt offering one young bull, one ram, and a one-year-old male lamb. @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 36 On the fifth day, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, leader of the descendants of Simeon, offered his sacrifice. -\v 37 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain offering. +\v 37 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. \v 38 He also gave one gold dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense. \s5 @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ \p \v 42 On the sixth day, Eliasaph son of Deuel, leader of the descendants of Gad, offered his sacrifice. \v 43 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. -\v 44 He also gave one gold dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense, +\v 44 He also gave one gold dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense. \s5 \v 45 He gave as a burnt offering one young bull, one ram, and a one-year-old male lamb. @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 48 On the seventh day, Elishama son of Ammihud, leader of the descendants of Ephraim, offered his sacrifice. -\v 49 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain offering. +\v 49 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. \v 50 He also gave one gold dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense. \s5 @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 54 On the eighth day, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, leader of the descendants of Manasseh, offered his sacrifice. -\v 55 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain offering. +\v 55 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. \v 56 He also gave one gold dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense. \s5 \v 57 He gave as a burnt offering one young bull, one ram, and a one-year-old male lamb. @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 66 On the tenth day, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, leader of the descendants of Dan, offered his sacrifice. -\v 67 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain offering. +\v 67 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. \v 68 He also gave one gold dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense. \s5 @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 78 On the twelfth day, Ahira son of Enan, leader of the descendants of Naphtali, offered his sacrifice. -\v 79 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain offering. +\v 79 His sacrifice was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel. Both of these objects were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. \v 80 He also gave one gold dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense. \s5 @@ -154,13 +154,13 @@ \s5 \p -\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. \s5 -\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. \s5 \p diff --git a/04-NUM/08.usfm b/04-NUM/08.usfm index 8f04b5fa..4e414dc2 100644 --- a/04-NUM/08.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/08.usfm @@ -21,16 +21,16 @@ \s5 \v 9 Present the Levites in front of the tent of meeting, and assemble the whole community of the people of Israel. \v 10 Present the Levites before me, Yahweh. The people of Israel must lay their hands on the Levites. -\v 11 Aaron must offer the Levites before me, presenting them as if they were raised high before him, on the behalf of the people of Israel. He must do this so that the Levites may serve me. +\v 11 Aaron must offer the Levites before Yahweh, as a wave offering from the people of Israel. He must do this so that the Levites may serve me. \s5 \v 12 The Levites must place their hands on the heads of the bulls. You must offer one bull for a sin offering and the other bull for a burnt offering to me, to atone for the Levites. -\v 13 Present the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and lift them up as an offering to me. +\v 13 Present the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and lift them up as a wave offering to me. \s5 \p \v 14 In this way you must separate the Levites from among the people of Israel. The Levites will belong to me. -\v 15 After that, the Levites must go in to serve in the tent of meeting. You must purify them. You must lift them up to me as an offering. +\v 15 After that, the Levites must go in to serve in the tent of meeting. You must purify them. You must offer them as a wave offering. \s5 \v 16 Do this, because they are entirely mine from among the people of Israel. They will take the place of each male child who opens the womb, the firstborn of all the descendants of Israel. I have taken the Levites for myself. @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 20 Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of the people of Israel did this with the Levites. They did everything that Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites. The people of Israel did this with them. -\v 21 The Levites purified themselves from sin by washing their clothes. Aaron presented them as an offering to Yahweh and atoned for them, in order to purify them. +\v 21 The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothing, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering to Yahweh and he made atonement for them to cleanse them. \s5 \v 22 After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before Aaron's sons. This was as Yahweh had commanded Moses about the Levites. They treated all the Levites in this way. diff --git a/04-NUM/09.usfm b/04-NUM/09.usfm index 12bf5131..11dc090a 100644 --- a/04-NUM/09.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/09.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \v 11 They must keep the Passover in the second month on the fourteenth day at evening. They must eat it with bread without yeast and with bitter herbs. -\v 12 They must leave none of it until the morning, nor must they break a bone of animals. They must keep all the rules for the Passover. +\v 12 They must not leave it until the morning, or break any of its bones. They must follow all the regulations for the Passover. \s5 \v 13 But any person who is clean and is not on a journey, but who fails to keep the Passover, that person must be cut off from his people because he did not offer the sacrifice that Yahweh requires at the fixed time of year. That man must carry his sin. diff --git a/04-NUM/10.usfm b/04-NUM/10.usfm index f70f8916..d081a0c1 100644 --- a/04-NUM/10.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/10.usfm @@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ \v 8 The sons of Aaron, the priests, must blow the trumpets. This will always be a regulation for you throughout your people's generations. \s5 -\v 9 When you go to war in your land against an adversary who oppresses you, then you must sound an alarm with the trumpets. I, Yahweh, your God, will call you to mind and save you from your enemies. +\v 9 When you go to war in your land against an adversary who oppresses you, then you must sound an alarm with the trumpets. I, Yahweh your God, will call you to mind and save you from your enemies. \s5 -\v 10 Also, at the times of celebration, both your regular festivals and at the beginnings of the months, you must blow the trumpets in honor of your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices for your fellowship offerings. These will act as a reminder of you to me, your God. I am Yahweh, your God." +\v 10 Also, at the times of celebration, both your regular festivals and at the beginnings of the months, you must blow the trumpets in honor of your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices for your fellowship offerings. These will act as a reminder of you to me, your God. I am Yahweh your God." \s5 \p diff --git a/04-NUM/11.usfm b/04-NUM/11.usfm index 9d712edb..69b39fe6 100644 --- a/04-NUM/11.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/11.usfm @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ \v 17 I will come down and talk with you there. I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them. They will bear the burden of the people with you. You will not have to bear it alone. \s5 -\v 18 Say to the people, 'Dedicate yourselves to Yahweh for tomorrow. You will indeed eat meat, for you have wept in Yahweh's hearing. You said, "Who will give us meat to eat? It was good for us in Egypt." So Yahweh will give you meat, and you will eat it. +\v 18 Say to the people, 'Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow and you will indeed eat meat, for you have wept and Yahweh has heard. You said, "Who will give us meat to eat? It was good for us in Egypt." Therefore Yahweh will give you meat, and you will eat it. \v 19 You will not eat meat for only one day, two days, five days, ten days, or twenty days, \v 20 but you will eat meat for a whole month until it comes out of your nostrils. It will disgust you because you have rejected Yahweh, who is among you. You have wept before him. You said, "Why did we leave Egypt?"'" diff --git a/04-NUM/14.usfm b/04-NUM/14.usfm index a7a86534..d738c66f 100644 --- a/04-NUM/14.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/14.usfm @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 4 They said to each another, "Let us choose another leader, and let us return to Egypt." -\v 5 Then Moses and Aaron lay face down before all the assembly of the community of the people of Israel. +\v 5 Then Moses and Aaron lay facedown before all the assembly of the community of the people of Israel. \s5 \v 6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were some of those sent to examine the land, tore their clothes. @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \v 14 They will tell it to this land's inhabitants. They have heard that you, Yahweh, are present with this people, because you are seen face to face. Your cloud stands over our people. You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night. \s5 -\v 15 Now if you kill this people as one person, then the nations that have heard of your fame will speak and say, +\v 15 Now if you kill this people as one man, then the nations that have heard of your fame will speak and say, \v 16 'Because Yahweh could not take this people into the land that he swore to give them, he has killed them in the wilderness.' diff --git a/04-NUM/15.usfm b/04-NUM/15.usfm index 24e5ca86..b456e166 100644 --- a/04-NUM/15.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/15.usfm @@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ \c 15 \p \v 1 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said, -\v 2 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you go into the land where you will live, which Yahweh will give to you— -\v 3 and when you make an offering by fire to him—either a burnt offering, or a sacrifice for a vow or a freewill offering, or an offering at your feasts, to produce a sweet aroma for Yahweh from the herd or the flock— +\v 2 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you go into the land where you will live, which Yahweh will give to you, +\v 3 you are to prepare an offering by fire to Yahweh, either a burnt offering or a sacrifice to fulfill a vow or a freewill offering, or an offering at your feasts, to produce a pleasing aroma for Yahweh from the herd or the flock. \s5 -\v 4 then the one bringing the sacrifice must offer to Yahweh a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin of oil. -\v 5 You must also prepare a fourth of a hin of wine as the drink offering. Do this with the burnt offering or with the sacrifice of each lamb. - +\v 4 You must offer to Yahweh a burnt offering as well as a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of oil. +\v 5 You must also offer with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice, one-fourth of a hin of wine for the drink offering for each lamb. + \s5 \v 6 If you are offering a ram, you must prepare as a grain offering two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil. \v 7 For the drink offering, you must offer a third of a hin of wine. It will produce a sweet aroma for Yahweh. diff --git a/04-NUM/16.usfm b/04-NUM/16.usfm index aa1b4b70..af622755 100644 --- a/04-NUM/16.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/16.usfm @@ -4,22 +4,22 @@ \p \v 1 Now Korah son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi, along with Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, descendants of Reuben, gathered some men. \v 2 They rose up against Moses, along with other men from the people of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the community who were well-known members in the community. -\v 3 They assembled themselves together to confront Moses and Aaron. They said to them, "You take too much on yourselves. All the community are holy, reserved for Yahweh, every one of them, and Yahweh is among them. Why do you lift up yourselves above the rest of Yahweh's community?" +\v 3 They assembled themselves together to confront Moses and Aaron. They said to them, "You have gone too far! All the community is set apart, every one of them, and Yahweh is among them. Why do you lift up yourselves above the rest of Yahweh's community?" \s5 \p \v 4 When Moses heard that, he lay facedown. -\v 5 He spoke to Korah and to all his group; he said, "In the morning Yahweh will show who are his, and who is dedicated to Yahweh. He will bring up to himself the man he chooses. Yahweh will bring him up to himself. +\v 5 He spoke to Korah and to all those with him, "In the morning Yahweh will make known who belongs to him and who is set apart to him. He will bring that person near to him. The one he chooses he will bring near to himself. \s5 \v 6 Do this, Korah and all your group. Take censers -\v 7 tomorrow and put fire and incense in them before Yahweh. The one whom Yahweh chooses, that man will be dedicated to Yahweh. You have gone too far, you descendants of Levi." +\v 7 tomorrow and put fire and incense in them before Yahweh. The one whom Yahweh chooses, that man will be set apart to Yahweh. You have gone too far, you descendants of Levi." \s5 \v 8 Again, Moses said to Korah, "Now listen, you descendants of Levi: \v 9 is it a small thing for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the community of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do work in Yahweh's tabernacle, and to stand before the community to serve them? \v 10 He has brought you near, and all your kinfolk, the descendants of Levi, with you, yet you are seeking the priesthood also! -\v 11 That is why you and all your group have gathered together against Yahweh. So why are you complaining about Aaron, who obeys Yahweh?" +\v 11 That is why you and all your group have gathered together against Yahweh. So why are you complaining about Aaron, who obeys Yahweh?" \s5 \p @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 15 Moses was very angry and said to Yahweh, "Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, and I have not harmed any of them." -\v 16 Then Moses said to Korah, "Tomorrow you and all your company must go before Yahweh, you, they, and Aaron. +\v 16 Then Moses said to Korah, "Tomorrow you and all your company must go before Yahweh—you and they, and Aaron. \v 17 Each of you must take his censer and put incense in it. Then each man must bring before Yahweh his censer, two hundred and fifty censers. You and Aaron, also, must each bring your censer." \s5 @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ \s5 \v 28 Then Moses said, "By this you will know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works, for I have not done them of my own accord. \v 29 If these men die a natural death such as normally happens, then Yahweh has not sent me. -\v 30 But if Yahweh creates an opening in the ground that swallows them up like a large mouth, along with all their families, and if they go down alive into sheol, then you must understand that these men have despised Yahweh." +\v 30 But if Yahweh creates an opening in the ground that swallows them up like a large mouth, along with all their families, and if they go down alive into Sheol, then you must understand that these men have despised Yahweh." \s5 \p @@ -64,15 +64,15 @@ \v 32 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their families, and all the people who belonged to Korah, as well as all their possessions. \s5 -\v 33 They and everyone in their families went down alive into sheol. The earth closed over them, and in this way they perished from the midst of the community. +\v 33 They and everyone in their families went down alive into Sheol. The earth closed over them, and in this way they perished from the midst of the community. \v 34 All Israel around them fled from their cries. They exclaimed, "The earth may swallow us up also!" \v 35 Then fire flashed out from Yahweh and devoured the 250 men who had offered incense. \s5 \p \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 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 dedicated to me. They will be a sign of my presence to the people of Israel." +\v 37 "Speak to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest and let him take up the censers out of the flames, for the censers are set apart to me. Then let him scatter the burning coals at a distance. +\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." \s5 \p @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ \s5 \v 44 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said, -\v 45 "Go away from in front of this community so that I may consume them immediately." Then Moses and Aaron they lay facedown. +\v 45 "Go away from in front of this community so that I may consume them immediately." And Moses and Aaron lay down with their faces to the ground. \v 46 Moses said to Aaron, "Take the censer, put fire in it from off the altar, put incense in it, carry it quickly to the community, and make atonement for them, because anger is coming from Yahweh. The plague has begun." \s5 diff --git a/04-NUM/17.usfm b/04-NUM/17.usfm index 54860cca..eed9937e 100644 --- a/04-NUM/17.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/17.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \c 17 \p \v 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said, -\v 2 "Speak to the people of Israel. Take staffs from them, one for each of the ancestors' tribe. Take twelve staffs, one from each leader chosen from each tribe. Write each man's name on his staff. +\v 2 "Speak to the people of Israel and get staffs from them, one for each ancestral tribe, twelve staffs. Write each man's name on his staff. \s5 \v 3 You must write Aaron's name on Levi's staff. There must be one staff for each leader from his ancestors' tribe. @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 8 The next day Moses went into the tent of the covenant decrees and, behold, Aaron's staff for the tribe of Levi had budded. It grew buds and produced blossoms and ripe almonds! -\v 9 Moses brought out all the staffs from before Yahweh to all the people of Israel. Each man found his rod and took it. +\v 9 Moses brought out all the staffs from before Yahweh to all the people of Israel, and each man took his staff. \s5 \v 10 Yahweh said to Moses, "Put Aaron's staff in front of the covenant decrees. Keep it as a sign of guilt against the people who rebelled so that you may end complaints against me, or they will die." diff --git a/04-NUM/18.usfm b/04-NUM/18.usfm index f27f1ba1..5360a9d6 100644 --- a/04-NUM/18.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/18.usfm @@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ \s5 \p -\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 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 the people of Israel give to me. I have given these offerings to you and your sons as your ongoing share. +\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 are very holy to you and to your sons. \s5 -\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 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. +\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, all the wave offerings of the people of Israel. 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. \s5 \v 12 All the best of the oil, all the best of the new wine and grain, the firstfruits that the people give to me—all these things I have given to you. @@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ \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. \s5 -\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. \s5 -\v 19 All the presented offerings of holy things that the people of Israel offer to me—I have given them to you, to your sons and to your daughters, as an ongoing share. They stand for a covenant of salt, a binding covenant forever, before me with you and your descendants." -\v 20 Yahweh said to Aaron, "You must have no inheritance in the people's land, nor must you have any share of property among the people. I am your share and inheritance among the people of Israel. +\v 19 All the holy offerings that the people of Israel present to Yahweh, I have given to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a continual share. It is an everlasting covenant of salt, a binding covenant forever, before Yahweh for both you and your descendants with you." +\v 20 Yahweh said to Aaron, "You will have no inheritance in the people's land, nor will you have any share of property among the people. I am your share and inheritance among the people of Israel. \s5 \p @@ -49,20 +49,20 @@ \s5 \v 23 The Levites must do the work connected to the tent of meeting. They will be responsible for any sin regarding it. This will be a permanent law throughout your people's generations. And among the people of Israel they must have no inheritance. -\v 24 For the tithes of the people of Israel, which they offer as a presented offering to me—it is these that I have given to the Levites as their inheritance. That is why I said to them, 'They must have no inheritance among the people of Israel.'" +\v 24 For the tithes of the people of Israel, which they offer as a contribution to me—it is these that I have given to the Levites as their inheritance. That is why I said to them, 'They must have no inheritance among the people of Israel.'" \s5 \p \v 25 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, -\v 26 "You must speak to the Levites and say to them, 'When you receive from the people of Israel the tenth that Yahweh has given you from them as your inheritance, then you must offer up a presented offering from that tenth to him, a tenth of the tithe. -\v 27 Your presented offering must be considered by you as if it were a tenth of the grain from the threshing floor or of the production from the winepress. +\v 26 "You must speak to the Levites and say to them, 'When you receive from the people of Israel the tenth that Yahweh has given you from them as your inheritance, then you must offer up to him up a contribution from that tenth, a tenth of the tithe. +\v 27 Your contribution must be considered by you as if it were a tenth of the grain from the threshing floor or of the production from the winepress. \s5 -\v 28 So you also must make a presented offering to Yahweh from all the tithes that you receive from the people of Israel. From them you must give his presented offering to Aaron the priest. -\v 29 Out of all the gifts you receive, you must make every presented offering to Yahweh. You must do this from all the best and the holiest things that have been given to you.' +\v 28 So you also must make a contribution to Yahweh from all the tithes that you receive from the people of Israel. From them you must give his contribution to Aaron the priest. +\v 29 Out of all the gifts you receive, you must make every contribution to Yahweh. You must do this from all the best and the holiest things that have been given to you.' \s5 -\v 30 Therefore you must say to them, 'When you present the best of what you have received, then it must be considered by the Levites like the produce from the threshing floor and the winepress. +\v 30 Therefore you must say to them, 'When you present the best of it, then it must be credited to the Levites as the product from the threshing floor and the winepress. \v 31 You may eat the rest of your gifts in any place, you and your families, because it is your pay in return for your work in the tent of meeting. \v 32 You will not incur any guilt by eating and drinking it, if you have presented to Yahweh the best of what you have received. But you must not profane the holy offerings of the people of Israel, or you will die.'" diff --git a/04-NUM/20.usfm b/04-NUM/20.usfm index 18339f18..c24b61ac 100644 --- a/04-NUM/20.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/20.usfm @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \s5 \v 7 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, -\v 8 "Take your staff and assemble the community, you, and Aaron your brother. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and command it to flow with water. You will produce water for them out of that rock, and you must give it to the community and their cattle to drink." +\v 8 "Take the staff and assemble the community, you, and Aaron your brother. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and command it to flow with water. You will produce water for them out of that rock, and you must give it to the community and their cattle to drink." \v 9 Moses took the staff from before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded him to do. \s5 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \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. \s5 -\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. \s5 @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ \s5 \v 20 But the king of Edom replied, "You may not pass through." So the king of Edom came against Israel with a strong hand with many soldiers. -\v 21 The king of Edom refused to allow Israel cross over their border. Because of this, Israel turned away from the land of Edom. +\v 21 The king of Edom refused to allow Israel to cross over their border. Because of this, Israel turned away from the land of Edom. \s5 \p diff --git a/04-NUM/21.usfm b/04-NUM/21.usfm index 54b8483e..169ae528 100644 --- a/04-NUM/21.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/21.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 10 Then the people of Israel traveled on and camped at Oboth. -\v 11 They traveled from Oboth and camped at Lye Abarim in the wilderness that faces Moab toward the east. +\v 11 They traveled from there and camped at Iye Abarim in the wilderness that faces Moab toward the east. \s5 \v 12 From there they traveled on and camped in the valley of Zered. diff --git a/04-NUM/22.usfm b/04-NUM/22.usfm index 7905f5fd..0d40bcd0 100644 --- a/04-NUM/22.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/22.usfm @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \s5 \v 12 God replied to Balaam, "You must not go with those men. You must not curse the people of Israel because they have been blessed." \v 13 Balaam rose up in the morning and said to Balak's leaders, "Go back to your land because Yahweh refuses to allow me to go with you." -\v 14 So the leaders of Moab left and went back to Balak. They said, "Balaam refuses to come with us." +\v 14 So the leaders of Moab left and went back to Balak. They said, "Balaam refused to come with us." \s5 \p @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ \v 33 The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away from me, I would certainly have killed you and spared her life." \s5 -\v 34 Balaam said to the angel of Yahweh, "I have sinned. I did not know that you were standing in the road against me. Now then, if this trip displeases you, I will return from where I came." +\v 34 Balaam said to the angel of Yahweh, "I have sinned. I did not know that you stood against me in the road. So now, if it is displeasing to you, I will turn back." \v 35 But the angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, "Go on ahead with the men. But you must only speak the words that I tell you." So Balaam went with the leaders of Balak. \s5 diff --git a/04-NUM/23.usfm b/04-NUM/23.usfm index 18145300..c760fd45 100644 --- a/04-NUM/23.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/23.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \v 3 Then Balaam said to Balak, "Stand at your burnt offering and I will go. Perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me. Whatever he shows me I will tell you." So he went away to a hilltop with no trees. \s5 -\v 4 God met him, and Balaam said to him, "I have built seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on each one." +\v 4 While he was on the hilltop, God met him, and Balaam said to him, "I have built seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on each one." \v 5 Yahweh put a message in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return to Balak and speak to him." \v 6 So Balaam returned to Balak, who was standing by his burnt offering, and all the leaders of Moab were with him. @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \s5 \q \v 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob -\q2 or number even only one fourth of Israel? +\q2 or number even only one-fourth of Israel? \q Let me die the death of a righteous person, \q2 and let my life's end be like his!" diff --git a/04-NUM/24.usfm b/04-NUM/24.usfm index 2d31d19e..e895e9f3 100644 --- a/04-NUM/24.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/24.usfm @@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ \s5 \q -\v 8 God brings him out of Egypt. -\q He has strength like a wild ox. +\v 8 God brings him out of Egypt, +\q with strength like a wild ox. \q2 He will eat up the nations who fight against him. \q2 He will break their bones to pieces. \q2 He will shoot them with his arrows. diff --git a/04-NUM/25.usfm b/04-NUM/25.usfm index bd56b9d1..a1a8f92b 100644 --- a/04-NUM/25.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/25.usfm @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \s5 \v 8 He followed the Israelite man into the tent and thrust the spear through both of their bodies, both the Israelite man and the woman. So a plague that God had sent on the people of Israel stopped. -\v 9 Those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand number. +\v 9 Those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand in number. \s5 \p diff --git a/04-NUM/27.usfm b/04-NUM/27.usfm index d7fa1efe..6d312a91 100644 --- a/04-NUM/27.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/27.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \s5 \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 gathered together against Yahweh in the company of Korah. He died in his own sin; instead, it was because of his own sin that he died. +\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. \s5 \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." diff --git a/04-NUM/28.usfm b/04-NUM/28.usfm index dec217ba..25bfa10e 100644 --- a/04-NUM/28.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/28.usfm @@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ \s5 \v 3 You must also say to them, 'This is the offering made by fire that you must offer to Yahweh—male lambs a year old without blemish, two each day, as a regular burnt offering. \v 4 One lamb you must offer in the morning, and the other lamb you must offer in the evening. -\v 5 You must offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil. +\v 5 You must offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with one-fourth of a hin of beaten oil. \s5 \v 6 This is the regular burnt offering that was commanded at Mount Sinai to produce a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh. -\v 7 The drink offering with it must be a fourth of a hin for one of the lambs. You must pour out in the holy place a drink offering of strong drink to Yahweh. +\v 7 The drink offering with it must be one-fourth of a hin for one of the lambs. You must pour out in the holy place a drink offering of strong drink to Yahweh. \v 8 The other lamb you must offer in the evening along with another grain offering like the one offered in the morning. You must also offer another drink offering with it, an offering made by fire, to produce a sweet aroma for Yahweh. \s5 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \v 13 You must also offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for each lamb. This is to be the burnt offering, to produce a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh. \s5 -\v 14 The people's drink offerings must be half a hin of wine for a bull, a third of a hin for a ram, and a fourth of a hin for a lamb. This is to be the burnt offering for every month throughout the months of the year. +\v 14 The people's drink offerings must be half a hin of wine for a bull, a third of a hin for a ram, and one-fourth of a hin for a lamb. This is to be the burnt offering for every month throughout the months of the year. \v 15 One male goat as a sin offering to Yahweh must be offered. This will be in addition to the regular burnt offering and the drink offering with it. \s5 diff --git a/04-NUM/29.usfm b/04-NUM/29.usfm index 70910fb3..3f20341e 100644 --- a/04-NUM/29.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/29.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 You must offer with them their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for the bull, two tenths for the ram, -\v 4 and one tenth for each lamb of the seven lambs. +\v 4 and one-tenth for each lamb of the seven lambs. \v 5 And you must offer one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for yourselves. \s5 diff --git a/04-NUM/30.usfm b/04-NUM/30.usfm index 20d836d5..b6d5d013 100644 --- a/04-NUM/30.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/30.usfm @@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ \s5 \p \v 9 But as for a widow or a divorced woman, everything by which she has bound herself will remain in force against her. -\v 10 And if a woman in her husband's family makes a vow—if she binds herself by a promise with an oath, -\v 11 and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her—if he does not cancel her vow, then all her vows must remain in force. Every promise with which she has bound herself remains in force. +\v 10 And if a woman made a vow in her husband's house or obligates herself by taking 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 must stand and the obligations she made must remain in force. \s5 \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 remain in force. Her husband has canceled them. Yahweh will release her. diff --git a/04-NUM/32.usfm b/04-NUM/32.usfm index ba898e09..90e07258 100644 --- a/04-NUM/32.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/32.usfm @@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ \p \v 1 Now the descendants of Reuben and of Gad had large numbers of livestock. When they saw the land of Jazer and Gilead, the land was a wonderful place for livestock. \v 2 So the descendants of Gad and Reuben came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the community. They said, -\v 3 "Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, +\v 3 "This is a list of places we have surveyed: Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon. \s5 -\v 4 the lands that Yahweh attacked before the community of Israel, are good places for livestock. We, your servants, have a lot of livestock." +\v 4 These are the lands that Yahweh attacked before the community of Israel, and they are good places for livestock. We, your servants, have a lot of livestock." \v 5 They said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to us, your servants, as a possession. Do not make us cross over the Jordan." \s5 @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \v 17 However, we ourselves will be ready and armed to go with Israel's army until we have led them into their place. But our families will live in the fortified cities because of the other people who still live in this land. \s5 -\v 18 We will not return to our houses until the people of Israel, every man, has obtained his inheritance. +\v 18 We will not return to our houses until every one of the people of Israel has obtained his inheritance. \v 19 We will not inherit the land with them on the other side of the Jordan, because our inheritance is here on the east side of the Jordan." \s5 diff --git a/04-NUM/35.usfm b/04-NUM/35.usfm index aa910ef3..d4c06779 100644 --- a/04-NUM/35.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/35.usfm @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \v 5 You must measure two thousand cubits from outside the city on the east side, and two thousand cubits to the south side, two thousand cubits to the west side, and two thousand cubits to the north side. This will be the pasturelands for their cities. The cities will be in the center. \s5 -\v 6 Six of the cities that you will give to Levites must serve as cities of refuge. You must provide these as places to which accused murderers can flee. Also provide forty-two other cities. +\v 6 Six of the cities that you will give to Levites must serve as cities of refuge. You must provide these as places to which a person who has killed someone can flee. Also provide forty-two other cities. \v 7 The cities that you give to the Levites will total forty-eight. You must give their pasturelands with them. \s5 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \p \v 9 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, \v 10 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, -\v 11 then you must choose cities to serve as cities of refuge for you, so that any man who kills someone unintentionally may flee to them. +\v 11 then you must choose cities to serve as cities of refuge for you, a place to which a person who has killed someone unintentionally may flee. \s5 \v 12 These cities must be your refuge from the avenger, so that the accused man will not be killed without first standing trial before the community. @@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ \s5 \p \v 22 But if an accused man suddenly hits a victim without premeditated hate or throws something that hits the victim without lying in wait -\v 23 or if he throws a stone that could kill a victim without seeing the victim, then the accused was not the victim's enemy; he was not trying to hurt the victim. But if the victim dies anyway, +\v 23 or if he throws a stone that could kill a victim without seeing the victim, then the accused was not the victim's enemy; he was not trying to hurt the victim. But this is what to do if the victim dies anyway. \s5 -\v 24 in that case, the community must judge between the accused and the blood avenger on the basis of these rules. +\v 24 In that case, the community must judge between the accused and the blood avenger on the basis of these rules. \v 25 The community must rescue the accused from the blood avenger's power. The community must return the accused to the city of refuge to which he had originally fled. He must live there until the death of the current high priest, the one who was anointed with the holy oil. \s5 diff --git a/04-NUM/36.usfm b/04-NUM/36.usfm index 41aeddc2..07a035de 100644 --- a/04-NUM/36.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/36.usfm @@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ \s5 \c 36 \p -\v 1 Then the leaders of their ancestor's families in the clan founded by Gilead son of Machir (who was Manasseh's son), who were from the clans of the descendants of Joseph, they came and spoke before Moses and before the leaders who were the heads of the ancestor's families of the people of Israel. +\v 1 Then the leaders of the ancestors' families of the clan of Gilead son of Machir (who was Manasseh's son), who were from the clans of the descendants of Joseph, came and spoke before Moses and before the leaders who were the heads of the ancestor's families of the people of Israel. \v 2 They said, "Yahweh commanded you, our master, to give a share of land by lot to the people of Israel. You were commanded by Yahweh to give the share of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters. \s5 \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 year of 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." \s5 \p diff --git a/05-DEU/01.usfm b/05-DEU/01.usfm index 244787a5..95c4e513 100644 --- a/05-DEU/01.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/01.usfm @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 26 Yet you refused to attack, but rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God. -\v 27 You complained in your tents and said, "It is because Yahweh hated us that he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to defeat us by the power of the Amorites, and to destroy us. +\v 27 You complained in your tents and said, "It is because Yahweh hated us that he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us. \v 28 Where can we go now? Our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, 'Those people are bigger and taller than we are; their cities are large and are fortified up to the heavens; moreover, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.'" \s5 diff --git a/05-DEU/04.usfm b/05-DEU/04.usfm index 90dc0b0f..41e9af2b 100644 --- a/05-DEU/04.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/04.usfm @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 9 Only pay attention and carefully guard yourself, so that you do not forget the things that your eyes have seen, so that they do not leave your heart for all the days of your life. Instead, make them known to your children and your children's children— -\v 10 the day that you stood before Yahweh your God at Horeb, when Yahweh said to me, 'Assemble me the people, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.' +\v 9 Only pay attention and carefully guard yourself, so that you do not forget the things that your eyes have seen, so that they do not leave your heart for all the days of your life. Instead, make them known to your children and your children's children. +\v 10 On the day that you stood before Yahweh your God at Horeb, when Yahweh said to me, 'Assemble me the people, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.' \s5 \v 11 You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain. The mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. @@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ \s5 \p -\v 15 So take great heed to yourselves, for you saw no kind of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you at Horeb out of the middle of the fire. -\v 16 Be careful that you do not corrupt yourselves and make a carved figure in the likeness of any creature, the form of a male or a female person, +\v 15 So take great heed to yourselves—for you saw no kind of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you at Horeb out of the middle of the fire— +\v 16 that you do not corrupt yourselves and make a carved figure in the likeness of any creature, the form of a male or a female person, \v 17 or the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the heavens, \v 18 or the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, or the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth. - + \s5 -\v 19 Be careful when you lift your eyes up to the heavens and look at the sun, the moon, or the stars—all the host of the heavens—be careful that you are not drawn away to worship them and adore them—those things that Yahweh your God has assigned them there for all the people under the whole sky. +\v 19 You shall not lift your eyes up to the heavens and look at the sun, the moon, or the stars—all the host of the heavens—and be drawn away to worship them and adore them—those things of which Yahweh your God has given a share all the peoples under the whole sky. \v 20 But Yahweh has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of his own inheritance, as you are today. - + \s5 \v 21 Yahweh was angry with me because of you; he swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go into that good land, the land that Yahweh your God is giving to you as an inheritance. \v 22 Instead, I must die in this land; I must not go over the Jordan; but you will go over and possess that good land. @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ \v 33 Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live? \s5 -\v 34 Or has God ever attempted to go and take for himself a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a display of great power, and by great terrors, as everything that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? +\v 34 Or has God ever attempted to go and take for himself a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, as everything that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? \s5 \v 35 To you these things were shown, so that you might know that Yahweh is God, and that there is no one else besides him. diff --git a/05-DEU/05.usfm b/05-DEU/05.usfm index e5b0d384..51333d0e 100644 --- a/05-DEU/05.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/05.usfm @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \v 8 You will not make for yourself a carved figure nor any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water below. \s5 -\v 9 You will not bow down to them or serve them, for I, Yahweh, your God, am a jealous God. I punish the +\v 9 You will not bow down to them or serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God. I punish the ancestors' wickedness by bringing punishment on the children, to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, \v 10 and showing covenant faithfulness to thousands, to those who love me and keep my commandments. @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ ancestors' wickedness by bringing punishment on the children, to the third and f \v 14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. On it you will not do any work—not you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor any foreigner who is within your gates. This is so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. \s5 -\v 15 You will call to mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by a display of power. Therefore Yahweh your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. +\v 15 You will call to mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore Yahweh your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. \s5 \p diff --git a/05-DEU/07.usfm b/05-DEU/07.usfm index df31f6c1..af27257a 100644 --- a/05-DEU/07.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/07.usfm @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ \s5 \c 7 \p -\v 1 When Yahweh your God brings you into the land that you go to possess, and drives out many nations before you—the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites—seven nations greater and mightier than you; +\v 1 When Yahweh your God brings you into the land that you go to possess, and drives out many nations before you—the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites—seven nations greater and mightier than you. \s5 -\v 2 and when Yahweh your God gives you victory over them when you meet them in battle, you must attack them, then you must completely destroy them. You will make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them. +\v 2 And when Yahweh your God gives you victory over them when you meet them in battle, you must attack them, then you must completely destroy them. You will make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them. \v 3 Neither will you arrange any marriages with them; you will not give your daughters to their sons, and you will not take their daughters for your sons. \s5 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 6 For you are a nation that is set apart for Yahweh your God. He has chosen you to be a people for him to possess, more than all the other peoples that are on the face of the earth. +\v 6 For you are a nation that is set apart to Yahweh your God. He has chosen you to be a people for him to possess, more than all the other peoples that are on the face of the earth. \s5 \v 7 Yahweh did not set his love upon you or choose you because you were more in number than any people—for you were the fewest of all peoples— @@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ \p \v 17 If you say in your heart, 'These nations are more numerous than I; how can I dispossess them?'— \v 18 do not be afraid of them; you will call to mind what Yahweh your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt; -\v 19 the great sufferings that your eyes saw, the signs, the wonders, the mighty hand, and the display of power by which Yahweh your God brought you out. Yahweh your God will do the same to all the peoples whom you fear. - +\v 19 the great sufferings that your eyes saw, the signs, the wonders, the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm by which Yahweh your God brought you out. Yahweh your God will do the same to all the peoples whom you fear. + \s5 \v 20 Moreover, Yahweh your God will send the hornet among them, until those who are left and who hide themselves from you perish from your presence. \v 21 You will not be frightened at them, for Yahweh your God is among you, a great and fearsome God. @@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ \v 24 He will put their kings under your power, and you will make their name perish from under heaven. No one will be able to stand before you, until you have destroyed them. \s5 -\v 25 You will burn the carved figures of their god; do not desire the silver or the gold that covers them so much that you want to take it for yourself, and you become trapped by it; for it is detestable to Yahweh your God. -\v 26 You will not bring any disgusting thing into your house and start to worship it. You will utterly detest and abhor it, for it is set apart for destruction. - +\v 25 You will burn the carved figures of their gods—do not covet the silver or the gold that covers them and take it for yourself, because if you do, you will become trapped by it—for it is an abomination to Yahweh your God. +\v 26 You will not bring any abomination into your house and start to worship it. You will utterly detest and abhor it, for it is set apart for destruction. + diff --git a/05-DEU/08.usfm b/05-DEU/08.usfm index 5a24eb5c..75ad0244 100644 --- a/05-DEU/08.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/08.usfm @@ -7,34 +7,34 @@ \v 2 You will call to mind all the ways that Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order that he might humble you, that he might test you to know what was in your heart, as to whether you would keep his commandments or not. \s5 -\v 3 He humbled you, and made you hunger, and fed you with manna, which you had not known, nor which your ancestors had known, nor your fathers. He did that to make you know that people do not live by bread only, but rather, it is by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh that people live. +\v 3 He humbled you, and made you hunger, and fed you with manna, which you had not known and which your fathers had not known. He did that to make you know that it is not by bread alone that people live; rather, it is by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh that people live. \s5 -\v 4 Your clothing did not grow old on you, and your feet did not swell up during those forty years. -\v 5 You will think about in your heart, how, as a man corrects his son, so Yahweh your God corrects you. +\v 4 Your clothing did not wear out and fall off you, and your feet did not swell up during those forty years. +\v 5 You will think about in your heart, how, as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you. \v 6 You will keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, so that you might walk in his ways and honor him. \s5 \v 7 For Yahweh your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out into valleys and among hills; \v 8 a land of wheat and barley, of vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey. -\s5 +\s5 \v 9 It is a land in which you will eat bread without lack, and where you will not go without anything; a land whose stones are made of iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper. \v 10 You will eat and be full, and you will bless Yahweh your God for the good land that he has given you. \s5 \p \v 11 Be careful that you do not forget Yahweh your God, and that you do not neglect his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes that I am commanding you today. -\v 12 So that it will not happen that, when you eat and are full, and when you build good houses and live in them, +\v 12 Be careful that, when you eat and are full, and when you build good houses and live in them. \s5 -\v 13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and when your silver and your gold increase, and when all that you have multiplies— -\v 14 that then your heart might become lifted up, and you might forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. - +\v 13 And be careful when your herds and your flocks multiply, and when your silver and your gold increase, and when all that you have multiplies, +\v 14 that then your heart become lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God—who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. + \s5 -\v 15 You might forget him who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions, and through thirsty ground where there was no water; Yahweh, who brought water out of the rock of flint for you; -\v 16 Yahweh, who fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors had not known, so that he might humble you, and that he might test you, to do you good in the end; -\v 17 otherwise, you might say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand acquired all this wealth.' +\v 15 Do not forget him who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions, and through thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought water out of the rock of flint for you, +\v 16 who fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors had not known, so that he might humble you, and that he might test you, to do you good in the end— +\v 17 and you say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand acquired all this wealth.' \s5 \v 18 But you will call to mind Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is today. diff --git a/05-DEU/09.usfm b/05-DEU/09.usfm index 6861ba71..f10819ab 100644 --- a/05-DEU/09.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/09.usfm @@ -3,17 +3,17 @@ \s5 \c 9 \p -\v 1 Hear, Israel; you are to about to cross over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, and cities that are great and fortified up to heaven, +\v 1 Hear, Israel; you are about to cross over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, and cities that are great and fortified up to heaven, \v 2 a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard people say, 'Who can stand before the sons of Anak?' \s5 -\v 3 Know therefore today, that Yahweh your God is he who goes over before you like a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will bring them down before you; so will you drive them out and make them to perish quickly, as Yahweh has said to you. +\v 3 Know therefore today that Yahweh your God is he who goes over before you like a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will subdue them before you; so will you drive them out and make them to perish quickly, as Yahweh has said to you. \s5 -\v 4 Do not say in your heart, after Yahweh your God has thrust them out from before you, 'It was because of my righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land,' for it was because of the wickedness of these nations that Yahweh is driving them out from before you. +\v 4 Do not say in your heart, after Yahweh your God has thrust them out from before you, 'It was because of my righteousness that Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land,' for it was because of the wickedness of these nations that Yahweh is driving them out from before you. \s5 -\v 5 It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are going in to possess their land; but because of the wickedness of these nations that your God is driving them out from before you, and so that he may make come true the word that he swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. +\v 5 It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that your God is driving them out from before you, and so that he may make come true the word that he swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. \s5 \p @@ -29,15 +29,15 @@ \s5 \v 11 It happened at the end of those forty days and forty nights that Yahweh gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant. -\v 12 Yahweh said to me, 'Arise, go down quickly from here, for your people that you brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned aside out of the path that I commanded them. They have made for themselves a cast figure.' +\v 12 Yahweh said to me, 'Arise, go down quickly from here, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned aside out of the path that I commanded them. They have made for themselves a cast figure.' \s5 \v 13 Furthermore, Yahweh spoke to me and said, 'I have seen this people; they are a stubborn people. \v 14 Let me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven, and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.' - + \s5 \v 15 So I turned around and came down the mountain, and the mountain was burning. The two tablets of the covenant were in my hands. -\v 16 I looked, and, see, you had sinned against Yahweh your God. You had molded for yourselves a calf. You had turned away from the way that Yahweh had commanded you. +\v 16 I looked, and behold, you had sinned against Yahweh your God. You had molded for yourselves a calf. You had quickly turned aside out of the path that Yahweh had commanded you. \s5 \v 17 I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands. I broke them before your eyes. @@ -53,18 +53,18 @@ \s5 \p \v 22 At Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah, you provoked Yahweh to wrath. -\v 23 When Yahweh sent you from Kadesh Barnea and said, 'Go up and possess the land that I have given you,' then you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God, and you did not believe or listen to his voice. +\v 23 When Yahweh sent you from Kadesh Barnea and said, 'Go up and take possession of the land that I have given you,' then you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God, and you did not believe or listen to his voice. \v 24 You have been rebellious against Yahweh from the day that I knew you. \s5 \p \v 25 So I lay facedown before Yahweh those forty days and forty nights, because he had said that he would destroy you. -\v 26 I prayed to Yahweh and said, 'O Lord Yahweh, do not destroy your people or your inheritance that you have rescued through your greatness, which you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand. +\v 26 I prayed to Yahweh and said, 'O Lord Yahweh, do not destroy your people or your inheritance whom you have redeemed through your greatness, which you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand. \s5 -\v 27 Call to mind your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stubbornness of this people, nor at their wickedness, nor at their sin, +\v 27 Call to mind your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stubbornness of this people, nor at their wickedness, nor at their sin, \v 28 so that the land from where you brought us should say, "Because Yahweh was not able to bring them into the land that he promised to them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness." -\v 29 Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your great strength and by the display of your power.' - +\v 29 Yet they are your people and your inheritance, whom you brought out by your great strength and by the display of your power.' + diff --git a/05-DEU/10.usfm b/05-DEU/10.usfm index 1d137a0d..324deda2 100644 --- a/05-DEU/10.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/10.usfm @@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ \s5 \c 10 \p -\v 1 At that time Yahweh said to me, 'Carve two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to me on the mountain, and make a chest of wood. -\v 2 I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke, and you will put them in the chest.' +\v 1 At that time Yahweh said to me, 'Carve two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood. +\v 2 I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke, and you will put them in the ark.' + +\s5 +\v 3 So I made an ark of acacia wood, and I carved two tablets of stone like the first, and I went up the mountain, having the two tablets in my hand. +\v 4 He wrote on the tablets, like the first writing, the Ten Commandments which Yahweh had spoken to you on the mountain out of the middle of the fire on the day of the assembly; then Yahweh gave them to me. \s5 -\v 3 So I made a chest of acacia wood, and I carved two tablets of stone like the first, and I went up the mountain, having the two tablets in my hand. -\v 4 He wrote on the tablets, like the first writing, the Ten Commandments which Yahweh had spoken to you on the mountain out of the middle of the fire in the day of the assembly; then Yahweh gave them to me. - -\s5 -\v 5 I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the chest that I had made; there they are, as Yahweh commanded me." +\v 5 I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark that I had made; there they are, as Yahweh commanded me." \s5 \v 6 (The people of Israel journeyed from Beeroth Bene Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried; Eleazar, his son, served in the priest's office in his place. @@ -28,20 +28,20 @@ \s5 \p \v 12 Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, except to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, and to worship Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul, -\v 13 to keep the commandments of Yahweh, and his statutes, that I am commanding you today for your own good? - +\v 13 to keep the commandments of Yahweh, and his statutes, which I am commanding you today for your own good? + \s5 -\v 14 See, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is in them. +\v 14 Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is in them. \v 15 Only Yahweh took pleasure in your fathers so as to love them, and he chose you, their descendants, after them, more than any of the other peoples, as he does today. - + \s5 \v 16 Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stubborn no longer. \v 17 For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods and Lord of masters, the great God, the mighty one and the fearsome one, who favors no one and takes no bribes. - + \s5 \v 18 He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and he shows love for the foreigner by giving him food and clothing. \v 19 Therefore love the foreigner; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. - + \s5 \v 20 You will fear Yahweh your God; him will you worship. To him you must cling, and by his name will you swear. \v 21 He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you these great and fearsome things, which your eyes have seen. diff --git a/05-DEU/11.usfm b/05-DEU/11.usfm index 6a0a58fd..f53da7db 100644 --- a/05-DEU/11.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/11.usfm @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ - \s5 \c 11 @@ -6,7 +5,7 @@ \v 1 Therefore you will love Yahweh your God and always keep his instructions, his statutes, his decrees, and his commandments. \s5 -\v 2 Notice that I am not speaking to your children, who have not known or seen the punishment of Yahweh your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, or the display of his power, +\v 2 Notice that I am not speaking to your children, who have not known nor have they seen the punishment of Yahweh your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, or his outstretched arm, \v 3 the signs and deeds that he did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to all his land. \s5 @@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ \s5 \v 20 You will write them on the doorposts of your house and on your city gates, -\v 21 that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land that Yahweh swore to your fathers that he would give them, be as many days as the heavens are high above the earth. +\v 21 that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land that Yahweh swore to your ancestors to give them, for as long as the heavens are above the earth. \s5 \v 22 For if you diligently keep all these commandments that I am commanding you, so as to do them, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cling to him, diff --git a/05-DEU/12.usfm b/05-DEU/12.usfm index 6e1fb34d..b8bdc4b6 100644 --- a/05-DEU/12.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/12.usfm @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ \c 12 \p \v 1 These are the statutes and the decrees that you will keep in the land that Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess, all the days that you live on the earth. -\v 2 You will surely destroy all the places where the nations that you will dispossess worshiped their gods, on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree; +\v 2 You will surely destroy all the places where the nations that you will dispossess worshiped their gods, on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree. \s5 -\v 3 and you will break down their altars, dash in pieces their stone pillars, and burn their Asherah poles; you will cut down the carved figures of their gods and destroy their name out of that place. +\v 3 And you will break down their altars, dash in pieces their stone pillars, and burn their Asherah poles; you will cut down the carved figures of their gods and destroy their name out of that place. \v 4 You will not worship Yahweh your God like that. \s5 @@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ \p \v 29 When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations from before you, when you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them, and live in their land, \v 30 pay attention to yourself that you are not trapped into following them, after they are destroyed from before you—trapped into investigating their gods, into asking, 'How do these nations worship their gods? I will do the same.' - + \s5 -\v 31 You will not do that in respect to Yahweh your God, for everything that is disgusting to Yahweh, things that he hates—they have done these with their gods; they even burn their sons and their daughters in fire for their gods. +\v 31 You will not do that in respect to Yahweh your God, for everything that is an abomination to Yahweh, things that he hates—they have done these with their gods; they even burn their sons and their daughters in fire for their gods. \p \v 32 Whatever I command you, observe it. Do not add to it or take away from it. diff --git a/05-DEU/13.usfm b/05-DEU/13.usfm index e45efe94..ad5fbfe6 100644 --- a/05-DEU/13.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/13.usfm @@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ \s5 \v 10 You will stone him to death with stones, because he has tried to draw you away from Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. \v 11 All Israel will hear and fear, and will not continue to do this kind of wickedness among you. - + \s5 \p \v 12 If you hear anyone say about one of your cities, that Yahweh your God gives you to live in: \v 13 Some wicked fellows have gone out from among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city and said, 'Let us go and worship other gods that you have not known.' -\v 14 Then you will examine the evidence, make search, and investigate it thoroughly. If it is true and certain that such a detestable thing has been done among you— +\v 14 Then you will examine the evidence, make search, and investigate it thoroughly. When you discover that it is true and certain that such an abominable thing has been done among you, then you will take action. \s5 -\v 15 then you will surely attack the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, completely destroy it and all the people who are in it, along with its livestock, with the edge of the sword. +\v 15 You will surely attack the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, completely destroy it and all the people who are in it, along with its livestock, with the edge of the sword. \v 16 You will gather all the spoil from it into the middle of its street and will burn the city, as well as all its spoil—for Yahweh your God. The city will be a heap of ruins forever; it must never be built again. \s5 diff --git a/05-DEU/14.usfm b/05-DEU/14.usfm index 7d1d10ff..9f526b17 100644 --- a/05-DEU/14.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/14.usfm @@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ \c 14 \p \v 1 You are the people of Yahweh your God. Do not cut yourselves, nor shave any part of your face for the dead. -\v 2 For you are a nation that is set apart for Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, more than all peoples that are on the surface of the earth. - +\v 2 For you are a nation that is set apart to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, more than all peoples that are on the surface of the earth. + \s5 \p -\v 3 You must not eat any disgusting thing. +\v 3 You must not eat any abominable thing. \v 4 These are the animals that you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, \v 5 the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, and ibex, and the antelope, and the mountain sheep. - + \s5 \v 6 You may eat any animals that parts the hoof, that is, that has the hoof divided in two, and that chews the cud. \v 7 Nevertheless, you must not eat some animals that chew the cud or that have the hoof divided in two: the camel, the rabbit, and the rock badger; because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, they are unclean for you. @@ -28,22 +28,22 @@ \p \v 11 All clean birds you may eat. \v 12 But these are the birds that you must not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey, -\v 13 the red kite and black kite, any kind of falcon, +\v 13 the red kite and black kite, any kind of falcon. \s5 -\v 14 any kind of raven, +\v 14 You must not eat any kind of raven, \v 15 and the ostrich, and the night hawk, the sea gull, any kind of hawk, \v 16 the little owl, the great owl, the white owl, -\v 17 the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant, +\v 17 the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant. \s5 -\v 18 and the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat. +\v 18 You must not eat the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat. \v 19 All winged, swarming things are unclean for you; they must not be eaten. \v 20 You may eat all clean flying things. \s5 \p -\v 21 You must not eat of anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the foreigner who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a nation that is set apart for Yahweh your God. You must not boil a young goat in its mother's milk. +\v 21 You must not eat of anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the foreigner who is within your towns, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a nation that is set apart to Yahweh your God. You must not boil a young goat in its mother's milk. \s5 \p diff --git a/05-DEU/15.usfm b/05-DEU/15.usfm index dfcd1e46..4c09d7b3 100644 --- a/05-DEU/15.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/15.usfm @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \s5 \p -\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. diff --git a/05-DEU/16.usfm b/05-DEU/16.usfm index 6c9e7c10..2c04239f 100644 --- a/05-DEU/16.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/16.usfm @@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ \s5 \v 16 Three times in a year all your males must appear before Yahweh your God at the place that he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, at the Festival of Weeks, and at the Festival of Shelters; and they will not appear before Yahweh empty-handed; \v 17 instead, every man will give as he is able, that you might know the blessing that Yahweh your God has given to you. - + \s5 \p \v 18 You must make judges and officers within all your city gates that Yahweh your God is giving you; they will be taken from each of your tribes, and they must judge the people with righteous judgment. -\v 19 You must not force justice; you must not show partiality nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous. +\v 19 You must not take justice away by force; you must not show partiality nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous. \v 20 You must follow after justice, after justice alone, so that you may live and inherit the land that Yahweh your God is giving you. - + \s5 \p \v 21 You must not set up for yourselves an Asherah, any sort of pole, beside the altar of Yahweh your God that you will make for yourself. diff --git a/05-DEU/17.usfm b/05-DEU/17.usfm index 1779a0ad..e69a533c 100644 --- a/05-DEU/17.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/17.usfm @@ -1,15 +1,14 @@ - \s5 \c 17 \p -\v 1 You must not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox or a sheep in which is any blemish or anything bad, for that would be disgusting to Yahweh your God. - +\v 1 You must not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox or a sheep in which is any blemish or anything bad, for that would be an abomination to Yahweh your God. + \s5 \p \v 2 If there is found among you, within any of your city gates that Yahweh your God is giving you, any man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God and transgresses his covenant— \v 3 anyone who has gone and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, either the sun, the moon, or any of the host of heaven—nothing that I have commanded, -\v 4 and if you are told about this, or if you have heard of it—then you must make a careful investigation. If it is true and certain that such a detestable thing has been done in Israel— +\v 4 and if you are told about this, or if you have heard of it—then you must make a careful investigation. If it is true and certain that such an abomination has been done in Israel— \s5 \v 5 —then you must bring that man or woman, who has done this evil thing, to your city gates, that very man or woman, and you must stone that person to death. \v 6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, will he who must die be put to death; but at the mouth of only one witness he must not be put to death. diff --git a/05-DEU/18.usfm b/05-DEU/18.usfm index 3e88df17..08084e41 100644 --- a/05-DEU/18.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/18.usfm @@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ \v 6 If a Levite comes from any of your towns out of all Israel from where he is living, and desires with all his soul to come to the place Yahweh will choose, \v 7 then he must serve in the name of Yahweh his God as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before Yahweh. \v 8 They must have similar portions to eat, besides of what comes of the sale of his family's inheritance. - + \s5 \p -\v 9 When you have come into the land that Yahweh your God is giving you, you must not learn to observe the disgusting things of those nations. -\v 10 There must not be found among you any one who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, anyone who uses divination, anyone who practices augury, or any enchanter, or any sorcerer, +\v 9 When you have come into the land that Yahweh your God is giving you, you must not learn to observe the abominations of those nations. +\v 10 There must not be found among you any one who puts his son or his daughter into the fire, anyone who uses divination, anyone who practices augury, or any enchanter, or any sorcerer, \v 11 any charmer, anyone who talks with the dead, or anyone who talks with spirits. \s5 -\v 12 For whoever does these things is detestable to Yahweh; it is because of these detestable things that Yahweh your God is driving them out from before you. +\v 12 For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh; it is because of these abominations that Yahweh your God is driving them out from before you. \v 13 You must be blameless before Yahweh your God. \v 14 For these nations that you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery and divination; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you to do so. @@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ \s5 \p \v 20 But the prophet who speaks a word arrogantly in my name, a word that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that very prophet must die.' -\v 21 If you say in your heart, 'How will we recognize a message that Yahweh has not spoken?'— +\v 21 This is what you must say in your heart: 'How will we recognize a message that Yahweh has not spoken?' \s5 -\v 22 when a prophet speaks in the name of Yahweh, if that thing does not occur nor happen, then that is something that Yahweh has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it arrogantly, and you must not be afraid of him. +\v 22 You will recognize a message that Yahweh has spoken when a prophet speaks in the name of Yahweh. If that thing does not occur nor happen, then that is something that Yahweh has not spoken and the prophet has spoken it arrogantly, and you must not be afraid of him. diff --git a/05-DEU/20.usfm b/05-DEU/20.usfm index 1671d527..a5c6ad77 100644 --- a/05-DEU/20.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/20.usfm @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ - \s5 \c 20 @@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ \s5 \v 16 In the cities of these peoples that Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must save alive nothing that breathes. \v 17 Instead, you must completely destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as Yahweh your God has commanded you. -\v 18 Do this so that they do not teach you to act in any of their disgusting ways, as they have done with their gods. If you do, you will sin against Yahweh your God. +\v 18 Do this so that they do not teach you to act in any of their abominable ways, as they have done with their gods. If you do, you will sin against Yahweh your God. \s5 \p diff --git a/05-DEU/21.usfm b/05-DEU/21.usfm index ff1764ed..ca142285 100644 --- a/05-DEU/21.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/21.usfm @@ -23,20 +23,20 @@ \s5 \p -\v 10 When you go out to do battle against your enemies and Yahweh your God gives you victory and puts them under your control, then you must take them away as captives. -\v 11 If you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have a desire for her and wish to take her for yourself as a wife, -\v 12 then you will bring her home to your house, she will shave her head and cut her nails. - +\v 10 When you go out to do battle against your enemies and Yahweh your God gives you victory and puts them under your control, and you take them away as captives, +\v 11 if you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have a desire for her and wish to take her for yourself as a wife, +\v 12 then you will bring her home to your house; she will shave her head and cut her nails. + \s5 -\v 13 She will take off the clothes she was wearing when she was taken captive, and she will remain in your house and mourn for her father and her mother a full month. After that you may sleep with her and be her husband, and she will be your wife. +\v 13 Then she will take off the clothes she was wearing when she was taken captive and she will remain in your house and mourn for her father and her mother a full month. After that you may sleep with her and be her husband, and she will be your wife. \v 14 But if you take no delight in her, then you may let her go where she wishes. But you must not sell her at all for money, and you must not treat her like a slave, because you have humiliated her. - + \s5 \p \v 15 If a man has two wives and one is loved and the other is hated, and they have both borne him children—both the beloved wife and the hated wife—if the firstborn son is of her that is hated, \v 16 then on the day that the man causes his sons to inherit what he possesses, he may not make the son of the beloved wife the firstborn before the son of the hated wife, the son who is actually the firstborn. \v 17 Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he possesses; for that son is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him. - + \s5 \p \v 18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, even though they correct him, will not listen to them; diff --git a/05-DEU/22.usfm b/05-DEU/22.usfm index 245fa019..94334444 100644 --- a/05-DEU/22.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/22.usfm @@ -1,34 +1,33 @@ - \s5 \c 22 \p -\v 1 You must not watch your fellow Israelite's ox or his sheep go astray and hide yourself from them; you must surely bring it back to him. +\v 1 You must not watch your fellow Israelite's ox or his sheep go astray and hide yourself from them; you must surely bring them back to him. \v 2 If your fellow Israelite is not near to you, or if you do not know him, then you must bring the animal home to your house, and it must be with you until he looks for it, and then you must restore it to him. - + \s5 -\v 3 You must do the same with his donkey; you must do the same with his garment; you must do the same with every lost thing of your fellow Israelite's, anything that he has lost and you have found; you may not hide yourself. +\v 3 You must do the same with his donkey; you must do the same with his garment; you must do the same with every lost thing of your fellow Israelite's, anything that he has lost and you have found; you must not hide yourself. \v 4 You must not see your fellow Israelite's donkey or his ox fallen down in the road and hide yourself from them; you must surely help him to lift it up again. - + \s5 \p -\v 5 A woman must not wear what pertains to a man, and neither must a man put on women's clothing; for whoever does these things is something disgusting to Yahweh your God. - +\v 5 A woman must not wear what pertains to a man, and neither must a man put on women's clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh your God. + \s5 \p \v 6 If a bird's nest happens to be in front of you on the road, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs in it, and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young. \v 7 You must surely let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself. Obey this command so that it may go well with you, and that you may prolong your days. - + \s5 \p -\v 8 When you build a new house, then you must make a railing for your roof, so that you do not bring blood on your house, if anyone falls from there. +\v 8 When you build a new house, then you must make a railing for your roof so that you do not bring blood on your house if anyone falls from there. \s5 \p \v 9 You must not plant your vineyard with two kinds of seed, so that the whole harvest is not confiscated by the holy place, the seed that you have sown and the yield of the vineyard. \v 10 You must not plow with an ox and a donkey together. \v 11 You must not wear fabric made of wool and linen together. - + \s5 \p \v 12 You must make yourself fringes on the four corners of the cloak with which you clothe yourself. @@ -55,8 +54,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 22 If a man is found sleeping with a woman who is married to another man, then they must both die, the man who was sleeping with the woman, and the woman herself; and you will remove the evil from among you. - +\v 22 If a man is found sleeping with a woman who is married to another man, then they must both die, the man who was sleeping with the woman and the woman herself; and you will remove the evil from among you. + \s5 \p \v 23 If there is a girl who is a virgin, engaged to a man, and another man finds her in the city and sleeps with her, diff --git a/05-DEU/23.usfm b/05-DEU/23.usfm index 6d541623..9957b546 100644 --- a/05-DEU/23.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/23.usfm @@ -1,26 +1,25 @@ - \s5 \c 23 \p -\v 1 Any male whose private parts have been crushed or cut off may not belong to the assembly of Yahweh. +\v 1 No man injured by crushing or cutting off may enter the assembly of Yahweh. \p \v 2 No illegitimate child may belong to the assembly of Yahweh; as far as to the tenth generation of his descendants, none of them may belong to the assembly of Yahweh. - + \s5 \p \v 3 An Ammonite or a Moabite may not belong to the assembly of Yahweh; as far as to the tenth generation of his descendants, none of them may belong to the assembly of Yahweh. -\v 4 This is because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the road, when you had come out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim, to curse you. - +\v 4 This is because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the road when you had come out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim, to curse you. + \s5 \v 5 But Yahweh your God would not listen to Balaam; instead, Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because Yahweh your God loved you. \v 6 You must never seek their peace or prosperity, during all your days. - + \s5 \p -\v 7 You must not detest an Edomite, for he is your fellow Israelite; you must not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a foreigner in his land. +\v 7 You must not detest an Edomite, for he is your brother; you must not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a foreigner in his land. \v 8 The descendants of the third generation that are born to them may belong to the assembly of Yahweh. - + \s5 \p \v 9 When you march out as an army against your enemies, then you must keep yourselves from every evil thing. @@ -35,12 +34,12 @@ \p \v 15 You must not give back to his master a slave who has escaped from his master. \v 16 Let him live with you, in whatever town he chooses. Do not oppress him. - + \s5 \p \v 17 There must be no cultic prostitute among any of the daughters of Israel, neither must there be a cultic prostitute among the sons of Israel. -\v 18 You must not bring the wages of a female prostitute, or the wages of a male prostitute, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow; for both these are something disgusting to Yahweh your God. - +\v 18 You must not bring the wages of a prostitute or the wages of a dog into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow; for both these are abominations to Yahweh your God. + \s5 \p \v 19 You must not lend on interest to your fellow Israelite—interest of money, interest of food, or the interest of anything that is lent on interest. diff --git a/05-DEU/24.usfm b/05-DEU/24.usfm index d078c0d2..6d184d7f 100644 --- a/05-DEU/24.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/24.usfm @@ -1,15 +1,14 @@ - \s5 \c 24 \p -\v 1 When a man takes a wife and marries her, if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some unsuitable thing in her, then he must write her a bill of divorcement, put it into her hand, and send her out of his house. +\v 1 When a man takes a wife and marries her, if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some unsuitable thing in her, then he must write her a certificate of divorce, put it into her hand, and send her out of his house. \v 2 When she has gone out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife. - + \s5 \v 3 If the second husband hates her and writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it into her hand, and sends her out of his house; or if the second husband dies, the man who took her to be his wife— -\v 4 then her former husband, the one who had first sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has become impure; for that would be something disgusting to Yahweh. You must not cause the land to become guilty, the land that Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance. - +\v 4 then her former husband, the one who had first sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has become impure; for that would be an abomination to Yahweh. You must not cause the land to become guilty, the land that Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance. + \s5 \p \v 5 When a man takes a new wife, he will not go to war with the army, neither may he be commanded to go on any forced duty; he will be free to be at home for one year and will cheer his wife whom he has taken. @@ -25,8 +24,8 @@ \s5 \p \v 8 Take heed regarding any plague of leprosy, so that you carefully observe and follow every instruction given to you which the priests, the Levites, teach you; as I commanded them, so you will act. -\v 9 Call to mind what Yahweh your God did to Miriam, as you came out of Egypt. - +\v 9 Call to mind what Yahweh your God did to Miriam as you were coming out of Egypt. + \s5 \p \v 10 When you make your neighbor any kind of loan, you must not go into his house to fetch his pledge. @@ -44,10 +43,10 @@ \s5 \p \v 16 The parents must not be put to death for their children, neither must the children be put to death for their parents. Instead, everyone must be put to death for his own sin. - + \s5 \p -\v 17 You must not force away the justice that is due the foreigner or the fatherless, nor take the widow's cloak as a pledge. +\v 17 You must not use force to take away the justice that is due the foreigner or the fatherless, nor take the widow's cloak as a pledge. \v 18 Instead, you must call to mind that you were a slave in Egypt, and that Yahweh your God rescued you from there. Therefore I instruct you to obey this command. \s5 diff --git a/05-DEU/25.usfm b/05-DEU/25.usfm index e7f33977..b76c03f0 100644 --- a/05-DEU/25.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/25.usfm @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ - \s5 \c 25 @@ -7,20 +6,20 @@ \v 2 If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, then the judge will make him lie down and be beaten in his presence with the ordered number of blows, as was his crime. \s5 -\v 3 The judge may give him forty blows, but he may not exceed that number; for if he should exceed that number and beat him with many more blows, then your fellow Israelite would be humiliated in your view. - +\v 3 The judge may give him forty blows, but he may not exceed that number; for if he should exceed that number and beat him with many more blows, then your fellow Israelite would be humiliated before your eyes. + \s5 \p \v 4 You must not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain. \s5 \p -\v 5 If brothers live together and one of them die, not having any son, then the wife of the dead man must not be married off to someone else outside the family. Instead, her husband's brother must sleep with her and take her to himself as a wife, and do the duty of a husband's brother to her. +\v 5 If brothers live together and one of them dies, not having any son, then the wife of the dead man must not be married off to someone else outside the family. Instead, her husband's brother must sleep with her and take her to himself as a wife, and do the duty of a husband's brother to her. \v 6 This is so that the firstborn that she bears will succeed in the name of that man's dead brother, so that his name will not perish from Israel. \s5 \v 7 But if the man does not wish to take his brother's wife for himself, then his brother's wife must go up to the gate to the elders and say, 'My husband's brother refuses to raise up for his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.' \v 8 Then the elders of his city must call him and speak to him. But suppose that he insists and says, 'I do not wish to take her.' - + \s5 \v 9 Then his brother's wife must come up to him in the presence of the elders, take off his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. She must answer him and say, 'This is what is done to the man who does not build up his brother's house.' \v 10 His name will be called in Israel, 'The house of him whose sandal has been taken off.' @@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ \s5 \v 15 A perfect and just weight you must have; a perfect and just measure you must have, so that your days may be long in the land that Yahweh your God is giving you. -\v 16 For all who do such things, all that act unrighteously, are a disgusting thing to Yahweh your God. +\v 16 For all who do such things, all that act unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh your God. \s5 \p diff --git a/05-DEU/26.usfm b/05-DEU/26.usfm index ac922c91..b2ba0b96 100644 --- a/05-DEU/26.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/26.usfm @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \v 7 We cried out to Yahweh, the God of our fathers, and he heard our voice and saw our affliction, our labor, and our oppression. \s5 -\v 8 Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, with a display of his power, with great fearsomeness, with signs, and with wonders; +\v 8 Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, with great fearsomeness, with signs, and with wonders; \v 9 and he has brought us to this place and has given us this land, a land that flows with milk and honey. \s5 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \s5 \v 18 And today Yahweh has acknowledged that you are a people who are his own possession, as he had promised to make you, and that you should keep all his commandments. -\v 19 Yahweh has today acknowledged that he will set you high above all the other nations that he has made, in respect to praise, to reputation, and to honor. You will be a people that is set apart for Yahweh your God, just as he said." +\v 19 Yahweh has today acknowledged that he will set you high above all the other nations that he has made, in respect to praise, to reputation, and to honor. You will be a people that is set apart to Yahweh your God, just as he said." diff --git a/05-DEU/27.usfm b/05-DEU/27.usfm index 7cedf6ea..e9018754 100644 --- a/05-DEU/27.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/27.usfm @@ -24,33 +24,34 @@ \s5 \p \v 11 Moses commanded the people the same day and said, -\v 12 "These tribes must stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, after you have passed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. - +\v 12 "These tribes must stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people after you have passed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. + \s5 \v 13 And these tribes must stand on Mount Ebal to pronounce curses: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. \v 14 The Levites will answer and say to all the men of Israel in a loud voice: - + \s5 \p -\v 15 'May the man be cursed who makes a carved or cast figure, something disgusting to Yahweh, the work of the hands of a craftsman, and who sets it up in secret.' And all the people must answer and say, 'Amen.' +\v 15 'May the man be cursed who makes a carved or cast figure, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of a craftsman, and who sets it up in secret.' And all the people must answer and say, 'Amen.' \s5 \p \v 16 'May the man be cursed who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all the people must say, 'Amen.' \p \v 17 'May the man be cursed who removes his neighbor's landmark.' And all the people must say, 'Amen.' - + \s5 \p \v 18 'May the man be cursed who makes the blind to wander away from the road.' And all the people must say, 'Amen.' \p -\v 19 'May the man be cursed who forces away the justice due to a foreigner, fatherless, or widow.' And all the people must say, 'Amen.' +\v 19 'May the man be cursed who uses force to take away the justice due to a foreigner, fatherless, or widow.' And all the people must say, 'Amen.' + \s5 \p \v 20 'May the man be cursed who lies with his father's wife, because he has taken away his father's rights.' And all the people must say, 'Amen.' \p \v 21 'May the man be cursed who sleeps with any kind of beast.' And all the people must say, 'Amen.' - + \s5 \p \v 22 'May the man be cursed who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father, or with the daughter of his mother.' And all the people must say, 'Amen.' diff --git a/05-DEU/28.usfm b/05-DEU/28.usfm index 256c11d1..bdfe1e5f 100644 --- a/05-DEU/28.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/28.usfm @@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ \s5 \p -\v 7 Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck down before you; they will come out against you one way, but will flee before you seven ways. +\v 7 Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck down before you; they will come out against you one way but will flee before you seven ways. \v 8 Yahweh will command the blessing to come on you in your barns and in all that you put your hand to; he will bless you in the land that he is giving you. - + \s5 \v 9 Yahweh will establish you as a people that is set apart for himself, as he has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and walk in his ways. \v 10 All the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of Yahweh, and they will be afraid of you. @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 20 Yahweh will send on you curses, confusion, and rebukes in everything that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly because of your wicked actions by which you will have forsaken me. +\v 20 Yahweh will send on you curses, confusion, and rebukes in all that you put your hand to, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly because of your wicked actions by which you will have forsaken me. \v 21 Yahweh will make the plague cling to you until he destroys you from off the land that you are going in to possess. \s5 @@ -54,21 +54,21 @@ \s5 \v 23 Your skies that are over your head will be bronze, and the earth that is under you will be iron. \v 24 Yahweh will make the rain of your land into powder and dust; from the heavens will it come down on you, until you are destroyed. - + \s5 \p -\v 25 Yahweh will cause you to be struck down before your enemies; you will go out one way against them, and will flee seven ways before them. You will be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth. +\v 25 Yahweh will cause you to be struck down before your enemies; you will go out one way against them but will flee before them seven ways. You will be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth. \v 26 Your dead body will be food to all birds of the heavens and to the beasts of the earth; there will be no one to frighten them away. - + \s5 \v 27 Yahweh will attack you with the boils of Egypt and with ulcers, scurvy, and itch, from which you cannot be healed. \v 28 Yahweh will attack you with madness, with blindness, and with mental confusion. \v 29 You will grope about at noonday like the blind grope in the darkness, and you will not prosper in your ways; you will be always oppressed and robbed, and there will be no one to save you. - + \s5 -\v 30 You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will seize her and force her to lie with him. You will build a house but not live in it; you will plant a vineyard but not enjoy its fruit. -\v 31 Your ox will be slain before your eyes, but you will not eat its meat; your donkey will be forcibly taken away from before you, and will not be restored to you. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and you will have no one to aid you. - +\v 30 You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will seize her and rape her. You will build a house but not live in it; you will plant a vineyard but not enjoy its fruit. +\v 31 Your ox will be slain before your eyes, but you will not eat its meat; your donkey will be forcibly taken away from before you and will not be restored to you. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and you will have no one to aid you. + \s5 \v 32 Your sons and your daughters will be given to other peoples; your eyes will look for them the entire day, but will fail with longing for them. There will be no strength in your hand. @@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ \s5 \p -\v 36 Yahweh will take you and the king whom you will place over yourself to a nation that you have not known, neither you nor your ancestors; there will you worship other gods of wood and stone. +\v 36 Yahweh will take you and the king whom you will place over yourself to a nation that you have not known, neither you nor your ancestors; there you will worship other gods of wood and stone. \v 37 You will become a source of horror, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh will lead you away. - + \s5 \v 38 You will take much seed out into the field, but will gather little seed in, for the locusts will consume it. \v 39 You will plant vineyards and cultivate them, but you will neither drink any of the wine, nor even gather in the grapes, for worms will eat them. @@ -96,17 +96,17 @@ \v 44 He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he will be the head, and you will be the tail. \s5 -\v 45 All these curses will come on you and will pursue and overtake you until you are destroyed. This will happen because you did not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, so as to keep his commandments and his statutes that he commanded you. +\v 45 All these curses will come on you and will pursue and overtake you until you are destroyed. This will happen because you did not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, so as to keep his commandments and his regulations that he commanded you. \v 46 These curses will be on you as signs and wonders, and on your descendants forever. \s5 \p \v 47 Because you did not worship Yahweh your God with joyfulness and gladness of heart when you were in prosperity, \v 48 therefore will you serve the enemies that Yahweh will send against you; you will serve them in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in poverty. He will put a yoke of iron on your neck until he destroys you. - + \s5 \v 49 Yahweh will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle flies to its victim, a nation whose language you do not understand; -\v 50 a nation with ferocious expressions who have no respect for the aged, nor goodwill for the young. +\v 50 a nation with a fierce face that does not respect the aged and does not show favor to the young. \v 51 They will eat the young of your cattle and the fruit of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave for you no grain, new wine, or oil, no young of your cattle or of your flock, until they have caused you to perish. \s5 diff --git a/05-DEU/29.usfm b/05-DEU/29.usfm index 1e76258e..ee0d5dd1 100644 --- a/05-DEU/29.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/29.usfm @@ -4,56 +4,56 @@ \c 29 \p \v 1 These are the words that Yahweh commanded Moses to tell the people of Israel in the land of Moab, words that were added to the covenant that he had made with them at Horeb. - + \s5 \p \v 2 Moses called to all Israel and said to them, "You have seen everything that Yahweh did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his servants, and to all his land— \v 3 the great sufferings that your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders. \v 4 But until today Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, or ears to hear. - + \s5 \v 5 I have led you for forty years in the wilderness; your clothes did not wear out on you, and your sandals did not wear out on your feet. -\v 6 You did not eat any bread nor drink any wine or alcoholic drinks, so that you might know that I am Yahweh your God. - +\v 6 You did not eat any bread, and you did not drink any wine or other alcoholic drinks, so that you might know that I am Yahweh your God. + \s5 \v 7 When you came to this place, Sihon, the king of Heshbon, and Og, the king of Bashan, came out against us to fight, and we struck them down. \v 8 We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh. \v 9 Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, so that you may prosper in everything that you do. - + \s5 \p \v 10 You stand today, all of you, before Yahweh your God; your chiefs, your tribes, your elders, and your officers—all the men of Israel, -\v 11 your little ones, your wives, and the foreigner who is among you in your camp, from those who cut your wood to those who draw your water. - +\v 11 your little ones, your wives, and the foreigner who is among you in your camp, from him who cuts your wood to him who draws your water. + \s5 \v 12 You are here in order to enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God and into the oath that Yahweh your God is making with you today, \v 13 so that he may make you today into a people for himself, and that he may be God for you, as he spoke to you, and as he swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. - + \s5 \p -\v 14 And it is not only with you that I am making this covenant and this oath, -\v 15 —with everyone standing here with us today before Yahweh our God, but also with those who are not here with us today. +\v 14 And it is not only with you that I am making this covenant and this oath— +\v 15 with everyone standing here with us today before Yahweh our God—but also with those who are not here with us today. \p \v 16 You know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed. - + \s5 -\v 17 You have seen their disgusting things: their idols of wood and stone, silver and gold, that were among them, -\v 18 so that there should not be among you any man, woman, family, or tribe whose heart is turning away today from Yahweh our God, so as to go worship the gods of those nations—so that there should not be among you any root that produces gall and wormwood, -\v 19 so that when that person hears the words of this curse, he should not bless himself in his heart and say, 'I will have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.' This would destroy the wet together with the dry. - +\v 17 You have seen their disgusting things: their idols of wood and stone, silver and gold, that were among them. +\v 18 Make sure there is not among you any man, woman, family, or tribe whose heart is turning away today from Yahweh our God, so as to go worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is not among you any root that produces gall and wormwood. +\v 19 When that person hears the words of this curse, he will bless himself in his heart and say, 'I will have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.' This would destroy the wet together with the dry. + \s5 \v 20 Yahweh will not pardon him, but instead, the anger of Yahweh and his jealousy will smolder against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book will come on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under heaven. \v 21 Yahweh will set him apart for disaster out of all the tribes of Israel, in keeping with all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law. - + \s5 \p \v 22 The generation to come, your children who will rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a distant land, will speak when they see the plagues on this land and the diseases with which Yahweh has made it sick— -\v 23 and when they see that the whole land has become sulfur and burning salt, where nothing is sown nor bears fruit, where no vegetation grows, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, that Yahweh destroyed in his anger and wrath— +\v 23 and when they see that the whole land has become sulfur and burning salt, where nothing is sown or bears fruit, where no vegetation grows, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, that Yahweh destroyed in his anger and wrath— \v 24 they will say together with all the other nations, 'Why has Yahweh done this to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?' - + \s5 \v 25 Then people will say, 'It is because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, that he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt, -\v 26 and because they went and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, gods that they had not known and that he had not given to them. +\v 26 and because they went and served other gods and bowed down to them, gods that they had not known and that he had not given to them. \s5 \v 27 Therefore the anger of Yahweh has been kindled against this land, so as to bring on it all the curses that are written in this book. diff --git a/05-DEU/30.usfm b/05-DEU/30.usfm index 44affde4..e12fa3ac 100644 --- a/05-DEU/30.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/30.usfm @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \s5 \v 9 Yahweh your God will make you abundant in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, for prosperity; for Yahweh will again rejoice over you for prosperity, as he rejoiced over your fathers. -\v 10 He will do this if you will obey the voice of Yahweh your God, so as to keep his commandments and statutes that are written in this book of the law, if you turn to Yahweh your God with all your heart and all your soul. +\v 10 He will do this if you will obey the voice of Yahweh your God, so as to keep his commandments and regulations that are written in this book of the law, if you turn to Yahweh your God with all your heart and all your soul. \s5 \p @@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ \s5 \p \v 15 See, today I have placed before you life and good, death and evil. -\v 16 If you obey the decrees of Yahweh your God, in which I am commanding you today to love Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances, you will live and multiply, and Yahweh your God will bless you in the land that you are going into in order to possess. - +\v 16 If you obey the decrees of Yahweh your God, in which I am commanding you today to love Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments, his regulations, and his statutes, you will live and multiply, and Yahweh your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to possess. + \s5 \v 17 But if your heart turns away, and you do not listen but instead are drawn away and bow down to other gods and worship them, \v 18 then I announce to you today that you will surely perish; you will not prolong your days in the land that you are passing over the Jordan to go into and possess. diff --git a/05-DEU/31.usfm b/05-DEU/31.usfm index 9f1a1fd2..4f8c5701 100644 --- a/05-DEU/31.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/31.usfm @@ -30,39 +30,39 @@ \p \v 14 Yahweh said to Moses, "Look, the day is coming when you must die; call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, so that I may give him a command." Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tent of meeting. \v 15 Yahweh appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud; the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the tent. + +\s5 +\v 16 Yahweh said to Moses, "Look, you will sleep with your fathers; this people will rise up and act like a prostitute going after the strange gods in the land into the midst of which it is going. They will forsake me and break my covenant that I have made with them. + +\s5 +\v 17 Then, on that day, my anger will be kindled against it, and I will abandon them. I will hide my face from them, and they will be devoured. Many disasters and troubles will find it, so that it will say on that day, 'Have these disasters not found me because our God is not in my midst?' +\v 18 I will surely hide my face from it on that day because of all the evil that it will have done, because it has turned to other gods. \s5 -\v 16 Yahweh said to Moses, "Look, you will sleep with your fathers; this people will rise up and act like prostitutes going after the strange gods of the land, the land where they are going to be among them. They will forsake me and break my covenant that I have made with them. - -\s5 -\v 17 Then, on that day, my anger will be kindled against them, and I will abandon them. I will hide my face from them, and they will be devoured. Many disasters and troubles will find them, so that they will say on that day, 'Have these disasters not found me because our God is not in my midst?' -\v 18 I will surely hide my face from them on that day because of all the evil that they will have done, because they have turned to other gods. - -\s5 -\v 19 Now therefore write this song for yourself and teach it to the people of Israel. Put it in their mouths, so that this song may be a witness for me against the people of Israel. -\v 20 For when I will have brought them into the land that I swore to give to their ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey, and when they will have eaten and become satisfied and fat, then they will turn to other gods and worship them; they will despise me and break my covenant. - +\v 19 Now therefore write this song for yourselves and teach it to the people of Israel. Put it in their mouths, so that this song may be a witness for me against the people of Israel. +\v 20 For when I will have brought him into the land that I swore to give to his ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey, and when he will have eaten and become satisfied and fat, then he will turn to other gods and they will serve them; they will despise me and he will break my covenant. + \s5 \v 21 When many evils and troubles find this people, this song will testify before it as a witness; for it will not be forgotten out of the mouths of their descendants; for I know the plans that they are forming today, even before I have brought them into the land that I swore." - + \s5 \v 22 So Moses wrote this song the same day and taught it to the people of Israel. -\v 23 Yahweh gave Joshua son of Nun, a command and said, "Be strong and of good courage; for you will bring the people of Israel into the land that I swore to them, and I will be with you." - +\v 23 Yahweh gave Joshua son of Nun a command and said, "Be strong and of good courage; for you will bring the people of Israel into the land that I swore to them, and I will be with you." + \s5 \p \v 24 It happened that when Moses had finished writing the words of this law in a book, \v 25 that he gave a command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh; he said, \v 26 "Take this book of the law and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, so that it may be there as a witness against you. - + \s5 \v 27 For I know your rebellion and your stiff neck; look, while I am still alive with you even today, you have been rebellious against Yahweh; how much more after my death? \v 28 Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, so that I may speak these words in their ears and call heaven and earth to witness against them. -\v 29 For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves and turn away from the path that I have commanded you; disaster will come on you in the following days. This will happen because you will do what is evil in the sight of Yahweh, so as to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands." - +\v 29 For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves and turn aside out of the path that I have commanded you; disaster will come on you in the following days. This will happen because you will do what is evil in the sight of Yahweh, so as to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands." + \s5 \p -\v 30 Moses sang in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song until they were finished. - +\v 30 Moses recited in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song until they were finished. + diff --git a/05-DEU/32.usfm b/05-DEU/32.usfm index cc268d52..4966a97d 100644 --- a/05-DEU/32.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/32.usfm @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - + \s5 \c 32 \q @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \q let my speech distill like the dew, \q like the gentle rain on the tender grass, \q and like the showers on the plants. - + \s5 \q \v 3 For I will proclaim the name of Yahweh, @@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ \q \v 4 The Rock, his work is perfect; \q for all his paths are just. -\q He is the faithful God who has no iniquity. +\q He is the faithful God, without iniquity. \q He is just and upright. - + \s5 \q \v 5 They have acted corruptly against him. @@ -79,17 +79,17 @@ \q rams of Bashan and goats, \q with the finest of the wheat— \q and you drank foaming wine made from the juice of grapes. - + \s5 \q -\v 15 But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked, -\q filled with fat, stout, and sleek. -\q He abandoned the God who made him, +\v 15 But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— +\q you grew fat, you were too fat, and you had eaten your fill— +\q he abandoned the God who made him, \q and he rejected the Rock of his salvation. \q \v 16 They made Yahweh jealous by their strange gods; -\q and angered him with their detestable idols. - +\q with their abominations they angered him. + \s5 \q \v 17 They sacrificed to demons, which are not God— @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ \q \v 18 You have deserted the Rock, who became your father, \q and you forgot the God who gave you birth. - + \s5 \q \v 19 Yahweh saw this and he rejected them, @@ -109,18 +109,18 @@ \q "and I will see what their end will be; \q for they are a perverse generation, \q children who are unfaithful. - + \s5 \q -\v 21 They have made me jealous by what is no god -\q and angered me with their worthless idols. -\q I will make them envious by those who are not a people, -\q I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding. - +\v 21 They have made me jealous by what is not god +\q and angered me by their worthless things. +\q I will make them envious by those who are not a people; +\q by a foolish nation I will make them angry. + \s5 \q \v 22 For a fire is kindled by my anger -\q and is burning to the lowest sheol; +\q and is burning to the lowest Sheol; \q it is devouring the earth and its harvest; \q it is setting on fire the foundations of the mountains. @@ -190,10 +190,10 @@ \q at the time when their foot slips; \q for the day of disaster for them is near, \q and the things that are to come on them will hurry to happen." - + \s5 \q -\v 36 For Yahweh will decide for his people, +\v 36 For Yahweh will give justice to his people, \q and he will pity his servants. \q He will see that their power is gone, \q and no one remains, either slaves or free people. @@ -232,32 +232,32 @@ \q and my sword will devour flesh \q with the blood of the killed and the captives, \q and from the heads of the leaders of the enemy.'" - + \s5 \q \v 43 Rejoice, you nations, with God's people, \q for he will avenge the blood of his servants; \q he will render vengeance on his enemies, \q and he will make atonement for his land, for his people. - + \s5 \p -\v 44 Moses came and sang all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Joshua son of Nun. -\v 45 Then Moses finished singing all these words to all Israel. - +\v 44 Moses came and recited all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Joshua son of Nun. +\v 45 Then Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel. + \s5 \v 46 He said to them, "Fix your mind on all the words that I have witnessed to you today, so that you may command your children to keep them, all the words of this law. \v 47 For this is no trivial matter for you, because it is your life, and through this thing you will prolong your days in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess." - + \s5 \p \v 48 Yahweh spoke to Moses on that same day and said, -\v 49 "Go up into this range of the Abarim mountains, up Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho. You will look at the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel as their possession. - +\v 49 "Go up into this range of the mountains of Abarim, up Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho. You will look at the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel as their possession. + \s5 -\v 50 You will die on the mountain that you go up and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your fellow Israelite died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people. +\v 50 You will die on the mountain that you go up, and you will be gathered to your people, as Aaron your fellow Israelite died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people. \v 51 This will happen because you were unfaithful to me among the people of Israel at the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the wilderness of Sin; because you did not treat me with honor and respect among the people of Israel. \v 52 For you will see the land before you, but you will not go there, into the land that I am giving to the people of Israel." - + diff --git a/05-DEU/33.usfm b/05-DEU/33.usfm index a9b67ee6..eb724e1b 100644 --- a/05-DEU/33.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/33.usfm @@ -10,26 +10,26 @@ \q He shined out from Mount Paran, \q and he came with ten thousands of holy ones. \q In his right hand were flashes of lightning. - + \s5 \q -\v 3 Indeed, he loves the people; +\v 3 Indeed, he loves the peoples; \q all his holy ones are in your hand, \q and they bowed down at your feet; -\q every one received your words. +\q they received your words. \q -\v 4 I, Moses, commanded you a law, +\v 4 Moses commanded us a law, \q an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob. - + \s5 \q -\v 5 Then Yahweh became king in Jeshurun, +\v 5 Then there was a king in Jeshurun, \q when the heads of the people had gathered, \q all the tribes of Israel together. \q -\v 6 Let Reuben live and not die; +\v 6 Let Reuben live and not die, \q but may his men be few. - + \s5 \p \v 7 This is the blessing for Judah. Moses said: @@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ \q and bring him to his people again. \q Fight for him; \q be a help against his enemies. - + \s5 \p \v 8 About Levi, Moses said: -\q Your Thummim and your Urim belong to the one with whom you are pleased, +\q Your Thummim and your Urim belong your loyal one, \q the one whom you tested at Massah, \q with whom you struggled at the waters of Meribah. @@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ \q nor did he take account of his own children. \q For he guarded your word \q and kept your covenant. - + \s5 \q -\v 10 He teaches Jacob your decrees, -\q Israel your law. -\q He will put incense before you, +\v 10 He teaches Jacob your decrees +\q and Israel your law. +\q He will put incense before you \q and whole burnt offerings on your altar. \s5 @@ -66,36 +66,36 @@ \q and accept the work of his hands. \q Shatter the loins of those who rise up against him, \q and those of the people who hate him, so that they do not rise up again. - + \s5 \p \v 12 About Benjamin, Moses said: \q The one loved by Yahweh lives in security beside him; \q Yahweh shields him all the day long, \q and he lives between Yahweh's arms. - + \s5 \p \v 13 About Joseph, Moses said: \q May his land be blessed by Yahweh -\q With the precious things of heaven, with the dew, -\q And with the deep that lies beneath. - +\q with the precious things of heaven, with the dew, +\q and with the deep that lies beneath. + \s5 \q -\v 14 With the precious things of the harvest made by the sun, -\q With the precious things of the passing of the months, +\v 14 May his land be blessed with the precious things of the harvest of the sun, +\q with the precious things of the produce of the months, \q -\v 15 With the finest things of the ancient mountains, -\q And with the precious things of the everlasting hills. - +\v 15 with the finest things of the ancient mountains, +\q and with the precious things of the everlasting hills. + \s5 \q -\v 16 With the precious things of the earth and its abundance, +\v 16 May his land be blessed with the precious things of the earth and its abundance, \q and with the good will of him who was in the bush. \q Let the blessing come on the head of Joseph, -\q and on the forehead of the head of him who was prince over his brothers. - +\q and on the top of the head of him who was prince over his brothers. + \s5 \q \v 17 The firstborn of an ox, majestic is he, @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ \q With them he will push the peoples, all of them, to the ends of the earth. \q These are the ten thousands of Ephraim; \q these are the thousands of Manasseh. - + \s5 \p \v 18 About Zebulun, Moses said: @@ -156,26 +156,26 @@ \s5 \q \v 26 There is no one like God, Jeshurun—the upright one, -\q who rides on the heavens to your help, +\q who rides through the heavens to your help, \q and in his majesty on the clouds. - + \s5 \q -\v 27 The eternal God is a refuge for his people, +\v 27 The eternal God is a refuge, \q and underneath are the everlasting arms. -\q He will thrust out the enemy from before you, -\q and he will say, "Destroy!" - +\q He thrust out the enemy from before you, +\q and he said, "Destroy!" + \s5 \q -\v 28 May Israel dwell in safety. -\q Jacob's spring is secure +\v 28 Israel dwelt in safety. +\q Jacob's spring was secure \q in a land of grain and new wine; -\q indeed, let the heavens drop down dew on him. - +\q indeed, let his heavens drop dew on him. + \s5 \q -\v 29 Blessed are you, Israel! +\v 29 Your blessings are many, Israel! \q Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, \q the shield of your help, \q and the sword of your majesty? diff --git a/05-DEU/34.usfm b/05-DEU/34.usfm index e4ab69c2..c87d5978 100644 --- a/05-DEU/34.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/34.usfm @@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ \s5 \v 7 Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died; his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. \v 8 The people of Israel mourned for Moses in the plains of Moab for thirty days, and then the days of mourning for Moses were finished. - + \s5 \p -\v 9 Joshua son of Nun, was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. The people of Israel listened to him and did what Yahweh had commanded Moses. +\v 9 Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. The people of Israel listened to him and did what Yahweh had commanded Moses. \s5 \v 10 There has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom Yahweh knew face to face. diff --git a/06-JOS/02.usfm b/06-JOS/02.usfm index 52fded8b..5c185437 100644 --- a/06-JOS/02.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/02.usfm @@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ \p \v 15 So she let them down out through the window using a rope. The house in which she lived was built into the wall of the city. \v 16 She said to them, "Go in the hills and hide or the pursuers will find you. Hide there for three days until the pursuers have returned. Then go on your way." -\v 17 The men said to her, "We will be not be bound to the promises of the oath you made us swear to, if you do not do this: +\v 17 The men said to her, "We will be not be bound to the promises of the oath you made us swear to, if you do not do this. \s5 \v 18 When we come into the land, you must tie this scarlet rope in the window through which you let us down, and you will gather into the house your father and mother, your brothers and all your father's household. \v 19 Whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, their blood will be upon their own heads and we will be guiltless. But if a hand is laid upon any who is with you in the house, his blood will be on our head. \s5 -\v 20 But if you speak of this business of ours, then we shall not be bound to the promise we swore on oath to you, to promise you made us swear." +\v 20 But if you speak about our business, we will be free from the oath you made us swear." \v 21 Rahab replied, "May what you say be done." She sent them away and they left. Then she tied the scarlet rope in the window. \s5 \p diff --git a/06-JOS/03.usfm b/06-JOS/03.usfm index 152f7e75..7b84b257 100644 --- a/06-JOS/03.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/03.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \v 4 There must be a distance between you and it of about two thousand cubits. Do not come close to it, so that you can see which way to go, since you have not gone this way before." \s5 -\v 5 Joshua said to the people, "Dedicate yourselves to Yahweh tomorrow, for Yahweh will do wonders among you." +\v 5 Joshua said to the people, "Consecrate yourselves tomorrow, for Yahweh will do wonders among you." \v 6 Then Joshua said to the priests, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass in front of the people." So they picked up the ark of the covenant and went in front of people. \s5 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 14 So when the people set out to cross over the Jordan, the priests that carried the chest of the covenant went ahead of the people. +\v 14 So when the people set out to cross over the Jordan, the priests that carried the ark of the covenant went ahead of the people. \v 15 As soon as those who were carrying the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of those who carried the chest were dipped in the edge of the water (now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of the harvest), \v 16 the waters that flowed down from upstream stood up in one heap. The water stopped flowing from a great distance. The waters stopped flowing from Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, all the way down to the sea of the Negev, the Salt Sea. And the people crossed over near Jericho. diff --git a/06-JOS/04.usfm b/06-JOS/04.usfm index 46af16e3..fb44a1ef 100644 --- a/06-JOS/04.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/04.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had chosen from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. -\v 5 Joshua said to them, "Go into the middle of the Jordan in front of the ark of Yahweh your God, each of you with a stone upon his shoulder—twelve stones, set up in the same number as the tribes of the people of Israel. +\v 5 Joshua said to them, "Go over before the ark of Yahweh your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel. \s5 \v 6 This will be a sign in your midst for you when your children ask in days to come, 'What do these stones mean to you?' diff --git a/06-JOS/06.usfm b/06-JOS/06.usfm index db93386b..2fc71f5e 100644 --- a/06-JOS/06.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/06.usfm @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ \c 6 \p \v 1 Now all the entrances to Jericho were closed because of the army of Israel. No one went out and no one came in. -\v 2 Yahweh said to Joshua, "See, I have handed over to you Jericho, its king, and its trained soldiers. +\v 2 Yahweh said to Joshua, "See, I have delivered Jericho into your hand, its king, and its trained soldiers. \s5 -\v 3 You must march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once. You must do this for six days. +\v 3 You must march around the city, all the men of war going around the city one time. You must do this for six days. \v 4 Seven priests must carry seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. On the seventh day, you must march around the city seven times, and the priests must sound blasts on the trumpets. \s5 @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \s5 \v 17 The city and all that is in it will be set apart to Yahweh for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute will live—she and all the ones with her in her house—because she hid the men we sent. \v 18 But as for you, be on guard about taking the things set apart for destruction, so that after you mark them for destruction, you do not then take any of them. If you do this, you will make the camp of Israel something that must be destroyed and you will bring trouble on it. -\v 19 All the silver, gold, and the things made of bronze and iron are dedicated to Yahweh. They must be brought into the treasury of Yahweh." +\v 19 All the silver, gold, and the things made of bronze and iron are set apart to Yahweh. They must go into the treasury of Yahweh." \s5 \v 20 So the people shouted, and they gave blasts with the trumpets. It came about when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, they shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat so that the people went up into the city, everyone straight ahead. And they captured the city. diff --git a/06-JOS/07.usfm b/06-JOS/07.usfm index d819eef5..0a85fdd3 100644 --- a/06-JOS/07.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/07.usfm @@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ \s5 \p \v 10 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Get up! Why are you lying there on your face? -\v 11 Israel has sinned. They have violated my covenant which I commanded them. They have stolen some of the things that were set apart. They have stolen and then also hidden their sin by putting what they have taken among their own belongings. +\v 11 Israel has sinned. They have broken my covenant which I commanded them. They have stolen some of the things that were set apart. They have stolen and then also hidden their sin by putting what they have taken among their own belongings. \v 12 As a result, the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They turned their backs from their enemies because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will not be with you any more unless you destroy the things that should have been destroyed, but are still among you. \s5 -\v 13 Get up! Dedicate the people to me and say to them, 'Dedicate yourselves to Yahweh for tomorrow. For Yahweh, the God of Israel says, "There are things set apart to be destroyed that are still among you, Israel. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove from among you all the things that were set apart to be destroyed." +\v 13 Get up! Consecrate the people to me and say to them, 'Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow. For Yahweh, the God of Israel says, "There are things set apart to be destroyed that are still among you, Israel. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove from among you all the things that were set apart to be destroyed." \s5 \v 14 In the morning, you must present yourselves by your tribes. The tribe that Yahweh selects by lot will come near by their clans. The clan that Yahweh takes must come near by each household. The household that Yahweh takes must come near one by one. diff --git a/06-JOS/09.usfm b/06-JOS/09.usfm index d3b56a4d..bf6542cc 100644 --- a/06-JOS/09.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/09.usfm @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ \v 5 They put old and patched sandals on their feet, and dressed in old, worn-out clothing. All the bread in their food supply was dry and moldy. \s5 -\v 6 Then they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, "We have traveled from a very far country, so now make a treaty with us." -\v 7 The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "Perhaps you live near us. How can we make a treaty with you?" +\v 6 Then they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, "We have traveled from a very far country, so now make a covenant with us." +\v 7 The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "Perhaps you live near us. How can we make a covenant with you?" \v 8 They said to Joshua, "We are your servants." Joshua said to them, "Who are you? Where did you come from?" \s5 @@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ \s5 \v 11 Our elders and all the inhabitants of our country said to us, 'Take provisions in your hand for the journey. Go to meet them and say to them, "We are your servants. Make a treaty with us." \v 12 This is our bread, it was still warm when we took it from our houses on the day we set out to come to you. But now, see, it is dry and moldy. -\v 13 These wineskins were new when we filled them, and look, they have burst. Our garments and our sandals are worn out from a very long journey.'" +\v 13 These wineskins were new when we filled them, and look, now they are leaking. Our garments and our sandals are worn out from a very long journey.'" \s5 \v 14 So the Israelites took some of their provisions, but they did not consult with Yahweh for guidance. -\v 15 Joshua made peace with them and made a solemn promise secured with blood, to let them live. The leaders of the people also made a vow to them. +\v 15 Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live. The leaders of the people also made a vow to them. \s5 \p -\v 16 Three days after the Israelites made this treaty with them, they learned that they were their neighbors and that they lived nearby. +\v 16 Three days after the Israelites made this covenant with them, they learned that they were their neighbors and that they lived nearby. \v 17 Then the people of Israel set out and came to their cities on the third day. Their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim. \s5 diff --git a/06-JOS/10.usfm b/06-JOS/10.usfm index ff16f73b..2c255860 100644 --- a/06-JOS/10.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/10.usfm @@ -93,22 +93,22 @@ \s5 \p \v 34 Then Joshua and all Israel passed on from Lachish to Eglon. They camped by it and waged war against it, -\v 35 and captured it that same day. They attacked it with the sword and they completely destroyed everyone in it, as Joshua had done to Lachish. +\v 35 and captured it that same day. They struck it with the sword and they completely destroyed everyone in it, as Joshua had done to Lachish. \s5 \p \v 36 Then Joshua and all Israel passed on from Eglon to Hebron. They waged war against it. -\v 37 They captured it and attacked with the sword everyone in it, including the king and all its surrounding villages. They completely destroyed every living creature in it, leaving no survivors, just as Joshua had done to Eglon. He completely destroyed it, and every living creature in it. +\v 37 They captured it and struck with the sword everyone in it, including the king and all its surrounding villages. They completely destroyed every living creature in it, leaving no survivors, just as Joshua had done to Eglon. He completely destroyed it, and every living creature in it. \s5 \p \v 38 Then Joshua turned, and all the army of Israel with him, and they passed on to Debir and waged war against it. -\v 39 He captured it and its king, and all its nearby villages. They attacked them with the sword and completely destroyed every living creature that was in it. Joshua left no survivors, just as he had done to Hebron and its king, and just as he had done to Libnah and its king. +\v 39 He captured it and its king, and all its nearby villages. They struck them with the sword and completely destroyed every living creature that was in it. Joshua left no survivors, just as he had done to Hebron and its king, and just as he had done to Libnah and its king. \s5 \p \v 40 Joshua conquered all the land, the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands, and the foothills. Of all their kings he left not one survivor. He completely destroyed every living thing, just as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had commanded. -\v 41 Joshua attacked them with the sword from Kadesh Barnea to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen to Gibeon. +\v 41 Joshua struck them with the sword from Kadesh Barnea to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen to Gibeon. \s5 \v 42 Joshua captured all these kings and their land at one time because Yahweh, the God of Israel, fought for Israel. diff --git a/06-JOS/11.usfm b/06-JOS/11.usfm index d5a7b711..5cc096ea 100644 --- a/06-JOS/11.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/11.usfm @@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ \v 7 Joshua and all the men of war came. They arrived suddenly at the waters of Merom, and attacked the enemy. \s5 -\v 8 Yahweh gave the enemy into the hand of Israel, and they struck them with the sword and pursued them to Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and to the valley of Mizpah to the east. They attacked them with the sword until not even one survivor of them was left. +\v 8 Yahweh gave the enemy into the hand of Israel, and they struck them with the sword and pursued them to Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and to the valley of Mizpah to the east. They struck them until not even one survivor of them was left. \v 9 Joshua did to them just as Yahweh told him. He hamstrung the horses and burned the chariots. \s5 \p \v 10 Joshua turned back at that time and captured Hazor. He struck its king with the sword. (Hazor had been head of all these kingdoms.) -\v 11 They attacked with the sword every living creature that was there, and he set them apart to be destroyed, so there was not any living creature left alive. Then he burned Hazor. +\v 11 They struck with the sword every living creature that was there, and he set them apart to be destroyed, so there was not any living creature left alive. Then he burned Hazor. \s5 -\v 12 Joshua captured all the cities of these kings. He also captured all their kings and attacked them with the sword. He completely destroyed them with the sword, just as Moses the servant of Yahweh, had commanded. +\v 12 Joshua captured all the cities of these kings. He also captured all their kings and struck them with the sword. He completely destroyed them with the sword, just as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded. \v 13 Israel did not burn any of the cities built on mounds, except Hazor. It alone Joshua burned. \s5 diff --git a/06-JOS/13.usfm b/06-JOS/13.usfm index b3cd0c0f..fe0ebcc2 100644 --- a/06-JOS/13.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/13.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 13 \p -\v 1 Now Joshua was old and well along in years when Yahweh said to him, "You are old and advanced in years, but there is still very much land to capture. +\v 1 Now Joshua was very old when Yahweh said to him, "You are very old, but there is still very much land to capture. \s5 \v 2 This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites, @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \s5 \v 10 all the cities of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, to the border of the Ammonites; \v 11 Gilead, and the region of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, all Bashan to Salecah; -\v 12 all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei—these are what was left of the remnant of the Rephaim—Moses attacked them with the sword and drove them out. +\v 12 all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei—these are what was left of the remnant of the Rephaim—Moses struck them and drove them out. \s5 \v 13 But the people of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. Instead, Geshur and Maacath live among Israel to this day. diff --git a/06-JOS/14.usfm b/06-JOS/14.usfm index 430d5f13..b2824736 100644 --- a/06-JOS/14.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/14.usfm @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ \v 1 These are the areas of land that the people of Israel received as their inheritance in the land of Canaan, assigned to them by Eleazar the priest, by Joshua son of Nun, and by the tribal leaders of their ancestors' families within the people of Israel. \s5 -\v 2 Their inheritance was selected by lot for the nine and one half tribes, just as Yahweh had commanded by the hand of Moses, -\v 3 For Moses had given the inheritance of the two and one half tribes beyond the Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no inheritance. +\v 2 Their inheritance was selected by lot for the nine and one-half tribes, just as Yahweh had commanded by the hand of Moses. +\v 3 For Moses had given the inheritance of the two and one-half tribes beyond the Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no inheritance. \v 4 The tribe of Joseph was actually two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the inheritance was given to the Levites in the land, but only certain cities to live in, with their pasturelands for livestock and for their own material resources. \v 5 The people of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses, so they assigned the land. diff --git a/06-JOS/15.usfm b/06-JOS/15.usfm index 80596a0b..b03d24c8 100644 --- a/06-JOS/15.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/15.usfm @@ -7,43 +7,43 @@ \v 2 Their border on the south ran from the end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces to the south. \s5 -\v 3 Their boundary next went out to the south of the hill of Akrabbim and passed along to Zin, and went up south of Kadesh Barnea, along by Hezron, and up to Addar, where it turned about to Karka. +\v 3 Their boundary next went out to the south of the hill of Akrabbim and passed along to Sin, and went up south of Kadesh Barnea, along by Hezron, and up to Addar, where it turned about to Karka. \v 4 It passed along to Azmon, went by the brook of Egypt, and came to its end at the sea. This was their south boundary. \s5 \v 5 The eastern boundary was the Salt Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan. The border on the north ran from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan. -\v 6 It went up to Beth Hoglah and passed along north of Beth Arabah. Then it went up to the Stone of Bohan (Bohan was a son of Reuben). +\v 6 It went up to Beth Hoglah and passed along north of Beth Arabah. Then it went up to the Stone of Bohan the son of Reuben). \s5 -\v 7 Then the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, turning toward Gilgal, which is opposite the hill of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river. Then the border passed along to the springs of En Shemesh and went to En Rogel. -\v 8 Then the border went up the valley of Ben Hinnom to the south side of the Jebusites' city (that is, Jerusalem). Then it went up to the top of the hill that lies over the valley of Hinnom, on the west, which is at the northern end of the valley of Rephaim. +\v 7 Then the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, turning toward Gilgal, which is opposite the hill of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. Then the border passed along to the springs of En Shemesh and went to En Rogel. +\v 8 Then the border went up the valley of Ben Hinnom to the south side of the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem). Then it went up to the top of the hill that lies over the valley of Hinnom, on the west, which is at the northern end of the valley of Rephaim. \s5 -\v 9 Then the border extended from the top of the hills to the spring of Nephtoah, and went out from there to the cities of Mount Ephron. Then the border bent around to Baalah (the same as Kiriath Jearim). -\v 10 Then the border circled around west of Baalah to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (the same as Kesalon), went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed along by Timnah. +\v 9 Then the border extended from the top of the hills to the spring of Nephtoah, and went out from there to the cities of Mount Ephron. Then the border bends around to Baalah (the same as Kiriath Jearim). +\v 10 Then the border circled around west of Baalah to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (the same as Kesalon), went down to Beth Shemesh, and crossed over to Timnah. \s5 -\v 11 The border went out beside the northern hill of Ekron, and then it bent around to Shikkeron and passed along to Mount Baalah, from where it went to Jabneel. The border ended at the sea. -\v 12 The western boundary was the Great Sea and its coastline. This was the border around the tribe of Judah, clan by clan. +\v 11 The border went out beside the northern hill of Ekron, and then it bends around to Shikkeron and passed along to Mount Baalah, from there it went to Jabneel. The border ended at the sea. +\v 12 The western boundary was the Great Sea and its coastline. This is the border around the tribe of Judah, clan by clan. \s5 \p -\v 13 In keeping with the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh an assignment of land among the tribe of Judah, Kiriath Arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the father of Anak.) -\v 14 Caleb drove out from there the three tribes of descendants of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai, descendants of Anak. -\v 15 He went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir (the name of Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher). +\v 13 In keeping with the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh an assignment of land among the tribe of Judah, Kiriath Arba, that is, Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak). +\v 14 Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai, descendants of Anak. +\v 15 He went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher). \s5 -\v 16 Caleb said, "The man who attacks Kiriath Sepher and captures it, to him I will I give Achsah my daughter as a wife." -\v 17 Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother, captured it. So Caleb gave him Achsah his daughter as a wife. +\v 16 Caleb said, "The man who attacks Kiriath Sepher and captures it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as a wife." +\v 17 When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother, captured it, Caleb gave him Achsah his daughter as a wife. \s5 -\v 18 It happened that when Achsah came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. And when she got off her donkey, Caleb said to her, "What do you want?" +\v 18 Soon after that, Achsah came to Othniel and she urged him to ask her father for a field. And when she got off her donkey, Caleb said to her, "What do you want?" \s5 \v 19 Achsah replied, "Do me a special favor. Since you have given me the land of the Negev, give me also some springs of water." And Caleb gave her the upper springs and lower springs. \s5 \p -\v 20 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Judah, given to their clans. +\v 20 This was the inheritance of the tribe of Judah, given to their clans. \s5 \p @@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ \v 29 Baalah, Iyim, Ezem, \v 30 Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah, \v 31 Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, -\v 32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon. These were twenty-nine cities in all, not counting their villages. +\v 32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon. These were twenty-nine cities in all, including their villages. \s5 \p \v 33 In the lower hill country to the west, there were Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, \v 34 Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam, \v 35 Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, -\v 36 Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (that is, Gederothaim). These were fourteen cities in number, not counting their villages. +\v 36 Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (that is, Gederothaim). These were fourteen cities in number, including their villages. \s5 \p @@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ \s5 \v 40 Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish, -\v 41 Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, Makkedah. These were sixteen cities in number, not counting their villages. +\v 41 Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, Makkedah. These were sixteen cities in number, including their villages. \s5 \p \v 42 Libnah, Ether, Ashan, \v 43 Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, -\v 44 Keilah, Achzib, Mareshah. These were nine cities, not counting their villages. +\v 44 Keilah, Achzib, Mareshah. These were nine cities, including their villages. \s5 \p @@ -98,31 +98,31 @@ \v 48 In the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, \v 49 Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (that is, Debir), \v 50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, -\v 51 Goshen, Holon, and Giloh. These were eleven cities, not counting their villages. +\v 51 Goshen, Holon, and Giloh. These were eleven cities, including their villages. \s5 \p \v 52 Arab, Dumah, Eshan, \v 53 Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah, -\v 54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior. These were nine cities, not counting their villages. +\v 54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior. These were nine cities, including their villages. \s5 \p \v 55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, \v 56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, -\v 57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah. These were ten cities, not counting their villages. +\v 57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah. These were ten cities, including their villages. \s5 \p \v 58 Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor, -\v 59 Maarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon. These were six cities, not counting their villages. +\v 59 Maarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon. These were six cities, including their villages. \s5 \p -\v 60 Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah. These were two cities, not counting their villages. +\v 60 Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah. These were two cities, including their villages. \p \v 61 In the wilderness, there were Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah, -\v 62 Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En Gedi. These were six cities, not counting their villages. +\v 62 Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En Gedi. These were six cities, including their villages. \s5 \p diff --git a/06-JOS/18.usfm b/06-JOS/18.usfm index d8508c82..013ac8e2 100644 --- a/06-JOS/18.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/18.usfm @@ -51,13 +51,13 @@ \v 21 Now the cities of the tribe of Benjamin according to their clans were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz, \v 22 Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, \v 23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, -\v 24 Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba. There were twelve cities, not counting their villages. +\v 24 Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba. There were twelve cities, including their villages. \s5 \v 25 There were also the cities of Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, \v 26 Mizpeh, Kephirah, Mozah, \v 27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, -\v 28 Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (the same as Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath. There were fourteen cities, not counting their villages. This was the inheritance of Benjamin for their clans. +\v 28 Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (the same as Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath. There were fourteen cities, including their villages. This was the inheritance of Benjamin for their clans. diff --git a/06-JOS/19.usfm b/06-JOS/19.usfm index 3030e8e1..b2253f87 100644 --- a/06-JOS/19.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/19.usfm @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ \s5 \v 5 Simeon also had Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah, -\v 6 Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen. These were thirteen cities, not counting their villages. -\v 7 Simeon also had Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan. These were four cities, not counting their villages. +\v 6 Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen. These were thirteen cities, including their villages. +\v 7 Simeon also had Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan. These were four cities, including their villages. \s5 \v 8 These were together with the villages around these cities as far as Baalath Beer (the same as Ramah in the Negev). This was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon, given to their clans. @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \s5 \v 14 The border made a turn to the north to Hannathon and ended at the valley of Iphtah El. -\v 15 This region included the cities of Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, not counting their villages. +\v 15 This region included the cities of Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, including their villages. \v 16 This was the inheritance of the tribe of Zebulun, that was given to their clans—the cities, including their villages. \s5 @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ \s5 \v 20 It also included Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, \v 21 Remeth, Engannim, Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez. -\v 22 Their border also touched Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen cities, not counting their villages. +\v 22 Their border also touched Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen cities, including their villages. \s5 \v 23 This was the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar, and it was given to their clans—the cities, including their villages. @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ \s5 \v 29 The border turned back to Ramah, and then to the fortified city of Tyre. Then the border turned to Hosah and ended at the sea, in the region of Achzib, -\v 30 Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob. There were twenty-two cities, not counting their villages. +\v 30 Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob. There were twenty-two cities, including their villages. \s5 \v 31 This was the inheritance of the tribe of Asher, and it was given to their clans—the cities, including their villages. @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ \v 37 Kedesh, Edrei, and En Hazor. \s5 -\v 38 There were also Yiron, Migdalel, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh. There were nineteen cities, not counting their villages. +\v 38 There were also Yiron, Migdalel, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh. There were nineteen cities, including their villages. \v 39 This was the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali, and it was given to their clans—the cities, including their villages. \s5 diff --git a/06-JOS/22.usfm b/06-JOS/22.usfm index 50e64a73..8b21d923 100644 --- a/06-JOS/22.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/22.usfm @@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ \v 3 You have not deserted your brothers these many days, down to this present day. And you have fulfilled the duties required by the commandments of Yahweh your God. \s5 -\v 4 Now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers, just as he promised them. Therefore turn and go to your tents in the land you own, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you on the other side the Jordan. +\v 4 Now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers, just as he promised them. Therefore turn and go to your tents in the land you own, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you on the other side of the Jordan. \v 5 Just be very careful to observe the commandments and the law that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, and to cling to him and worship him with all your heart and with all your soul." \v 6 So Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went back to their tents. \s5 \p -\v 7 Now to one half of the tribe of Manasseh, Moses had given them an inheritance in Bashan, but to the other half, Joshua gave an inheritance beside their brothers in the land west of the Jordan. Joshua sent them away to their tents; he blessed them +\v 7 Now to one-half of the tribe of Manasseh, Moses had given them an inheritance in Bashan, but to the other half, Joshua gave an inheritance beside their brothers in the land west of the Jordan. Joshua sent them away to their tents; he blessed them \v 8 and said to them, "Return to your tents with much money, and with very much livestock, and with silver and gold, and with bronze and iron, and with very many garments. Divide the plunder from your enemies with your brothers." \s5 diff --git a/06-JOS/23.usfm b/06-JOS/23.usfm index 16fbe8c0..d47ab804 100644 --- a/06-JOS/23.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/23.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \v 5 Yahweh your God will drive them out. He will push them out from you. He will seize their land, and you will take possession of their land, just as Yahweh your God promised to you. \s5 -\v 6 So be very strong, so that you keep and do all that is written in The Book of the Law of Moses, turning aside from it neither to the right hand nor to the left, +\v 6 So be very strong, so that you keep and do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, turning aside from it neither to the right hand nor to the left, \v 7 so you may not mix with these nations that remain among you or mention the names of their gods, swear by them, worship them, or bow down to them. \v 8 Instead, you must cling to Yahweh your God just as you have done to this day. diff --git a/06-JOS/24.usfm b/06-JOS/24.usfm index 47050c2e..699c0f5e 100644 --- a/06-JOS/24.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/24.usfm @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ \s5 \v 24 The people said to Joshua, "We will worship Yahweh our God. We will listen to his voice." \v 25 Joshua made a covenant with the people that day. He put in place decrees and laws at Shechem. -\v 26 Joshua wrote these words in The Book of the Law of God. He took a large stone and set it up there beneath the oak tree that was beside Yahweh's sanctuary. +\v 26 Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God. He took a large stone and set it up there beneath the oak tree that was beside Yahweh's sanctuary. \s5 \v 27 Joshua said to all the people, "Look, this stone will be a testimony against us. It has heard all the words Yahweh said to us. So it will be a witness against you, should you ever deny your God." diff --git a/07-JDG/01.usfm b/07-JDG/01.usfm index 004f1d55..9da9a1da 100644 --- a/07-JDG/01.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/01.usfm @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \s5 \v 14 Soon Achsah came to Othniel, and she urged him to ask her father to give her a field. As she was getting off her donkey, Caleb asked her, "What can I do for you?" -\v 15 She said to him, "Give me a blessing. Since you have set me in the land of the Negev, also give me springs of water." So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs. +\v 15 She said to him, "Give me a blessing. Since you have given me the land of the Negev, also give me springs of water." So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs. \s5 \p diff --git a/07-JDG/02.usfm b/07-JDG/02.usfm index f9eeac7f..f2b322c3 100644 --- a/07-JDG/02.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/02.usfm @@ -27,23 +27,23 @@ \v 13 they broke away from Yahweh and worshiped Baal and the Ashtoreths. \s5 -\v 14 The anger of Yahweh burned against Israel, and he gave them over to the raiders who stole their possessions from them. He sold them as slaves who were held by the strength of their enemies around them, so they could no longer defend themselves against their enemies. +\v 14 The anger of Yahweh burned against Israel, and he gave them to the raiders who stole their possessions from them. He sold them as slaves who were held by the strength of their enemies around them, so they could no longer defend themselves against their enemies. \v 15 Wherever Israel went out to fight, Yahweh's hand was against them to defeat them, just as he had sworn to them. And they were in terrible distress. \s5 \p -\v 16 Then Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them from the power of those who were stealing their possessions. +\v 16 Then Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who were stealing their possessions. \v 17 Yet they would not listen to their judges. They were unfaithful to Yahweh and gave themselves like prostitutes to other gods and worshiped them. They soon turned aside from the way their fathers had lived— those who had obeyed the commandments of Yahweh—but they themselves did not do so. \s5 -\v 18 When Yahweh raised up judges for them, Yahweh helped the judges and rescued them from the power of their enemies all the days the judge lived. Yahweh had pity on them as they groaned because of those who oppressed them and afflicted them. +\v 18 When Yahweh raised up judges for them, Yahweh helped the judges and rescued them from the hand of their enemies all the days the judge lived. Yahweh had pity on them as they groaned because of those who oppressed them and afflicted them. \v 19 But when the judge died, they would turn away and do things that were even more corrupt than their fathers had done. They would go after other gods to serve them and worship them. They refused to give up any of their evil practices or their stubborn ways. \s5 \v 20 The anger of Yahweh burned against Israel; he said, "Because this nation has broken the terms of my covenant that I had set in place for their fathers—because they have not listened to my voice— \v 21 I will not, from now on, drive out from before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died. \v 22 I will do this so that I may test Israel, whether or not they will keep the way of Yahweh and walk in it, as their fathers kept it." -\v 23 That is why Yahweh left those nations and did not drive them out quickly, and why he did not allow Joshua to conquer them. +\v 23 That is why Yahweh left those nations and did not drive them out quickly and give them into the hand of Joshua. diff --git a/07-JDG/03.usfm b/07-JDG/03.usfm index d7e7e4eb..dd7e4b12 100644 --- a/07-JDG/03.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/03.usfm @@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ \s5 \v 9 When the people of Israel called out to Yahweh, Yahweh raised up someone who would come to help the people of Israel, and who would rescue them: Othniel son of Kenaz (Caleb's younger brother). -\v 10 Yahweh's Spirit empowered him, and he judged Israel and he went out to war. Yahweh gave him victory over Cushan Rishathaim king of Aram. It was the power of Othniel that defeated Cushan Rishathaim. +\v 10 Yahweh's Spirit empowered him, and he judged Israel and he went out to war. Yahweh gave him victory over Cushan Rishathaim king of Aram. The hand of Othniel defeated Cushan Rishathaim. \v 11 The land had peace for forty years. Then Othniel son of Kenaz died. \s5 \p -\v 12 The people of Israel again disobeyed Yahweh by doing evil things, and he saw what they did. So Yahweh gave strength to Eglon the king of Moab as he came against Israel, because Israel had done evil things as Yahweh had noticed. +\v 12 After that, the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and Yahweh gave strength to Eglon king of Moab to overpower the Israelites. \v 13 Eglon joined with the Ammonites and the Amalekites and they went and defeated Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms. \v 14 The people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab for eighteen years. diff --git a/07-JDG/04.usfm b/07-JDG/04.usfm index ddb0fb46..ce671f85 100644 --- a/07-JDG/04.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/04.usfm @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ \s5 \c 4 \p -\v 1 After Ehud died, the people of Israel disobeyed Yahweh again by doing evil things, and he saw what they did. -\v 2 Yahweh handed them over to the power of Jabin king of Canaan who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was named Sisera, and he lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles. +\v 1 After Ehud died, the people of Israel once again did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh. +\v 2 Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was named Sisera, and he lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles. \v 3 The people of Israel called out to Yahweh for help, because Sisera had nine hundred iron chariots and he oppressed the people of Israel with force for twenty years. \s5 @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \s5 \v 8 Barak said to her, "If you go with me, I will go, but if you do not go with me, I will not go." -\v 9 She said, "I will certainly go with you. However, the road on which you are going will not lead to your honor, for Yahweh will make a woman defeat Sisera by her strength." Then Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh. +\v 9 She said, "I will certainly go with you. However, the road on which you are going will not lead to your honor, for Yahweh will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman." Then Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh. \s5 \v 10 Barak called for the men of Zebulun and Naphtali to come together at Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah went along with him. diff --git a/07-JDG/05.usfm b/07-JDG/05.usfm index 7c73ded3..1f6e1313 100644 --- a/07-JDG/05.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/05.usfm @@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ \q until I, Deborah, took command— \q a mother took command in Israel! \q -\v 8 They chose new gods, -\q and there was fighting at the city gates; -\q neither shields nor spears were seen +\v 8 When they chose new gods, +\q there was fighting at the city gates +\q and yet there were no shields or spears seen \q among forty thousand in Israel. \s5 @@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ \q Awake, awake, sing a song! \q Get up, Barak, and capture your prisoners, you son of Abinoam. \q -\v 13 Then the survivors came down to the nobles— -\q the people of Yahweh came down to me among the warriors. +\v 13 Then the survivors came down to the nobles; +\q the people of Yahweh came down to me with the warriors. \s5 \q @@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ \s5 \q -\v 19 Kings came and fought, -\q then the kings of Canaan fought, at Taanach +\v 19 The kings came, they fought; +\q the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach \q by the waters of Megiddo. \q But they took away no silver as plunder. \q @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ \s5 \q \v 31 So may all your enemies perish, Yahweh! -\q But let those who love him be like the sun when it rises in its might." +\q But your friends be like the sun when it rises in its might." \p And the land had peace for forty years. diff --git a/07-JDG/06.usfm b/07-JDG/06.usfm index 1afcfa42..a7e95159 100644 --- a/07-JDG/06.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/06.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 6 \p -\v 1 The people of Israel did what was evil in Yahweh's sight, and he put them under the control of Midian for seven years. +\v 1 The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he gave them into the hand of Midian for seven years. \v 2 The power of Midian oppressed Israel. Because of Midian, the people of Israel made shelters for themselves from the dens in the hills, the caves, and the strongholds. \s5 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \v 8 Yahweh sent a prophet to the people of Israel. The prophet said to them, "This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: 'I brought you up from Egypt; I brought you out of the house of slavery. \s5 -\v 9 I rescued you from the power of the Egyptians, and from the power of all who were oppressing you. I drove them out before you, and I gave you their land. +\v 9 I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of all who were oppressing you. I drove them out before you, and I gave you their land. \v 10 I said to you, "I am Yahweh your God; I commanded you not to worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living." But you have not obeyed my voice.'" \s5 @@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ \v 12 The angel of Yahweh appeared to him and said to him, "Yahweh is with you, you strong warrior!" \s5 -\v 13 Gideon said to him, "Oh, my master, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers told us about, when they said, 'Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?' But now Yahweh has abandoned us and given us over to the power of Midian." +\v 13 Gideon said to him, "Oh, my master, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers told us about, when they said, 'Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?' But now Yahweh has abandoned us and gave us into the hand of Midian." \s5 -\v 14 Yahweh looked at him and said, "Go in the strength you already have. Deliver Israel from the power of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?" +\v 14 Yahweh looked at him and said, "Go in the strength you already have. Deliver Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?" \v 15 Gideon said to him, "Please, Lord, how can I deliver Israel? See, my family is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least important in my father's house." \s5 -\v 16 Yahweh said to him, "I will be with you, and you will defeat the entire Midianite army." +\v 16 Yahweh said to him, "I will be with you, and you will defeat the entire Midianite army as one man." \v 17 Gideon said to him, "If you are pleased with me, then give me a sign that it is you who is speaking to me. \v 18 Please, do not leave here, until I come to you and bring out my gift and set it before you." Yahweh said, "I will wait until you return." @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ years old, and pull apart the altar of Baal that belongs to your father, and cut \s5 \v 31 Joash said to all who opposed him, "Will you plead the case for Baal? Will you save him? Whoever pleads the case for him, let him be put to death while it is still morning. If Baal is a god, let him defend himself when someone pulls his altar apart." -\v 32 Therefore on that day Gideon was given the name, "Jerub Baal," because he said, "Let Baal defend himself against him," because Gideon has pulled apart his altar. +\v 32 Therefore on that day they called Gideon "Jerub Baal," because he said, "Let Baal defend himself against him," because Gideon broke down Baal's altar. \s5 \p diff --git a/07-JDG/07.usfm b/07-JDG/07.usfm index 0031a47e..fb3de04a 100644 --- a/07-JDG/07.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/07.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 2 Yahweh said to Gideon, "There are too many soldiers for me to give you victory over the Midianites. Make sure that Israel will not boast against me, saying, 'Our own power has saved us.' +\v 2 Yahweh said to Gideon, "There are too many soldiers for me to give you victory over the Midianites, so that Israel may not boast over me, saying, 'Our own power has saved us.' \v 3 Now therefore, proclaim in the ears of the people and say, 'Whoever is afraid, whoever trembles, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead.'" So twenty-two thousand people went away, and ten thousand remained. \s5 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \v 6 Three hundred men lapped. The rest of the men kneeled down to drink water. \s5 -\v 7 Yahweh said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men who lapped, I will rescue you and give you victory over the Midianites. Let every other men go back to his own place." +\v 7 Yahweh said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men who lapped, I will rescue you and give you victory over the Midianites. Let every other man go back to his own place." \v 8 So those who were chosen took their supplies and their trumpets. Gideon sent away all the men of Israel, every man to his tent, but he kept the three hundred men. Now the Midian camp was down below him in the valley. \s5 @@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ \s5 \v 22 When they blew the three hundred trumpets, Yahweh set every Midianite man's sword against his comrades and against all their army. The army fled as far as Beth Shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, near Tabbath. -\v 23 The men of Israel gathered together from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued after Midian. +\v 23 The men of Israel from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh were called out, and they went after Midian. \s5 \p \v 24 Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, "Go down against Midian and take control of the Jordan River, as far as Beth Barah, to stop them." So all the men of Ephraim gathered together and took control of the waters, as far as Beth Barah and the Jordan River. -\v 25 They captured the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and they killed Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued the Midianites, and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was on the other side of the Jordan. +\v 25 They captured the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and they killed Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. They went after the Midianites, and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was on the other side of the Jordan. diff --git a/07-JDG/08.usfm b/07-JDG/08.usfm index 735351ec..2c0b1335 100644 --- a/07-JDG/08.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/08.usfm @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \s5 \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 7 Gideon said, "When Yahweh has given us victory over Zebah and Zalmunna, I will tear up your flesh with the desert thorns and briers." +\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." \s5 \v 8 He went up from there to Penuel and spoke to the people there in the same way, but the men of Penuel answered him just as the men of Succoth had answered. @@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ \s5 \p -\v 10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, with their army with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who remained from the entire army of the people of the east. For there 120,000 men who were trained to fight with the sword had fallen. +\v 10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army, about fifteen thousand men, all who remained out of the entire army of the people of the East, for there had fallen 120,000 men who were trained to fight with the sword . \s5 -\v 11 Gideon went up to the enemy camp by going along the Nomad Road, past Nobah and Jogbehah. He defeated the enemy army, because they were not expecting an attack. +\v 11 Gideon went up the road taken by tent dwellers, past Nobah and Jogbehah. He defeated the enemy army, because they were not expecting an attack. \v 12 Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and as Gideon pursued them, he captured the two kings of Midian—Zebah and Zalmunna—and set their whole army into a panic. \s5 @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us—you, your son, and your grandson— because you have saved us out of the power of Midian." +\v 22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us—you, your son, and your grandson— because you have saved us out of the hand of Midian." \v 23 Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, neither will my son rule over you. Yahweh will rule over you." \s5 @@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ \v 33 It came about, as soon as Gideon was dead, the people of Israel turned again and prostituted themselves by worshiping the Baals. They made Baal Berith their god. \s5 -\v 34 The people of Israel did not remember to honor Yahweh, their God, who had rescued them from the power of all their enemies on every side. -\v 35 They did not keep their promises to the house of Jerub Baal (the other name of Gideon), in return for all the good he had done in Israel. +\v 34 The people of Israel did not remember to honor Yahweh, their God, who had rescued them from the hand of all their enemies on every side. +\v 35 They did not keep their promises to the house of Jerub Baal (that is, Gideon), in return for all the good he had done in Israel. diff --git a/07-JDG/09.usfm b/07-JDG/09.usfm index c0ddc482..f3d9766a 100644 --- a/07-JDG/09.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/09.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \v 4 They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal Berith, and Abimelech used it to hire men of lawless and reckless character, who followed him. \s5 -\v 5 He went to his father's house at Ophrah, and upon one stone he murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerub Baal. Only Jotham was left, the youngest son of Jerub Baal, for he hid himself. +\v 5 Abimelech went to his father's house at Ophrah, and upon one stone he murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerub Baal. Only Jotham was left, the youngest son of Jerub Baal, for he hid himself. \v 6 All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo came together and they went and made Abimelech king, beside the oak near the pillar which is in Shechem. \s5 @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ \s5 \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. -\v 20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and burn up the men of Shechem and the house of Millo. Let fire come out from the men of Shechem and Beth Millo, to burn up Abimelech." +\v 20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and burn up the men of Shechem and Beth Millo. Let fire come out from the men of Shechem and Beth Millo, to burn up Abimelech." \v 21 Jotham fled and ran away, and he went to Beer. He lived there because it was far away from Abimelech, his brother. \s5 diff --git a/07-JDG/10.usfm b/07-JDG/10.usfm index 49055d1f..48c1450c 100644 --- a/07-JDG/10.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/10.usfm @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 6 The people of Israel added to the evil they had done in the sight of Yahweh and worshiped the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the people of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines. They abandoned Yahweh and no longer worshiped him. -\v 7 Yahweh burned with anger toward Israel, and he gave them to the Philistines and to the Ammonites, to conquer them. +\v 7 Yahweh burned with anger toward Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the Ammonites. \s5 \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. diff --git a/07-JDG/11.usfm b/07-JDG/11.usfm index 4943e09f..ac5e21f7 100644 --- a/07-JDG/11.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/11.usfm @@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ \s5 \v 14 Again Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon, \v 15 and he said, "This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of Moab and the land of the people of Ammon, -\v 16 but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Sea of Reeds and on to Kadesh, +\v 16 but they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Sea of Reeds and on to Kadesh. \s5 -\v 17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, 'Please let us pass through your land,' but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he refused. So Israel stayed at Kadesh. +\v 17 When Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, 'Please let us pass through your land,' the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he refused. So Israel stayed at Kadesh. \v 18 Then they went through the wilderness and turned away from the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and they went along the east side of the land of Moab and they camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not go into the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was Moab's border. \s5 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \v 20 But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So Sihon gathered all his army together and moved it to Jahaz, and there he fought against Israel. \s5 -\v 21 And Yahweh, the God of Israel, gave Israel victory over Sihon and put all his people under their control. So Israel took over all the land of the Amorites, who lived in that country. +\v 21 And Yahweh, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel and they defeated them. So Israel took all the land of the Amorites who lived in that country. \v 22 They took over everything within the territory of the Amorites, from the Arnon to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness to the Jordan. \s5 diff --git a/07-JDG/13.usfm b/07-JDG/13.usfm index 2b5a0374..7f54ca22 100644 --- a/07-JDG/13.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/13.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 13 \p -\v 1 The people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he put them under the dominion of the Philistines for forty years. +\v 1 The people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he gave them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years. \p \v 2 There was a man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. His wife was not able to become pregnant and so she had not given birth. @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \v 3 The angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman and said to her, "See now, you have been unable to become pregnant, and you have not given birth, but you will become pregnant and you will give birth to a son. \v 4 Now be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean. \p -\v 5 Look, you will become pregnant and give birth to a son. No razor will be used upon his head, for the child will be a Nazirite dedicated to God from the womb. He will begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines." +\v 5 Look, you will become pregnant and give birth to a son. No razor will be used upon his head, for the child will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines." \s5 \v 6 Then the woman came and told her husband, "A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like that of an angel of God, very terrible. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name. diff --git a/07-JDG/15.usfm b/07-JDG/15.usfm index 5aa8b858..c0c447a8 100644 --- a/07-JDG/15.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/15.usfm @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \v 11 Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in the cliff of Etam, and they said to Samson, "Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What is this you have done to us?" Samson said to them, "They did to me, and so I have done to them." \s5 -\v 12 They said to Samson, "We have come down to tie you up and give you over to the power of the Philistines." Samson said to them, "Swear to me that you will not kill me yourselves." +\v 12 They said to Samson, "We have come down to tie you up and give you into the hands of the Philistines." Samson said to them, "Swear to me that you will not kill me yourselves." \v 13 They said to him, "No, we will only tie you with ropes and hand you over to them. We promise we will not kill you." Then they tied him up with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock. \s5 diff --git a/07-JDG/17.usfm b/07-JDG/17.usfm index 10ef99b4..075a0c60 100644 --- a/07-JDG/17.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/17.usfm @@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ \v 2 He said to his mother, "The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you spoke a curse, and which I heard—look here! I have the silver with me. I stole it." His mother said, "May Yahweh bless you, my son!" \s5 -\v 3 He restored the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother and his mother said, "I set apart this silver to Yahweh, for my son to make a carved wooden figure and a cast metal figure. So now, I restore it to you." -\v 4 When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to a metal worker who made them a carved wooden figure and a cast metal figure. It was placed in the house of Micah. +\v 3 He restored the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother and his mother said, "I set apart this silver to Yahweh, for my son to make carved and cast metal figures. So now, I restore it to you." +\v 4 When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to a metal worker who made them into carved and cast metal figures, and they were placed in the house of Micah. \s5 -\v 5 The man Micah had a house of idols and he made an ephod and household gods, and he dedicated one of his sons to become his priest. +\v 5 The man Micah had a house of idols and he made an ephod and household gods, and he hired one of his sons to become his priest. \v 6 In those days there was no king in Israel, and everyone did what was right in his own eyes. \s5 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ \s5 -\v 10 Micah said to him, "Live with me and be an adviser and a priest for me. I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a suit of clothes, and your food." So the Levite went into his house. +\v 10 Micah said to him, "Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a suit of clothes, and your food." So the Levite went into his house. \v 11 The Levite was content to live with the man, and the young man became to Micah like one of his sons. \s5 diff --git a/07-JDG/18.usfm b/07-JDG/18.usfm index 401339da..b734c0bf 100644 --- a/07-JDG/18.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/18.usfm @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ \v 18 When these went into Micah's house and took the carved figure, the ephod, the household gods, and the cast metal figure, the priest said to them, "What are you doing?" \s5 -\v 19 They said to him, "Be quiet! Put your hand on your mouth and come with us, and be to us a father and priest. Is it better for you to be priest for the house of one man, or to be priest for a tribe and a clan in Israel?" +\v 19 They said to him, "Be quiet! Put your hand on your mouth and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest for the house of one man, or to be priest for a tribe and a clan in Israel?" \v 20 The priest's heart was glad. He took the ephod, the household gods, and the carved figure, and went along with the people. \s5 diff --git a/07-JDG/19.usfm b/07-JDG/19.usfm index 23624173..d6abc89e 100644 --- a/07-JDG/19.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/19.usfm @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \v 6 So the two of them sat down to eat and drink together. Then the girl's father said, "Please be willing to spend the night and have a good time." \s5 -\v 7 When the Levite rose early to leave, the father of the young woman urged him to stay, so he changed his plan and spent the night there again. +\v 7 When the Levite got up to leave, the father of the young woman urged him to stay, so he changed his plan and spent the night there again. \v 8 On the fifth day he woke up early to leave, but the girl's father said, "Strengthen yourself, and wait until the afternoon." So the two of them had a meal. \s5 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 16 But then an old man was coming from his work in the field that evening. He was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was staying for a while in Gibeah. But the men living in that place were Benjamites. +\v 16 But then an old man was coming from his work in the field that evening. He was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was staying for a while in Gibeah. But the men living in that place were Benjaminites. \v 17 He raised his eyes and saw the traveler in the city square. The old man said, "Where are you going? Where are you coming from?" @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Where are you coming from?" \v 21 So the man brought the Levite into his house and gave feed to the donkeys. They washed their feet and ate and drank. \s5 \p -\v 22 They were having a good time, when men of the city, wicked men, surrounded the house, beating on the door. They spoke to the old man, the master of the house, saying, "Bring out the man who came into your house, so we can know him." +\v 22 While they were making their hearts glad, some men of the city, worthless men, surrounded the house, beating on the door. They spoke to the old man, the master of the house, saying, "Bring out the man who came into your house, so we can have sex with him." \v 23 The man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, "No, my brothers, please do not do this evil thing! Since this man is a guest in my house, do not do this wicked thing! \s5 diff --git a/07-JDG/20.usfm b/07-JDG/20.usfm index ece8c901..2eada13f 100644 --- a/07-JDG/20.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/20.usfm @@ -15,29 +15,29 @@ \s5 \v 5 During the night, the leaders of Gibeah attacked me, surrounding the house and intending to kill me. They seized and raped my concubine, and she died. \v 6 I took my concubine and cut her body into pieces, and sent them into each region of Israel's inheritance, because they have committed such wickedness and outrage in Israel. -\v 7 Now, all you Israelites, speak up and give your advice and attention to this!" +\v 7 Now, all you Israelites, give your advice and counsel here." \s5 \p -\v 8 All the people arose together as one, and they said, "None of us will go to his tent, and none of us will return to his house! +\v 8 All the people arose together as one man, and they said, "None of us will go to his tent, and none of us will return to his house! \v 9 But now this is what we must do to Gibeah: we will attack it as the lot directs us. \s5 \v 10 We will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of a thousand, and one thousand of ten thousand, to get provisions for these people, so that when they come to Gibeah in Benjamin, they may punish them for the wickedness they committed in Israel." -\v 11 So all the soldiers of Israel assembled against the city, united with one purpose. +\v 11 So all the soldiers of Israel assembled against the city, as one man. \s5 \p \v 12 The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What is this wickedness that was done among you? -\v 13 Therefore, give us those wicked men of Gibeah, so we may put them to death, and so we will completely remove this evil from Israel." But the Benjamites would not listen to the voice of their brothers, the people of Israel. +\v 13 Therefore, give us those wicked men of Gibeah, so we may put them to death, and so we will completely remove this evil from Israel." But the Benjaminites would not listen to the voice of their brothers, the people of Israel. \v 14 Then the people of Benjamin came together out of the cities to Gibeah to get ready to fight against the people of Israel. \s5 -\v 15 The people of Benjamin brought together from their cities to fight on that day twenty-six thousand soldiers who were trained to fight with the sword. Add to that number seven hundred of their chosen men from the inhabitants of Gibeah. +\v 15 The people of Benjamin brought together from their cities to fight on that day twenty-six thousand soldiers who were trained to fight with the sword. In addition, there were seven hundred of their chosen men from the inhabitants of Gibeah. \v 16 Among all these soldiers were seven hundred chosen men who were left-handed. Each of them could sling a stone at a hair and not miss. \s5 @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 19 The people of Israel got up in the morning and, facing Gibeah, they prepared for battle. +\v 19 The people of Israel got up in the morning and they moved their camp near Gibeah. \v 20 The people of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin. They set up their battle positions against them at Gibeah. \v 21 The people of Benjamin came out of Gibeah, and they killed twenty-two thousand men of the army of Israel on that day. @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ \s5 -\v 34 There came out against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the fighting was fierce, but the Benjamites did not know that disaster was close to them. +\v 34 There came out against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the fighting was fierce, but the Benjaminites did not know that disaster was close to them. \v 35 Yahweh defeated Benjamin before Israel. On that day, the soldiers of Israel killed 25,100 men of Benjamin. All these who died were those who had been trained to fight with the sword. @@ -96,15 +96,15 @@ \p \v 36 So the soldiers of Benjamin saw they were defeated. The men of Israel had given ground to Benjamin, because they were counting on the men they had placed in hidden positions outside Gibeah. \v 37 Then the men who were hiding got up and hurried and they rushed into Gibeah. And with their swords they killed everyone who lived in the city. -\v 38 The arranged signal between the soldiers of Israel and the men hiding in secret would be that a great cloud of smoke would rise up out of the city— +\v 38 The arranged signal between the soldiers of Israel and the men hiding in secret would be that a great cloud of smoke would rise up out of the city. \s5 -\v 39 —and the soldiers of Israel would turn in the battle away from the fight. Now Benjamin began to attack and they killed about thirty men of Israel, and they said, "It is sure that they are defeated before us, as in the first battle." +\v 39 When the signal was sent the soldiers of Israel would turn from the battle. Now Benjamin began to attack and they killed about thirty men of Israel, and they said, "It is sure that they are defeated before us, as in the first battle." \s5 -\v 40 But when a pillar of smoke began to rise up out of the city, the Benjamites turned and saw the smoke rising to the sky from the whole city. +\v 40 But when a pillar of smoke began to rise up out of the city, the Benjaminites turned and saw the smoke rising to the sky from the whole city. \v 41 Then the people of Israel turned against them. The men of Benjamin were terrified, for they saw that disaster had come on them. @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ \s5 -\v 43 They surrounded the Benjamites and went after them. And they trampled them down at Nohah and killed them all the way to the east side of Gibeah. +\v 43 They surrounded the Benjaminites and went after them. And they trampled them down at Nohah and killed them all the way to the east side of Gibeah. \v 44 From the tribe of Benjamin, eighteen thousand people died, all of them men who were distinguished in battle. diff --git a/07-JDG/21.usfm b/07-JDG/21.usfm index 60b7d223..69add298 100644 --- a/07-JDG/21.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/21.usfm @@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ \s5 \p \v 13 The entire assembly sent a message and told the people of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon that they were offering them peace. -\v 14 The Benjamites returned at that time and they were given the women of Jabesh Gilead, but there were not enough women for all of them. +\v 14 The Benjaminites returned at that time and they were given the women of Jabesh Gilead, but there were not enough women for all of them. \v 15 The people were sorry for what happened to Benjamin, because Yahweh made a division between the tribes of Israel. \s5 \p -\v 16 Then the leaders of the assembly said, "How will we arrange wives for the Benjamites who are left, since the women of Benjamin have been killed?" +\v 16 Then the leaders of the assembly said, "How will we arrange wives for the Benjaminites who are left, since the women of Benjamin have been killed?" \v 17 They said, "There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe is not destroyed from Israel. \s5 @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ \v 21 Watch for the time when the girls from Shiloh come out to dance, then rush out of the vineyards and each one of you should grab a wife from the girls of Shiloh, then go back to the land of Benjamin. \s5 -\v 22 When their fathers or their brothers come to protest to us, we will say to them, 'Show us favor! Let them remain because we did not get wives during the war. And you are innocent regarding the promise, because you did not give your daughters to them.'" +\v 22 When their fathers or their brothers come to protest to us, we will say to them, 'Show us favor! Let them remain because we did not get wives for each man during the war. And you are innocent regarding the promise, because you did not give your daughters to them.'" \s5 \v 23 The people of Benjamin did so. They took the number of wives that they needed from the girls who were dancing, and they carried them off to be their wives. They went and returned to the place of their inheritance; they rebuilt the towns, and lived in them. \v 24 Then the people of Israel left that place and went home, each one to his own tribe and clan, and each one to his own inheritance. diff --git a/09-1SA/00.usfm b/09-1SA/00.usfm index 04cd6cfe..d1ca4373 100644 --- a/09-1SA/00.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/00.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \id 1SA Unlocked Literal Bible \ide UTF-8 -\h 1 Samuel +\h 1 Samuel \toc1 The First Book of Samuel \toc2 First Samuel -\toc3 1Sa +\toc3 1Sa \mt The First Book of Samuel \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/09-1SA/01.usfm b/09-1SA/01.usfm index 73692831..ccfb8e8d 100644 --- a/09-1SA/01.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/01.usfm @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 9 On one of these occasions, Hannah rose up after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting upon his seat by the doorway to the house of Yahweh. +\v 9 On one of these occasions, Hannah rose up after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting upon his seat by the doorway to the temple of Yahweh. \v 10 She was deeply distressed; she prayed to Yahweh and wept bitterly. \s5 @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 21 Once again, Elkanah and all his house, went up to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice and pay his vow. +\v 21 Once again, Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice and pay his vow. \v 22 But Hannah did not go; she had said to her husband, "I will not go until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, so that he may appear before Yahweh and live there forever." \v 23 Elkanah her husband said to her, "Do what seems good to you. Wait until you have weaned him; only, may Yahweh confirm his word." So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she weaned him. diff --git a/09-1SA/02.usfm b/09-1SA/02.usfm index e0c63b80..74b55c3c 100644 --- a/09-1SA/02.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/02.usfm @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ \q For Yahweh is a God of knowledge; \q by him actions are weighed. \q -\v 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, +\v 4 The bow of the mighty men are broken, \q but those who stumble put on strength like a belt. \s5 @@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ \s5 \q \v 6 Yahweh kills and brings to life. -\q He brings down to sheol and raises up. +\q He brings down to Sheol and raises up. \q -\v 7 Yahweh makes the poor, and he makes the rich. +\v 7 Yahweh makes some people poor and some rich. \q He humbles, but he also lifts up. \s5 @@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ \p \v 12 Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know Yahweh. \v 13 The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered a sacrifice, the priest's servant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand, while the meat was boiling. -\v 14 He would stick it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot. All that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. They did this in Shiloh with all the Israelites that came there. +\v 14 He would stick it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot. All that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. They did this in Shiloh with all the Israelites that came there. \s5 -\v 15 Instead, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man who was sacrificing, "Give meat to roast for the priest; for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw." +\v 15 Worse, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man who was sacrificing, "Give meat to roast for the priest; for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw." \v 16 If the man said to him, "They must burn the fat first, and then take as much as you want." Then he would say, "No, you will give it me now; if not, I will take it by force." \v 17 The sin of these young men was very great before Yahweh, for they despised Yahweh's offering. @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ \v 24 No, my sons; for it is not a good report that I hear. You make Yahweh's people disobey. \s5 -\v 25 "If one man sins against another, God will judge him; but if a man sins against Yahweh, who will speak for him?" +\v 25 "If one man sins against another, God will judge him; but if a man sins against Yahweh, who will speak for him?" But they would not listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh intended to kill them. \v 26 The child Samuel grew up, and increased in favor with Yahweh and also with men. @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ But they would not listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh intended \v 35 I will raise up for myself a faithful priest who will do what is in my heart and in my soul. I will build him a sure house; and he will walk before my anointed king forever. \s5 -\v 36 Everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to that person, asking for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and will say, "Please assign me to one of the priests' positions so I can eat a piece of bread."'" +\v 36 Everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him, asking for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and will say, "Please assign me to one of the priests' positions so I can eat a piece of bread."'" diff --git a/09-1SA/03.usfm b/09-1SA/03.usfm index e94a67fc..fb7df590 100644 --- a/09-1SA/03.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/03.usfm @@ -1,11 +1,10 @@ - \s5 \c 3 \p \v 1 The child Samuel served Yahweh under Eli. Yahweh's word was rare in those days; there was no frequent prophetic vision. -\v 2 At that time, when Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see well, was lying down in his own bed, -\v 3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down to sleep in the house of Yahweh, where the ark of God was. +\v 2 At that time, when Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see well, was lying down in his own bed. +\v 3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down to sleep in the temple of Yahweh, where the ark of God was. \v 4 Yahweh called to Samuel, who said, "Here I am." \s5 @@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 10 Yahweh came and stood; he called as at the other times, "Samuel, Samuel." Then Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant is listening." -\v 11 Yahweh said to Samuel, "See, I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of everyone that hears it will shake. +\v 11 Yahweh said to Samuel, "See, I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. \s5 \v 12 On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have said about his house, from beginning to end. diff --git a/09-1SA/04.usfm b/09-1SA/04.usfm index 03692603..f29490d1 100644 --- a/09-1SA/04.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/04.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \v 2 The Philistines lined up for battle against Israel. When the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the field of battle. \s5 -\v 3 When the people came into the camp, the elders of Israel said, "Why has Yahweh defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh here from Shiloh, that it may be here with us, that it might keep us safe from the power of our enemies." +\v 3 When the people came into the camp, the elders of Israel said, "Why has Yahweh defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh here from Shiloh, that it may be here with us, that it might keep us safe from the hands of our enemies." \v 4 So the people sent men to Shiloh; from there they carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of hosts, who sits above the cherubim. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. \s5 @@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ \v 6 When the Philistines heard the noise of the shouting, they said, "What does this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews mean?" Then they realized that the ark of Yahweh had come into the camp. \s5 -\v 7 The Philistines were afraid; they said, "God has come into the camp." They said, "Woe to us! Nothing like this has happened before! -\v 8 Woe to us! Who will protect us from the strength of this mighty God? This is the God who attacked the Egyptians with many different kinds of plagues in the wilderness. +\v 7 The Philistines were afraid; they said, "A god has come into the camp." They said, "Woe to us! Nothing like this has happened before! +\v 8 Woe to us! Who will protect us from the strength of these mighty gods? These are the gods who attacked the Egyptians with many different kinds of plagues in the wilderness. \v 9 Take courage, and be men, you Philistines, or you will become slaves to the Hebrews, as they have been slaves to you. Be men, and fight." \s5 @@ -32,10 +32,9 @@ \s5 \v 14 When Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he said, "What is the meaning of this uproar?" The man quickly came and told Eli. \v 15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; his eyes did not focus, and he could not see. - \s5 \v 16 The man said to Eli, "I am the one who came from the battle line. I fled from the battle today." And he said, "How did it go, my son?" -\v 17 The man who brought the news answered and said, "Israel fled from the Philistines. There has also been a great defeat among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken." +\v 17 The man who brought the news answered and said, "Israel fled from the Philistines. Also, there has been a great defeat among the people. Also, your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken." \s5 \v 18 When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate. His neck was broken, and he died, because he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years. diff --git a/09-1SA/05.usfm b/09-1SA/05.usfm index d34fbb75..ef8e8cc1 100644 --- a/09-1SA/05.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/05.usfm @@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ \p \v 1 Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. \v 2 The Philistines took the ark of God, brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it up beside Dagon. -\v 3 When the people of Ashdod got up early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen face down on the ground before the ark of Yahweh. So they took Dagon and set him up in his place again. +\v 3 When the people of Ashdod got up early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen facedown on the ground before the ark of Yahweh. So they took Dagon and set him up in his place again. \s5 -\v 4 But when they got up early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen face down on the ground before the ark of Yahweh. The head of Dagon and both of his hands were lying cut off in the doorway. Only the trunk of Dagon remained. +\v 4 But when they got up early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen facedown on the ground before the ark of Yahweh. The head of Dagon and both of his hands were lying cut off in the doorway. Only the trunk of Dagon remained. \v 5 This is why, even today, the priests of Dagon and anyone who comes into Dagon's house does not step on the doorway of Dagon in Ashdod. \s5 diff --git a/09-1SA/06.usfm b/09-1SA/06.usfm index 2f41f543..4e865262 100644 --- a/09-1SA/06.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/06.usfm @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ \v 6 Why should you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? That was when the God of Israel dealt severely with them; did not the Egyptians send away the people, and they left? \s5 -\v 7 Now then, prepare a new cart with two nursing cows, which have never been yoked. Tie the cows to the cart, but take their calves home, away from them. +\v 7 Now then, prepare a new cart with two nursing cows that have never been yoked. Tie the cows to the cart, but take their calves home, away from them. \v 8 Then take the ark of Yahweh and place it in the cart. Put the golden figures that you are returning to him as a guilt offering into a box to one side of it. Then send it off and let it go its own way. \v 9 Then watch; if it goes up on the way to its own land to Beth Shemesh, then it is Yahweh who has executed this great disaster. But if not, then we will know that it is not his hand that afflicted us; instead, we will know that it happened to us by chance." diff --git a/09-1SA/07.usfm b/09-1SA/07.usfm index 9131c8d8..34f8b0d3 100644 --- a/09-1SA/07.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/07.usfm @@ -1,13 +1,11 @@ - \s5 \c 7 \p -\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. - \s5 -\v 3 Samuel said to all people of Israel, "If you return to Yahweh with your whole heart, remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, turn your hearts to Yahweh, and worship him only, then he will rescue you from the hand of the Philistines." +\v 3 Samuel said to the entire house of Israel, "If you return to Yahweh with your whole heart, remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, turn your hearts to Yahweh, and worship him only, then he will rescue you from the hand of the Philistines." \v 4 Then the people of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and worshiped Yahweh only. \s5 diff --git a/09-1SA/08.usfm b/09-1SA/08.usfm index 7d09af2b..7b6a2fa8 100644 --- a/09-1SA/08.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/08.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 10 So Samuel told all the words of Yahweh to the people who were asking for a king. -\v 11 He said, "This is how the king will reign over you. He will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen, and to run before his chariots. +\v 11 He said, "This will be the practice of the king who will reign over you. He will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen, and to run before his chariots. \v 12 He will appoint for himself captains of thousands of soldiers, and captains of fifty soldiers. He will make some plow his ground, some reap his harvest, and some make his weapons of war and the equipment for his chariots. \s5 @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \s5 \v 21 When Samuel heard all the words of the people he repeated them in the ears of Yahweh. -\v 22 Yahweh said to Samuel, "Obey their voice and make them a king." So Samuel said to the men of Israel, "Every man must go to his own city." +\v 22 Yahweh said to Samuel, "Obey their voice and cause someone to be king for them." So Samuel said to the men of Israel, "Every man must go to his own city." diff --git a/09-1SA/09.usfm b/09-1SA/09.usfm index 9dc26358..e3574c63 100644 --- a/09-1SA/09.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/09.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. So Kish said to Saul his son, "Take one of the servants with you; arise and go look for the donkeys." -\v 4 So Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim and went through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them. Then they passed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they did not find them. +\v 4 So Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim and went through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them. Then they passed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he passed through the land of the Benjaminites, but they did not find them. \s5 \p @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \s5 \v 7 Then Saul said to his servant, "But if we go, what can we bring the man? For the bread in our sack is gone, and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?" -\v 8 The servant answered Saul and said, "Here, I have with me a fourth of a shekel of silver that I will give to the man of God, to tell us which way we should go." +\v 8 The servant answered Saul and said, "Here, I have with me one-fourth of a shekel of silver that I will give to the man of God, to tell us which way we should go." \s5 \v 9 (Formerly in Israel, when a man went to seek the knowledge of God's will, he said, "Come, let us go to the seer." For today's prophet was formerly called a seer.) @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ \v 22 So Samuel took Saul and his servant, brought them into the hall, and seated them at the head place of those who had been invited, who were about thirty people. \s5 -\v 23 Samuel said to the cook, "Bring the portion which I gave to you, of which I said to you, 'Put it aside.'" +\v 23 Samuel said to the cook, "Bring the portion which I gave to you, of which I said to you, 'Put it aside.'" \v 24 So the cook took the thigh that had been raised in sacrifice and what was with it, and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, "See what has been kept for you. Eat it, because it has been kept until the appointed time for you. For now you can say, 'I have invited the people.'" So Saul ate with Samuel that day. \s5 @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ \v 26 Then at the break of dawn, Samuel called to Saul on the rooftop and said, "Get up, so I can send you on your way." So Saul got up, and both he and Samuel went out into the street. \s5 -\v 27 As they were going to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant to go ahead of us (and he went ahead), but you must stay here awhile, that I may announce the message of God to you." +\v 27 As they were going to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant to go ahead of us"—and he went ahead—"but you must stay here awhile, that I may announce the message of God to you." diff --git a/09-1SA/10.usfm b/09-1SA/10.usfm index dcb24b73..38558f81 100644 --- a/09-1SA/10.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/10.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 10 \p \v 1 Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul's head, and kissed him. He said, "Has not Yahweh anointed you to be a ruler over his inheritance? -\v 2 When you leave me today, you will find two men near Rachel's tomb, in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will say to you, 'The donkeys that you were looking for have been found. Now, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is worried about you, saying, "What should I do about my son?"' +\v 2 When you leave me today, you will find two men near Rachel's tomb, in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will say to you, 'The donkeys that you were looking for have been found. Now your father has stopped caring about the donkeys and is worried about you, saying, "What should I do about my son?"' \s5 \v 3 Then you will go on further from there, and you will come to the oak of Tabor. Three men going to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine. diff --git a/09-1SA/11.usfm b/09-1SA/11.usfm index 6800a499..937c01e0 100644 --- a/09-1SA/11.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/11.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 11 \p -\v 1 Then Nahash the Ammonite went and laid seige to Jabesh Gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you." +\v 1 Then Nahash the Ammonite went and laid seige to Jabesh Gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you." \v 2 Nahash the Ammonite replied, "On this condition will I make a treaty with you, that I gouge out all of your right eyes, and in this way bring disgrace on all Israel." \s5 diff --git a/09-1SA/12.usfm b/09-1SA/12.usfm index 9f14fbfc..0eff0d41 100644 --- a/09-1SA/12.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/12.usfm @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \v 11 So Yahweh sent Jerub Baal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and gave you victory over your enemies all around you, so that you lived in security. \s5 -\v 12 When you saw that Nahash the king of the people of Ammon came against you, you said to me, 'No! Instead, a king must reign over us'—although Yahweh, your God, was your king. +\v 12 When you saw that Nahash the king of the people of Ammon came against you, you said to me, 'No! Instead, a king must reign over us'—although Yahweh your God, was your king. \v 13 Now here is the king whom you have chosen, whom you have asked for and whom Yahweh has now appointed as king over you. \s5 diff --git a/09-1SA/16.usfm b/09-1SA/16.usfm index db56ad0e..2e7307aa 100644 --- a/09-1SA/16.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/16.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \s5 \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. \s5 \p diff --git a/09-1SA/17.usfm b/09-1SA/17.usfm index 5c17242f..1ae00759 100644 --- a/09-1SA/17.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/17.usfm @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 12 Now David was the son of the Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, whose name was Jesse. He had eight sons. Jesse was an old man in the days of Saul, advanced in years among men. +\v 12 Now David was the son of the Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, whose name was Jesse. He had eight sons. Jesse was an old man in the days of Saul, very old among men. \v 13 The three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. The names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. \s5 diff --git a/09-1SA/18.usfm b/09-1SA/18.usfm index e0edd110..64a643ab 100644 --- a/09-1SA/18.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/18.usfm @@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ \s5 \v 25 And Saul said, "Thus you will say to David, 'The king does not desire any dowry, only one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged from the king's enemies.'" Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. -\v 26 When his servants told David these words, it pleased David to be the king's son-in-law. - +\v 26 When his servants told David these words, it pleased David to be the king's son-in-law. \s5 \v 27 Before those days had expired, David went with his men and killed two hundred Philistines. David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, so that he might be the king's son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter as his wife. \v 28 And Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David. Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him. diff --git a/09-1SA/21.usfm b/09-1SA/21.usfm index 7ca21f61..b6cc2847 100644 --- a/09-1SA/21.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/21.usfm @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ - \s5 \c 21 @@ -11,8 +10,8 @@ \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." \s5 -\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. \s5 \p diff --git a/09-1SA/22.usfm b/09-1SA/22.usfm index a53d4a9f..7bb3a98f 100644 --- a/09-1SA/22.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/22.usfm @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \v 21 Abiathar told David that Saul had killed Yahweh's priests. \s5 -\v 22 David said to Abiathar, "I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I am responsible for every death in your father's family! +\v 22 David said to Abiathar, "I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I am responsible for every death in your father's family! \v 23 Stay with me and do not be afraid. For the one who seeks your life seeks mine as well. You will be safe with me." diff --git a/09-1SA/23.usfm b/09-1SA/23.usfm index 6d33d0b0..8c8905c2 100644 --- a/09-1SA/23.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/23.usfm @@ -4,16 +4,15 @@ \c 23 \p \v 1 They told David, "Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are robbing the threshing floors." -\v 2 So David prayed to Yahweh for help, and he asked him, "Should I go and attack these Philistines?" Yahweh said to David, "Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah." +\v 2 So David prayed to Yahweh for help and asked him, "Should I go and attack these Philistines?" Yahweh said to David, "Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah." \s5 \v 3 David's men said to him, "See, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?" -\v 4 Then David prayed to Yahweh for help, yet again. Yahweh answered him, "Arise, go down to Keilah. For I will give you victory over the Philistines." +\v 4 Then David prayed to Yahweh for help yet again. Yahweh answered him, "Arise, go down to Keilah. For I will give you victory over the Philistines." \s5 -\v 5 David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines. They led away their cattle and attacked them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. +\v 5 David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines. He led away their cattle and struck them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. \v 6 When Abiathar son of Ahimelech had fled to David at Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand. - \s5 \p \v 7 Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah. Saul said, "God has given him into my hand. For he is shut in because he has entered a city that has gates and bars." @@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ \v 12 Then David said, "Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?" Yahweh said, "They will surrender you." \s5 -\v 13 Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, they got up and went away from Keilah, and they went from place to place. It was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, and he stopped the pursuit. +\v 13 Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, got up and went away from Keilah, and they went from place to place. It was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, and he stopped the pursuit. \v 14 David stayed in the strongholds in the wilderness, in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul looked for him every day, but God did not give him into his hand. \s5 @@ -57,11 +56,10 @@ \s5 \v 26 Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men were going on the other side of the mountain. David hurried to get away from Saul. As Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men to take them, -\v 27 a messenger came to Saul and said, "Hurry and come for the Philistines have made a raid against the land." +\v 27 a messenger came to Saul and said, "Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid against the land." \s5 \v 28 So Saul returned from pursuing David and went against the Philistines. Therefore that place was called the Rock of Escape. \v 29 David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of Engedi. - diff --git a/09-1SA/24.usfm b/09-1SA/24.usfm index f749ce5e..d082380d 100644 --- a/09-1SA/24.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/24.usfm @@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ \v 2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to seek David and his men on the Rocks of the Wild Goats. \s5 -\v 3 He came to sheep pens on the way, where there was a cave. Saul went inside to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting far back in the cave. +\v 3 He came to sheep pens on the way, where there was a cave. Saul went inside to cover his feet. Now David and his men were sitting far back in the cave. \v 4 David's men said to him, "This is the day of which Yahweh spoke when he said to you, 'I will give your enemy into your hand, for you to do with him as you wish.'" Then David arose and quietly crept forward and cut off the corner of Saul's robe. - \s5 \v 5 Afterward David's heart afflicted him because he had cut a corner off Saul's robe. \v 6 He said to his men, "May Yahweh forbid that I should do this thing to my master, Yahweh's anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is Yahweh's anointed." diff --git a/09-1SA/25.usfm b/09-1SA/25.usfm index aa8862cc..be73ec45 100644 --- a/09-1SA/25.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/25.usfm @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. \v 5 So David sent ten young men. David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, go to Nabal, and greet him in my name. -\v 6 You will say to him 'Live in prosperity, Peace to you and peace to your house, and peace be to all that you have. +\v 6 You will say to him, 'Live in prosperity. Peace to you and peace to your house, and peace be to all that you have. \s5 \v 7 I hear that you have shearers. Your shepherds have been with us, and we did them no harm, and they missed nothing the whole time they were in Carmel. @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ \v 26 Now then, my master, as Yahweh lives, and as you live, since Yahweh has restrained you from bloodshed, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies, and those who seek to do evil to my master, be like Nabal. \s5 -\v 27 And now let this present which your servant has brought to my master, let it be given to the young men who follow my master. +\v 27 And now, this present that your servant has brought to my master—let it be given to the young men who follow my master. \v 28 Please forgive the trespass of your servant, for Yahweh will certainly make my master a sure house, because my master is fighting the battles of Yahweh; and evil will not be found in you so long as you live. \s5 diff --git a/10-2SA/01.usfm b/10-2SA/01.usfm index 7a3bcde6..87e8a80f 100644 --- a/10-2SA/01.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/01.usfm @@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ \q they were stronger than lions. \q \v 24 You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, -\q who clothed you in scarlet delicately, -\q who put ornaments of gold on your garments. +\q who clothed you in scarlet as well as jewels, +\q and who put ornaments of gold on your clothing. \s5 \q diff --git a/10-2SA/03.usfm b/10-2SA/03.usfm index 1f35be81..bffb6d9e 100644 --- a/10-2SA/03.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/03.usfm @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \v 7 Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. Ishbosheth said to Abner, "Why have you slept with my father's concubine?" \s5 -\v 8 Then Abner was very angry at the words of Ishbosheth and said, "Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? Today I am showing faithfulness to the house of Saul, your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, by not handing you over into the hand of David. And yet you accuse me about this woman today? +\v 8 Then Abner was very angry at the words of Ishbosheth and said, "Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? Today I am showing faithfulness to the house of Saul, your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, by not delivering you into the hand of David. And yet you accuse me about this woman today? \s5 \v 9 May God do so to me, Abner, and more also, if I do not do for David as Yahweh has sworn to him, @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 17 Abner spoke with the elders of Israel saying, "In the past you were trying to have David be king over you. -\v 18 Now do it. For Yahweh has spoken of David saying, 'By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the power of the Philistines and all their enemies.'" +\v 18 Now do it. For Yahweh has spoken of David saying, 'By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and from the hand of all their enemies.'" \s5 \v 19 Abner also spoke personally to the people of Benjamin. Then Abner went also to speak with David in Hebron to explain everything that Israel and the whole house of Benjamin desired to accomplish. diff --git a/10-2SA/06.usfm b/10-2SA/06.usfm index 13669bc5..cff1611f 100644 --- a/10-2SA/06.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/06.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 They set the ark of God on a new cart. They brought it out of Abinadab's house, which was on a hill. Uzzah and Ahio, his sons, were guiding the new cart. \v 4 They brought the cart out of Abinadab's house on the hill with the ark of God on it. Ahio was walking in front of the ark. -\v 5 Then David and all the house of Israel began to play before Yahweh, celebrating with instruments made of pine wood, harps, lyres, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals. +\v 5 Then David and all the house of Israel began to play before Yahweh, celebrating with wooden instruments, harps, lyres, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals. \s5 \p diff --git a/10-2SA/08.usfm b/10-2SA/08.usfm index 9ec5ecbe..b1b58b99 100644 --- a/10-2SA/08.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/08.usfm @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \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. \s5 -\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. \s5 diff --git a/10-2SA/18.usfm b/10-2SA/18.usfm index 521a250a..3370677c 100644 --- a/10-2SA/18.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/18.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 18 \p \v 1 David counted the soldiers who were with him and appointed captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them. -\v 2 Then David sent out the army, one third under the command of Joab, another third under the command of Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and still another third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the army, "I will certainly go out with you myself, too." +\v 2 Then David sent out the army, one-third under the command of Joab, another third under the command of Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and still another third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the army, "I will certainly go out with you myself, too." \s5 \v 3 But the men said, "You must not go to battle, for if we flee away they will not care about us, or if half of us die they will not care. But you are worth ten thousand of us! Therefore it is better that you be ready to help us from the city." @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 19 Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, "Let me now run to the king with the good news, how Yahweh has rescued him from his enemies." +\v 19 Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, "Let me now run to the king with the good news, how Yahweh has rescued him from the hand of his enemies." \v 20 Joab answered him, "You will not be the bearer of news today; you must do it another day. Today you will bear no news because the king's son is dead." \s5 @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 28 Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, "All is well." And he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground and said, "Blessed be Yahweh your God, who has handed over the men who lifted up their hand against my master the king." +\v 28 Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, "All is well." And he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground and said, "Blessed be Yahweh your God, who has delivered the men who raised up their hand against my master the king." \v 29 So the king replied, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" Ahimaaz answered, "When Joab sent me, the king's servant, to you, king, I saw a great disturbance, but I did not know what it was." \v 30 Then the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So Ahimaaz turned aside, and stood still. diff --git a/10-2SA/19.usfm b/10-2SA/19.usfm index cfcb9962..d130dd5f 100644 --- a/10-2SA/19.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/19.usfm @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \s5 \v 13 And say to Amasa, 'Are you not my flesh and my bone? God do so to me, and more also, if you are not captain of my army from now on in the place of Joab.'" -\v 14 And he won the hearts of all the men of Judah, as if they were the heart of one man, so that they sent to the king saying, "Return, you and all your men." +\v 14 And he won the hearts of all the men of Judah as one man, so that they sent to the king saying, "Return, you and all your men." \v 15 So the king returned and came to the Jordan. And the men of Judah came to Gilgal to go to meet the king, to escort the king over the Jordan. \s5 diff --git a/10-2SA/22.usfm b/10-2SA/22.usfm index 47e1578f..9d10a502 100644 --- a/10-2SA/22.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/22.usfm @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \v 5 For the waves of death surrounded me. \q The rushing waters of worthlessness overwhelmed me. \q -\v 6 The cords of sheol surrounded me; +\v 6 The cords of Sheol surrounded me; \q the snares of death trapped me. \s5 diff --git a/10-2SA/24.usfm b/10-2SA/24.usfm index aa4586c4..efa8af49 100644 --- a/10-2SA/24.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/24.usfm @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \s5 \v 13 So Gad went to David and said to him, "Will three years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months from your enemies while they pursue you? Or will there be three days of plague in your land? Now decide what answer I should return to him who sent me." -\v 14 Then David said to Gad, "I am in deep trouble. Let us fall into Yahweh's hands rather than into the hands of people, for his merciful actions are very great." +\v 14 Then David said to Gad, "I am in deep trouble. Let us fall into Yahweh's hands rather than into the hand of man, for his merciful actions are very great." \s5 \p diff --git a/11-1KI/01.usfm b/11-1KI/01.usfm index 46273d5f..53a4451e 100644 --- a/11-1KI/01.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/01.usfm @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ \s5 \c 1 \p -\v 1 King David was old and advanced in years. They covered him with blankets, but he could not keep warm. -\v 2 So his servants said to him, "Let us look for a young virgin for our master the king. Let her serve the king and take care of him. Let her lie in his arms so that our master the king may keep warm." +\v 1 When King David was very old, they covered him with blankets, but he could not keep warm. +\v 2 So his servants said to him, "Let us look for a young virgin for our master the king. Let her serve the king and take care of him. Let her lie in his arms so that our master the king may keep warm." \s5 \v 3 So they searched for a beautiful girl within all the borders of Israel. They found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king. diff --git a/11-1KI/05.usfm b/11-1KI/05.usfm index d41e25d5..4d92e1b7 100644 --- a/11-1KI/05.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/05.usfm @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 7 When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, "May Yahweh be blessed today, who has given to David a wise son over this great people." -\v 8 Hiram sent word to Solomon, saying, "I have heard the message that you have sent to me. I will do all you desire concerning the timber of cedar and cypress. +\v 8 Hiram sent word to Solomon, saying, "I have heard the message that you have sent to me. I will provide all the wood of cedar and cypress that you desire. \s5 \v 9 My servants will bring the trees down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you direct me. I will have them broken up there, and you will take them away. You will do what I desire by giving food for my household." diff --git a/11-1KI/07.usfm b/11-1KI/07.usfm index 8c7ffbc3..6a7063d9 100644 --- a/11-1KI/07.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/07.usfm @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ \s5 \p -\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. diff --git a/11-1KI/08.usfm b/11-1KI/08.usfm index 6a93c182..092bfdb4 100644 --- a/11-1KI/08.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/08.usfm @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ tribes, and the leaders of the families of the people of Israel, before himself \s5 \p \v 22 Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh, before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward the heavens. -\v 23 He said, "Yahweh, God of Israel, there is no god like you in the heavens above or on the earth below, who keeps his covenant faithfulness with your servants who walk before you with all their heart; +\v 23 He said, "Yahweh, God of Israel, there is no God like you in the heavens above or on the earth below, who keeps his covenant faithfulness with your servants who walk before you with all their heart; \v 24 you who have kept with your servant David my father, what you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today. \s5 @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ tribes, and the leaders of the families of the people of Israel, before himself \s5 \p -\v 46 Suppose that they sin against you, since there is no one who does not sin, and suppose that you are angry with them and hand them over to the enemy, so that the enemy carries them away captive to their land, whether distant or near. +\v 46 Suppose that they sin against you, since there is no one who does not sin, and suppose that you are angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, so that the enemy takes them away captive to their land, whether distant or near. \v 47 Then suppose that they realize they are in the land where they have been exiled, and suppose that they repent and seek favor from you from the land of their captors. Suppose that they say, 'We have acted perversely and sinned. We have behaved wickedly.' \s5 @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ tribes, and the leaders of the families of the people of Israel, before himself \s5 \v 57 May Yahweh our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he never leave us or forsake us, -\v 58 that he may incline our hearts to him, to live in all his ways and keep his commandments and his statutes and his decrees, which he commanded our fathers. +\v 58 that he may incline our hearts to him, to live in all his ways and keep his commandments and his regulations and his statues, which he commanded our fathers. \s5 \v 59 And let these words I have spoken, by which I have made request before Yahweh, be near Yahweh our God day and night, so that he may help the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as every day will require; @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ tribes, and the leaders of the families of the people of Israel, before himself \v 63 Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings, which he made to Yahweh: twenty-two thousand oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh. \s5 -\v 64 The same day the king dedicated the middle of the courtyard in front of the temple of Yahweh, for there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar that was before Yahweh was too small to receive the burnt offering, the grain offerings, and the fat of the fellowship offerings. +\v 64 The same day the king set apart the middle of the courtyard in front of the temple of Yahweh, for there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar that was before Yahweh was too small to receive the burnt offering, the grain offerings, and the fat of the fellowship offerings. \s5 \v 65 So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from Lebo Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God for seven days and also for another seven days, a total of fourteen days. diff --git a/11-1KI/09.usfm b/11-1KI/09.usfm index 64b4dcce..5a903823 100644 --- a/11-1KI/09.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/09.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \v 2 and Yahweh appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. \s5 -\v 3 And Yahweh said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your request that you have made before me. I have dedicated this house, which you have built, to myself, to put my name there forever, and my eyes and my heart will be there for all time. +\v 3 And Yahweh said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your request that you have made before me. I have set apart this house, which you have built, to myself, to put my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time. \s5 \v 4 As for you, if you walk before me as David your father walked in integrity of heart and in uprightness, obeying all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and my decrees, @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ \s5 \v 6 But if you turn away, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have placed before you, and if you go and worship other gods and bow down to them, -\v 7 then will I cut off Israel from off the ground that I have given them; and this house that I have dedicated to my name—I will cast it out of my sight. Then the name 'Israel' will become just a proverb and a joke among all the peoples. +\v 7 then will I cut off Israel from off the ground that I have given them; and this house that I have set apart to my name, I will cast it out of my sight, and Israel will become an example to be mocked and an object of ridicule among all peoples. \s5 \v 8 And though this temple is so lofty now, everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss. They will ask, 'Why has Yahweh done this to this land and to this house?' @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \v 10 It came about at the end of twenty years, Solomon had finished building the two buildings, the temple of Yahweh and the king's palace. -\v 11 Hiram, the king of Tyre, had furnished Solomon with cedar trees, pine trees, and with gold, all that Solomon desired. So King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. +\v 11 Hiram, the king of Tyre, had furnished Solomon with cedar and cypress trees, and with gold; all that Solomon desired. So King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. \s5 \v 12 Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him, but they did not please him. diff --git a/11-1KI/15.usfm b/11-1KI/15.usfm index 05848788..92735205 100644 --- a/11-1KI/15.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/15.usfm @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \s5 \v 14 But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless, Asa's heart was completely devoted to Yahweh all his days. -\v 15 He brought into the house of Yahweh the things that were dedicated to Yahweh by his father and the things that he had dedicated, objects of silver and gold. +\v 15 He brought into the house of Yahweh the things that were set apart by his father, and his own things that had been set apart that were made of silver and gold, and vessels. \s5 \p @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \s5 \v 18 Then Asa took all the silver and gold left in the storerooms in the house of Yahweh, and the storerooms of the king's palace. He put it into the hands of his servants and sent it to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who lived in Damascus. He said, -\v 19 "Let there be a treaty between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Look, I have sent to you a gift of silver and gold. Break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he may leave me alone." +\v 19 "Let there be a covenant between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Look, I have sent to you a gift of silver and gold. Break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel, so that he may leave me alone." \s5 \v 20 Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies, and they attacked the cities of Israel. They attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinnereth, together with all the land of Naphtali. diff --git a/11-1KI/16.usfm b/11-1KI/16.usfm index 26b0968f..82757d55 100644 --- a/11-1KI/16.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/16.usfm @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab son of Omri began to reign over Israel. Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. -\v 30 Ahab son of Omri did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, more than all who had been before him. +\v 30 Ahab son of Omri did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, more than all those who were before him. \s5 \v 31 It was to Ahab a trivial thing to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, so he took as his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians; he went and worshiped Baal and bowed down to him. diff --git a/11-1KI/17.usfm b/11-1KI/17.usfm index 2f0d367a..89d1bb0e 100644 --- a/11-1KI/17.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/17.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 17 \p -\v 1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will not be dew or rain these years unless I say so." +\v 1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As Yahweh, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there will not be dew or rain these years unless I say so." \s5 \v 2 The word of Yahweh came to Elijah, saying, diff --git a/11-1KI/20.usfm b/11-1KI/20.usfm index 99cc2de8..47d8497e 100644 --- a/11-1KI/20.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/20.usfm @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ \s5 \v 33 Now the men were listening for any sign from Ahab, so they quickly answered him, "Yes, your brother Ben Hadad is alive." Then Ahab said, "Go and bring him." Then Ben Hadad came to him, and Ahab had him come up into his chariot. -\v 34 Ben Hadad said to Ahab, "I will restore to you the cities that my father took from your father, and you may make markets for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria." Ahab replied, "I will let you go with this agreement." So Ahab made an agreement with him and then let him go. +\v 34 Ben Hadad said to Ahab, "I will restore to you the cities that my father took from your father, and you may make markets for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria." Ahab replied, "I will let you go with this covenant." So Ahab made a covenant with him and then let him go. \s5 \p diff --git a/11-1KI/22.usfm b/11-1KI/22.usfm index 8dde8d7b..9d7a06ea 100644 --- a/11-1KI/22.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/22.usfm @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 5 Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please seek direction from the word of Yahweh for what you should do first." -\v 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, "Should I go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or should I not?" They said, "Attack, for the Lord will hand it over to the king." +\v 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, "Should I go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or should I not?" They said, "Attack, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king." \s5 \v 7 But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not here yet another prophet of Yahweh from whom we might seek advice?" @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \p \v 13 The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, "Now look, the words of the prophets declare good things to the king with one mouth. Please let your word be like one of them and say good things." \v 14 Micaiah replied, "As Yahweh lives, it is what Yahweh says to me that I will say." -\v 15 When he came to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, should we go to Ramoth Gilead for battle, or not?" Micaiah answered him, "Attack and win. Yahweh will hand it over to the king." +\v 15 When he came to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, should we go to Ramoth Gilead for battle, or not?" Micaiah answered him, "Attack and win. Yahweh will give it into the hand of the king." \s5 \v 16 Then the king said to him, "How many times must I require you to swear to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?" diff --git a/12-2KI/03.usfm b/12-2KI/03.usfm index d354c003..0d53885f 100644 --- a/12-2KI/03.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/03.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 3 \p \v 1 Now in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Joram son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria; he reigned twelve years. -\v 2 He did evil in the sight of Yahweh, but not like his father and his mother; for he removed the sacred stone pillar of Baal that his father had made. +\v 2 He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, but not like his father and his mother; for he removed the sacred stone pillar of Baal that his father had made. \v 3 Nevertheless he held on to the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin; he did not turn away from them. \s5 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \s5 \v 9 So the kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom marched in a semicircle for seven days. There was no water found for their army, nor for their horses or other animals. -\v 10 So the king of Israel said, "What is this? Has Yahweh called three kings together so Moab will defeat us?" +\v 10 So the king of Israel said, "What is this? Has Yahweh called three kings to give them into the hand of Moab?" \s5 \v 11 But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may consult Yahweh by him?" One of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, "Elisha son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah." @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 13 Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and mother." So the king of Israel said to him, "No, because Yahweh has called together us three kings, so Moab will defeat us." +\v 13 Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and mother." So the king of Israel said to him, "No, because Yahweh has called these three kings together to give them into the hand of Moab." \v 14 Elisha replied, "As Yahweh of hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely were it not for the fact that I honor the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not pay any attention to you, or even look at you. \s5 diff --git a/12-2KI/06.usfm b/12-2KI/06.usfm index ffc465b4..01cfbdaa 100644 --- a/12-2KI/06.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/06.usfm @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \s5 \v 17 Elisha prayed and said, "Yahweh, I beg that you will open his eyes that he may see." Then Yahweh opened the servant's eyes, and he saw. Behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha! -\v 18 When the Arameans came down to him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh and said, "Make these people blind, I ask you." So Yahweh made them blind, just as Elisha had asked. +\v 18 When the Arameans came down to him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh and said, "Strike these people blind, I ask you." So Yahweh made them blind, just as Elisha had asked. \v 19 Then Elisha told the Arameans, "This is not the way, neither is this the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you are looking for." And he led them to Samaria. \s5 diff --git a/12-2KI/08.usfm b/12-2KI/08.usfm index 8b89e139..b526e42c 100644 --- a/12-2KI/08.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/08.usfm @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ \v 21 Then Jehoram crossed over with his commanders and all his chariots. It happened that he rose up at night and attacked and overwhelmed the Edomites, who had surrounded him and the commanders of the chariots. Then Jehoram's army escaped to their homes. \s5 -\v 22 So Edom has been in rebellion from the power of Judah to this present day. Libnah also revolted at the same time. +\v 22 So Edom has been in rebellion against the rule of Judah to this present day. Libnah also revolted at the same time. \v 23 As for the other matters concerning Jehoram, all that he did, are they not written in The Book of the Events of the Kings of Judah? \v 24 Jehoram died and rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. Then Ahaziah his son became king in his place. @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \p \v 25 In the twelfth year of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign. \v 26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah; she was the daughter of Omri, king of Israel. -\v 27 Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; he did what was evil in Yahweh's sight, as the house of Ahab was doing, for Ahaziah was a son-in-law to the house of Ahab. +\v 27 Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as the house of Ahab was doing, for Ahaziah was a son-in-law to the house of Ahab. \s5 \v 28 Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab, to fight against Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth Gilead. The Arameans wounded Joram. diff --git a/12-2KI/09.usfm b/12-2KI/09.usfm index 30c08402..1bbd7d13 100644 --- a/12-2KI/09.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/09.usfm @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ \v 32 Jehu looked up at the window and said, "Who is on my side? Who?" Then two or three eunuchs looked out. \s5 -\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." \s5 diff --git a/12-2KI/10.usfm b/12-2KI/10.usfm index 99c5efc6..34bca2a7 100644 --- a/12-2KI/10.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/10.usfm @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ \p \v 18 Then Jehu gathered all the people together and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much. \v 19 Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers, and all his priests. Let no one be left out, for I have a great sacrifice to offer to Baal. Whoever does not come will not live." But Jehu did this deceitfully, with the intent to kill the worshipers of Baal. -\v 20 Jehu said, "Dedicate a solemn assembly for Baal, and set aside a day for it." So they proclaimed it. +\v 20 Jehu said, "Set a time to have an assembly for Baal." So they announced it. \s5 \v 21 Then Jehu sent throughout all Israel and all the worshipers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. They came into the temple of Baal, and it was filled from one end to another. diff --git a/12-2KI/11.usfm b/12-2KI/11.usfm index 8dbc6342..fcb70026 100644 --- a/12-2KI/11.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/11.usfm @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 9 So the commanders of hundreds obeyed everything Jehoiada the priest commanded. Each one took his men, those who were to come in to serve on the Sabbath, and those who were to stop serving on that Sabbath; and they came to Jehoiada, the priest. -\v 10 Then Jehoiada, the priest, handed over to the commanders of hundreds the spears and shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of Yahweh. +\v 10 Then Jehoiada, the priest, gave over to the commanders of hundreds the spears and shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of Yahweh. \s5 \v 11 So the guard stood, each man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, surrounding the king. @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 17 Then Jehoiada made a covenant among Yahweh, King Joash, and the people, that they should be Yahweh's people, and also between the king and the people. +\v 17 Then Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and the king and people, that they should be Yahweh's people, and also between the king and the people. \v 18 So all the people of the land went to the house of Baal and tore it down. They smashed Baal's altars and his idol figures to pieces, and they killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of those altars. Then the priest appointed guards over the temple of Yahweh. \s5 diff --git a/12-2KI/12.usfm b/12-2KI/12.usfm index 680e7575..161a624c 100644 --- a/12-2KI/12.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/12.usfm @@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ \s5 \p \v 17 Then Hazael king of Aram attacked and fought against Gath, and took it. Hazael then turned to attack Jerusalem. -\v 18 Joash king of Judah took all of Yahweh's things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated to Yahweh, his own holy things, and all the gold that was found in the storerooms of the houses of Yahweh and of the king; he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. Then Hazael went away from Jerusalem. +\v 18 Joash king of Judah took all the things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had set apart, and what he had set apart, and all the gold that was found in the storerooms of the houses of Yahweh and of the king and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. Then Hazael went away from Jerusalem. \s5 \p \v 19 As for the other matters concerning Joash, all that he did, are they not written in The Book of the Events of the Kings of Judah? -\v 20 His servants arose and plotted together; they attacked Joash in the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla. +\v 20 His servants arose and plotted together; they attacked Joash in Beth Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla. \v 21 Jozacar son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad son of Shomer, his servants, attacked him, and he died. They buried Joash with his ancestors in the city of David, and Amaziah, his son, became king in his place. diff --git a/12-2KI/13.usfm b/12-2KI/13.usfm index 29c7fa0f..98ee0425 100644 --- a/12-2KI/13.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/13.usfm @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ \v 2 He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh and followed the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin; and Jehoahaz did not turn away from them. \s5 -\v 3 The anger of Yahweh burned against Israel, and he repeatedly handed them over to Hazael king of Aram, and to Ben Hadad son of Hazael. +\v 3 The anger of Yahweh burned against Israel, and he gave them continually into the hand of Hazael king of Aram and into the hand of Ben Hadad son of Hazael. \v 4 So Jehoahaz implored Yahweh, and Yahweh listened to him because he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram was oppressing them. -\v 5 So Yahweh gave Israel a rescuer, and they escaped from under the power of the Arameans, and the people of Israel began to live in their homes as before. +\v 5 So Yahweh gave Israel a rescuer, and they escaped from the hand of the Arameans, and the people of Israel began to live in their homes as they had before. \s5 \v 6 Nevertheless, they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who caused Israel to sin, and they continued in them. And the Asherah pole remained in Samaria. @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ by which he had made Israel to sin, but he walked in them. \s5 \v 17 Elisha said, "Open the window eastward," so he opened it. Then Elisha said, "Shoot!", and he shot. Elisha said, "This is Yahweh's arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you will attack the Arameans in Aphek until you have consumed them." -\v 18 Then Elisha said, "Take the arrows," so Joash took them. He said to the king of Israel, "Hit the ground with them," and he hit the ground three times, then stopped. +\v 18 Then Elisha said, "Take the arrows," so Joash took them. He said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground with them," and he struck the ground three times, then stopped. \v 19 But the man of God was angry with him and said, "You should have hit the ground five or six times. Then you would have had attacked Aram until you had annihilated it, but now you will attack Aram only three times." \s5 diff --git a/12-2KI/15.usfm b/12-2KI/15.usfm index dccef341..aed13813 100644 --- a/12-2KI/15.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/15.usfm @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 8 In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria for six months. -\v 9 He did evil in the sight of Yahweh, as his fathers had done. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. +\v 9 He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as his fathers had done. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. \s5 \v 10 Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, attacked him in front of the people, and killed him. Then he became king in his place. diff --git a/12-2KI/16.usfm b/12-2KI/16.usfm index df99d7a5..3c7ccb25 100644 --- a/12-2KI/16.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/16.usfm @@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ \v 12 When the king came from Damascus he saw the altar; the king approached the altar and made offerings on it. \s5 -\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. \s5 -\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. \s5 diff --git a/12-2KI/17.usfm b/12-2KI/17.usfm index f6953fdd..4a956eae 100644 --- a/12-2KI/17.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/17.usfm @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 7 This captivity happened because the people of Israel had sinned against Yahweh their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. The people had been worshiping other gods +\v 7 This captivity happened because the people of Israel had sinned against Yahweh their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. The people had been worshiping other gods \v 8 and walking in the practices of the nations whom Yahweh had driven out before the people of Israel, and in the practices of the kings of Israel that they had done. \s5 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ \s5 \v 16 They ignored all the commandments of Yahweh their God. They made cast metal figures of two calves to worship. They made an Asherah pole, and they worshiped all the stars of the heavens and Baal. -\v 17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire as burnt offerings, used divination and enchantments, sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and provoked him to anger. +\v 17 They put their sons and daughters in the fire, used divination and enchantments, sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and provoked him to anger. \v 18 Therefore Yahweh was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight. There was no one left but the tribe of Judah alone. \s5 diff --git a/12-2KI/18.usfm b/12-2KI/18.usfm index 3277a097..ff2f5675 100644 --- a/12-2KI/18.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/18.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \v 11 So the king of Assyria carried Israel away to Assyria and put them in Halah, and at the Habor River in Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. -\v 12 He did this because they did not obey the voice of Yahweh their God, but transgressed his covenant, all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded. They refused to listen to it or do it. +\v 12 He did this because they did not obey the voice of Yahweh their God, but they violated the terms of his covenant, all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded. They refused to listen to it or do it. \s5 \p @@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ palace. \s5 \v 28 Then the chief commander stood and shouted in a loud voice in the Jews' language, saying, "Listen to the word of the great king, the king of Assyria. \v 29 The king says, 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to rescue you from my power. -\v 30 Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, "Yahweh will surely rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria."' +\v 30 Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, "Yahweh will surely rescue us, and this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria."' \s5 \v 31 Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: 'Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and from his own fig tree, and drink from the water in his own cistern. \v 32 You will do this until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey, so that you may live and not die.' Do not listen to Hezekiah when he tries to persuade you, saying, 'Yahweh will rescue us.' \s5 -\v 33 Has any of the gods of the peoples rescued them from the power of the king of Assyria? +\v 33 Has any of the gods of the peoples rescued them out of the hand of the king of Assyria? \v 34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they rescued Samaria out of my hand? \v 35 Among all the gods of the lands, is there any god who has rescued his land from my power? How could Yahweh save Jerusalem from my might?" diff --git a/12-2KI/19.usfm b/12-2KI/19.usfm index cfe06eb9..c778d08b 100644 --- a/12-2KI/19.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/19.usfm @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 20 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah, saying, "Yahweh the God of Israel says, 'Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard you. +\v 20 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah, saying, "Yahweh, the God of Israel says, 'Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard you. \v 21 This is the word that Yahweh has spoken about him: \q "The virgin daughter of Zion \q2 despises you and laughs you to scorn. @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ \q I have gone up to the heights of the mountains, \q2 to the highest elevations of Lebanon. \q I will cut down the tall cedars -\q2 and choice fir trees there. +\q2 and the choice cypress trees there. \q I will enter into its farthest parts, \q2 its most fruitful forest. \q diff --git a/12-2KI/20.usfm b/12-2KI/20.usfm index dc8af44b..e91e61a7 100644 --- a/12-2KI/20.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/20.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \v 5 "Turn back, and say to Hezekiah, the leader of my people, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of David your ancestor, says: "I have heard your prayer, and I have seen your tears. I am about to heal you on the third day, and you will go up to the house of Yahweh. \s5 -\v 6 I will add fifteen years to your life, and I will rescue you and this city from the power of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city for my own sake and for my servant David's sake."'" +\v 6 I will add fifteen years to your life, and I will rescue you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city for my own sake and for my servant David's sake."'" \v 7 So Isaiah said, "Take a lump of figs." They did so and put it on his boil, and he recovered. \s5 diff --git a/12-2KI/21.usfm b/12-2KI/21.usfm index 6dea6e8f..16486342 100644 --- a/12-2KI/21.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/21.usfm @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 Manasseh built pagan altars in the house of Yahweh, although Yahweh had commanded, "It is in Jerusalem that my name will be forever." \v 5 He built altars for all the stars of heaven in the two courtyards of the house of Yahweh. -\v 6 He offered his son as a burnt offering in the fire; he performed soothsaying and sorcery, and consulted with those who talked with the dead and with those who talked with spirits. He practiced much evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he provoked God to anger. +\v 6 He put his son into the fire; he performed soothsaying and sorcery and consulted with those who talked with the dead and with those who talked with spirits. He practiced much evil in the sight of Yahweh and he provoked God to anger. \s5 \v 7 The carved figure of Asherah that he had made, he placed it in the house of Yahweh. It was about this house that Yahweh had spoken to David and Solomon his son; he had said: "It is in this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, that I will put my name forever. @@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ \s5 \v 13 I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria, and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab; I will wipe Jerusalem clean, as a man wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. -\v 14 I will throw off the remnant of my inheritance and hand them over into the hand of their enemies. They will become victims and plunder for all their enemies, +\v 14 I will throw off the remnant of my inheritance and give them into the hand of their enemies. They will become victims and plunder for all their enemies, \v 15 because they have done what is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their ancestors came out of Egypt, to this day." \s5 \p -\v 16 Moreover, Manasseh shed much innocent blood, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another with death. This was in addition to the sin by which he made Judah to sin, in doing what was evil in the sight of Yahweh. +\v 16 Moreover, Manasseh shed much innocent blood, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another with death. This was in addition to the sin by which he made Judah to sin, when they did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh. \v 17 As for the other matters concerning Manasseh, all that he did, and the sin that he committed, are they not written in The Book of the Events of the Kings of Judah? \v 18 Manasseh slept with his ancestors and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. Amon his son became king in his place. diff --git a/12-2KI/22.usfm b/12-2KI/22.usfm index 0984a61a..315c6049 100644 --- a/12-2KI/22.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/22.usfm @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \p \v 3 It came about that in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, he sent Shaphan son of Azaliah son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Yahweh, saying, \v 4 "Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and tell him to count the money that has been brought into the house of Yahweh, which the temple guards have gathered from the people. -\v 5 Let them bring it to the workmen who are in charge of the house of Yahweh, and let them give it to the workmen who are in the house of Yahweh, for them to make repairs to damage in the temple. +\v 5 Let it be given into the hand of the workmen who are in charge of the house of Yahweh, and let them give it to the workmen who are in the house of Yahweh, for them to make repairs to damage in the temple. \s5 \v 6 Let them give money to the carpenters, the builders, and the masons, and also to buy timber and cut stone to repair the temple." @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 8 Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, "I have found The Book of the Law in the house of Yahweh." So Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. -\v 9 Shaphan went and took the book to the king, and also reported to him, saying, "Your servants have spent the money that was found in the temple and have given it to the supervisors who took care of the house of Yahweh." +\v 9 Shaphan went and took the book to the king, and also reported to him, saying, "Your servants have spent the money that was found in the temple and they have given it into the hand of the workmen who supervise the care for the house of Yahweh." \v 10 Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book." Then Shaphan read it to the king. \s5 diff --git a/12-2KI/23.usfm b/12-2KI/23.usfm index edd15504..2b741c7d 100644 --- a/12-2KI/23.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/23.usfm @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ \c 23 \p \v 1 So the king sent messengers who gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. -\v 2 Then the king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, prophets, and all the people, from small to great. He then read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that had been found in the house of Yahweh. +\v 2 Then the king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, prophets, and all the people, from small to great. He then read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of Yahweh. \s5 -\v 3 The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his commandments, covenant decrees, and statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book. So all the people agreed to stand by the covenant. +\v 3 The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh and to keep his commandments, his regulations, and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book. So all the people agreed to stand by the covenant. \s5 \p @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \v 9 Although the priests of those high places were not allowed to serve at the altar of Yahweh in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread among their brothers. \s5 -\v 10 Josiah defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of Ben Hinnom, so that no one might offer his son or his daughter as a burnt offering in the fire to Molech. +\v 10 Josiah defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of Ben Hinnom, so that no one might put his son or his daughter into the fire as a sacrifice to Molech. \v 11 He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun. They had been in an area at the entrance to the temple of Yahweh, near the room of Nathan Melech, the chamberlain. Josiah burned the chariots of the sun. \s5 @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 21 Then the king commanded all the people, saying, "Keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant." +\v 21 Then the king commanded all the people, saying, "Keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant." \v 22 Such a Passover celebration had never been held from the days of the judges who ruled Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel or Judah. \v 23 However, this Passover was indeed celebrated in the eighteenth year of King Josiah; it was for Yahweh in Jerusalem. diff --git a/12-2KI/24.usfm b/12-2KI/24.usfm index 57764aac..5445ff16 100644 --- a/12-2KI/24.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/24.usfm @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother's name was Nehushta; she was the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. -\v 9 He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh—he did all that his father had done. +\v 9 He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh; he did all that his father had done. \s5 \p @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal; she was the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah. -\v 19 He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh—he did everything that Jehoiakim had done. +\v 19 He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh; he did all that Jehoiakim had done. \v 20 Through Yahweh's anger, all these events happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he drove them out of his presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. diff --git a/13-1CH/10.usfm b/13-1CH/10.usfm index f8e8c0b3..53d96b11 100644 --- a/13-1CH/10.usfm +++ b/13-1CH/10.usfm @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 13 So Saul died because he was unfaithful to Yahweh. He did not obey Yahweh's instructions, but asked for advice from someone who talked with the dead. -\v 14 He did not seek guidance from Yahweh, so Yahweh killed him and handed over the kingdom to David son of Jesse. +\v 14 He did not seek guidance from Yahweh, so Yahweh killed him and turned over the kingdom to David son of Jesse. diff --git a/13-1CH/12.usfm b/13-1CH/12.usfm index 6c80e5df..e91e0ba9 100644 --- a/13-1CH/12.usfm +++ b/13-1CH/12.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 12 \p \v 1 These were the men who came to David to Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish. They were among the soldiers, his helpers in battle. -\v 2 They were armed with bows and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow. They were Benjamites, Saul's fellow tribesmen. +\v 2 They were armed with bows and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow. They were Benjaminites, Saul's fellow tribesmen. \s5 \v 3 The chief was Ahi Ezer, then Joash, both sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite. There were Jeziel and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth. There were also Beracah, Jehu the Anathothite, diff --git a/13-1CH/15.usfm b/13-1CH/15.usfm index e1f8beef..519b6b4f 100644 --- a/13-1CH/15.usfm +++ b/13-1CH/15.usfm @@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ \s5 \v 11 David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab. -\v 12 He said to them, "You are the leaders of the Levite families. Dedicate yourselves to Yahweh, both you and your brothers, so that you may bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it. +\v 12 He said to them, "You are the leaders of the Levite families. Consecrate yourselves, both you and your brothers, so that you may bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it. \s5 \v 13 You did not carry it the first time. That is why Yahweh our God broke out against us, for we did not seek him or obey his decree." -\v 14 So the priests and the Levites dedicated themselves to bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel. +\v 14 So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves so they could bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel. \v 15 So the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded—following the rules given by the word of Yahweh. \s5 diff --git a/13-1CH/18.usfm b/13-1CH/18.usfm index 9ab11074..bfe127da 100644 --- a/13-1CH/18.usfm +++ b/13-1CH/18.usfm @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ \p \v 9 When Toi, king of Hamath, heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah, \v 10 Toi 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 Toi. Hadoram brought with himself objects of silver, gold, and bronze. -\v 11 King David dedicated these objects to Yahweh, together with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations: Edom, Moab, the people of Ammon, the Philistines, and Amalek. +\v 11 King David set these objects apart to Yahweh, together with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations: Edom, Moab, the people of Ammon, the Philistines, and Amalek. \s5 \p diff --git a/13-1CH/21.usfm b/13-1CH/21.usfm index 84057135..e3249c2f 100644 --- a/13-1CH/21.usfm +++ b/13-1CH/21.usfm @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \v 12 either three years of famine, three months being pursued by your enemies and being caught by their swords, or else three days of Yahweh's sword, that is, a plague in the land, with the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout all the land of Israel.' Now then, decide what answer I should take to the one who sent me." \s5 -\v 13 Then David said to Gad, "I am in deep trouble. Let me fall into Yahweh's hands rather than into the hands of people, for his merciful actions are very great." +\v 13 Then David said to Gad, "I am in deep trouble. Let me fall into the hand of Yahweh rather than into the hand of man, for his merciful actions are very great." \v 14 So Yahweh sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand people died. \v 15 God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was about to destroy it, Yahweh watched and changed his mind about the harm. He said to the destroying angel, "Enough! Now draw back your hand." At that time the angel of Yahweh was standing at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. diff --git a/13-1CH/22.usfm b/13-1CH/22.usfm index 757f55dc..c9efd749 100644 --- a/13-1CH/22.usfm +++ b/13-1CH/22.usfm @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 17 David also ordered all the leaders of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, -\v 18 "Yahweh your God is with you and has given you peace on every side. He has handed over to me the region's inhabitants. The region is subdued before Yahweh and his people. +\v 18 "Yahweh your God is with you and has given you peace on every side. He has given the region's inhabitants into my hand. The region is subdued before Yahweh and his people. \v 19 Now seek Yahweh your God with all your heart and your soul. Get up and build the holy place of Yahweh God. Then you can bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh and the things that belong to God into the house built for Yahweh's name." diff --git a/13-1CH/23.usfm b/13-1CH/23.usfm index 68f5d8fa..65cfcbce 100644 --- a/13-1CH/23.usfm +++ b/13-1CH/23.usfm @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \v 12 There were four of Kohath's sons: \q Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. \q -\v 13 These were Amram's sons: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were chosen on a permanent basis to dedicate the things that completely belong to Yahweh, to offer incense to Yahweh, to serve him, and to give blessings in his name forever. +\v 13 These were Amram's sons: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was chosen to set apart the most holy things, that he and his descendants would offer incense before Yahweh, to serve him and to give blessings in his name forever. \v 14 But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were considered to be Levites. \s5 diff --git a/13-1CH/26.usfm b/13-1CH/26.usfm index 3b7ea6a9..302866fd 100644 --- a/13-1CH/26.usfm +++ b/13-1CH/26.usfm @@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ \q Zichri's son Shelomoth. \s5 -\v 26 Shelomoth and his relatives were over all the storehouses holding the things that belong to Yahweh, that David the king, the family leaders, commanders over thousands and hundreds, and the army commanders had dedicated to Yahweh. -\v 27 They dedicated some of the plunder won in battles for repairing Yahweh's house. -\v 28 They were also in charge of everything that was dedicated to Yahweh by Samuel the prophet, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah. Everything that was dedicated to Yahweh was under the guard of Shelomoth and his relatives. +\v 26 Shelomoth and his relatives were over all the storehouses holding the things that belong to Yahweh, that David the king, the family leaders, commanders over thousands and hundreds, and the army commanders had set apart. +\v 27 They set apart the plunder won in battles for the upkeep of the house of Yahweh. +\v 28 They were also in charge of everything that was set apart to Yahweh by Samuel the prophet, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah. Everything that was set apart to Yahweh was under the guard of Shelomoth and his relatives. \s5 \p diff --git a/14-2CH/01.usfm b/14-2CH/01.usfm index 1ea87435..8745ff8c 100644 --- a/14-2CH/01.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/01.usfm @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \v 8 Solomon said to God, "You have shown great covenant faithfulness to David my father, and have made me king in his place. \v 9 Now, Yahweh God, let your promise to David my father be carried out, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth. \v 10 Now give me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people, for who can judge your people, who are so many in number?" -\v 11 God said to Solomon, "Because this was in your heart, and because you have not asked for riches, wealth, or honor, nor for the life of those who hate you, nor for long life for yourself, but you have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, so that you might rule my people, over whom I have made you king, I will do this: +\v 11 God said to Solomon, "Because this was in your heart, and because you have not asked for riches, wealth, or honor, nor for the life of those who hate you, nor for long life for yourself, but you have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, so that you might rule my people, over whom I have made you king, and this is what I will do. \s5 \v 12 I will now give you wisdom and knowledge. I will also give you riches, wealth, and honor, as none of the kings had before you, and none after you will have." diff --git a/14-2CH/02.usfm b/14-2CH/02.usfm index d5efb1ae..2d774402 100644 --- a/14-2CH/02.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/02.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \v 3 Solomon sent a message to Hiram, the king of Tyre, saying, "As you did with David my father, sending him cedar logs to build a house to live in, do the same with me. \s5 -\v 4 See, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, to dedicate it to him, to burn before him incense of sweet spices, for the constant bread of the presence, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the fixed festivals for Yahweh our God. This is law for Israel for all time. +\v 4 See, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, to set it apart to him, to burn incense of sweet spices before him, to set out the bread of the presence, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths and on the new moons, and on the appointed feasts for Yahweh our God. This is forever, for Israel. \v 5 The house that I will build will be very large, for our God is greater than all other gods. \s5 @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \v 7 So send me a man who is skilled at work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue wool, a man who knows how to make all kinds of engraved wood. He will be with the skilled men who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided. \s5 -\v 8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees from Lebanon; for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. See, my servants will be with your servants, +\v 8 Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum trees from Lebanon,for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. See, my servants will be with your servants, \v 9 in order to prepare for me timber in abundance, for the house which I am about to build will be great and marvelous. \v 10 See, I will give to your servants, the men who will cut the timber, twenty thousand cors of ground wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil." \f + \ft Some versions have, \fqa twenty thousand cors of wheat as food \fqb . \f* diff --git a/14-2CH/03.usfm b/14-2CH/03.usfm index 3193ccb6..663561a1 100644 --- a/14-2CH/03.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/03.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 The length of the portico at the front of the house was twenty cubits, matching the building's width. Its height was also twenty cubits, and Solomon overlaid its interior with pure gold. -\v 5 He fashioned the ceiling of the main hall with pine, which he overlaid with fine gold, and which he carved with palm trees and chains. +\v 5 He fashioned the ceiling of the main hall with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold, and which he carved with palm trees and chains. \s5 \v 6 He decorated the house with precious stones; the gold was gold from Parvaim. diff --git a/14-2CH/05.usfm b/14-2CH/05.usfm index 1d7b528c..09d25f3a 100644 --- a/14-2CH/05.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/05.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ - \s5 \c 5 \p -\v 1 Thus all the work that Solomon did for the house of Yahweh was finished. Solomon brought in the things that David, his father, had dedicated, including the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings, and put them into the storerooms of the house of God. +\v 1 When all the work that Solomon did for the house of Yahweh was completed, Solomon brought in the things that David, his father, had set apart for this purpose, including the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—he placed them into the treasuries of the house of God. \s5 \p @@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 11 It came about that the priests came out of the holy place. All the priests who were present had dedicated themselves to Yahweh, with no regard for their divisions. +\v 11 It came about that the priests came out of the holy place. All the priests who were present had consecrated themselves to Yahweh, not ordering themselves according to their divisions. \v 12 Also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, including Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and brothers, clothed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, stood at the east end of the altar. With them were 120 priests blowing trumpets. \s5 diff --git a/14-2CH/06.usfm b/14-2CH/06.usfm index 87b32573..a099b7e0 100644 --- a/14-2CH/06.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/06.usfm @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \s5 -\v 14 He said, "Yahweh, God of Israel, there is no God like you in the heavens or on the earth, who keeps covenant and covenant faithfulness with your servants who walk before you with all their heart; +\v 14 He said, "Yahweh, God of Israel, there is no God like you in the heavens or on the earth, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with your servants who walk before you with all their heart; \v 15 you who have kept with your servant David my father, what you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today. \s5 diff --git a/14-2CH/07.usfm b/14-2CH/07.usfm index ce24ad59..8065cb05 100644 --- a/14-2CH/07.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/07.usfm @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \v 6 The priests stood, each standing where they serve; the Levites also with instruments of music of Yahweh, which David the king had made to give thanks to Yahweh in the song, "For his covenant faithfulness endures for ever." All the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. \s5 -\v 7 Solomon dedicated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of Yahweh. There he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar that he had made was not able to hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat. +\v 7 Solomon set apart the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of Yahweh. There he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar that he had made was not able to hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat. \s5 \p @@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ \v 15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers that are made in this place. \s5 -\v 16 For I have now chosen and dedicated this house, so that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart will be there for all time. +\v 16 For I have now chosen and set apart this house that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there every day. \v 17 As for you, if you walk before me as David your father walked, obeying all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and my decrees, \v 18 then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, as I said in a covenant with David your father, when I said, 'A descendant of yours will never fail to be ruler in Israel.' \s5 \p \v 19 But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have placed before you, and if you go worship other gods and bow down to them, -\v 20 then I will uproot them from out of my ground that I have given them. And this house that I have dedicated to my name, I will cast it away from before me, and I will make it a proverb and a joke among all the peoples. +\v 20 then I will uproot them from out of my ground that I have given them. And this house that I have set apart for my name, I will cast it away from before me, and I will make it a proverb and a joke among all the peoples. \s5 \v 21 And though this temple is so lofty now, everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss. They will ask, 'Why has Yahweh done this to this land and to this house?' diff --git a/14-2CH/16.usfm b/14-2CH/16.usfm index 39b3b19c..c9630e58 100644 --- a/14-2CH/16.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/16.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \s5 \v 2 Then Asa brought the silver and gold out of the storerooms in the house of Yahweh and of the king's house, and sent it to Ben Hadad king of Aram, who lived in Damascus. He said, -\v 3 "Let there be a treaty between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Look, I have sent to you silver and gold. Break your treaty with Baasha, king of Israel, so that he may leave me alone." +\v 3 "Let there be a covenant between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Look, I have sent to you silver and gold. Break your covenant with Baasha, king of Israel, so that he may leave me alone." \s5 \v 4 Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel. They attacked Ijon, Dan, Abelmaim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali. diff --git a/14-2CH/18.usfm b/14-2CH/18.usfm index 13e9ce03..5884fb51 100644 --- a/14-2CH/18.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/18.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 4 Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please first seek the word of Yahweh for your answer." -\v 5 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, "Should we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or should I not?" They said, "Attack, for God will give the king victory." +\v 5 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, "Should we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or should I not?" They said, "Attack, for God will give it into the hand of the king." \s5 \v 6 But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not here still another prophet of Yahweh with whom we might seek advice?" diff --git a/14-2CH/19.usfm b/14-2CH/19.usfm index c8994d11..f18755bf 100644 --- a/14-2CH/19.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/19.usfm @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 8 Moreover, in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and the priests, and some of the heads of the ancestral houses of Israel, for carrying out judgment for Yahweh, and for the sake of disputes. They lived in Jerusalem. -\v 9 He instructed them, saying, "In reverence for Yahweh, faithfully, and with a perfect heart, this is what you will do: +\v 9 He instructed them, saying, "You must serve in reverence for Yahweh, faithfully, and with your whole heart. \s5 \v 10 Whenever any dispute comes to you from your brothers who live in their cities, whether concerning bloodshed, whether about laws and commands, statutes or decrees, you must warn them, so they do not to become guilty before Yahweh, or anger will come toward you and toward your brothers. You shall do this and you will not be guilty. diff --git a/14-2CH/21.usfm b/14-2CH/21.usfm index e2e3fb8d..15b6779d 100644 --- a/14-2CH/21.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/21.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \v 5 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem. \s5 -\v 6 He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab was doing, for he had Ahab's daughter as his wife, and he did what was evil in Yahweh's sight. +\v 6 He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab was doing, for he had Ahab's daughter as his wife, and he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh. \v 7 However, Yahweh did not wish to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David; he had promised that he would always give life to him and his descendants. diff --git a/14-2CH/22.usfm b/14-2CH/22.usfm index ff36aabb..8911e8cb 100644 --- a/14-2CH/22.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/22.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \v 3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab for his mother was his advisor in doing wicked things. \s5 -\v 4 Ahaziah did what was evil in Yahweh's sight, as the house of Ahab was doing, for they were his advisors after the death of his father, to his destruction. +\v 4 Ahaziah did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as the house of Ahab was doing, for they were his advisors after the death of his father, to his destruction. \v 5 He also followed their advice; he went with Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel, to fight against Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth Gilead. The Arameans wounded Joram. \s5 diff --git a/14-2CH/23.usfm b/14-2CH/23.usfm index e8fe0471..34d795cc 100644 --- a/14-2CH/23.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/23.usfm @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \v 5 Another third will be at the king's house, and the other third will be at the Foundation Gate. All the people will be in the courtyard of the house of Yahweh. \s5 -\v 6 Allow no one to come into the house of Yahweh, except for the priests and the Levites who are serving; they must come in, for they are dedicated for their tasks today. All of them must keep the commands of Yahweh. +\v 6 Allow no one to come into the house of Yahweh, except for the priests and the Levites who are serving. They may enter because they are consecrated. But all the other people must obey the commands of Yahweh. \v 7 The Levites must surround the king on all sides, every man with his weapons in his hand. Whoever comes into the house, let him be killed. Stay with the king when he comes in and when he goes out." \s5 diff --git a/14-2CH/26.usfm b/14-2CH/26.usfm index 22b0be59..67dc9d17 100644 --- a/14-2CH/26.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/26.usfm @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \p \v 16 But when Uzziah had become powerful, his heart was lifted up so that he acted corruptly; he trespassed against Yahweh, his God, for he went into the house of Yahweh to burn incense on the altar of incense. \v 17 Azariah, the priest, went in after him, and with him eighty priests of Yahweh, who were courageous men. -\v 18 They resisted Uzziah, the king, and said to him, "It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are dedicated to Yahweh in order to burn incense. Go out of the holy place, for you have trespassed. There will be no honor for you in this from Yahweh God." +\v 18 They resisted Uzziah, the king, and said to him, "It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the holy place, for you have unfaithful and you will not be honored by Yahweh God." \s5 \v 19 Then Uzziah became angry. He was holding a censer in his hand to burn incense. While he was angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in the house of Yahweh, beside the altar of incense. diff --git a/14-2CH/28.usfm b/14-2CH/28.usfm index cda7a123..b19fa95f 100644 --- a/14-2CH/28.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/28.usfm @@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ \v 2 Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; he also made cast metal figures for the Baals. \s5 -\v 3 In addition, he burned incense in the valley of Ben Hinnom and put his children in fire as burnt offerings, following after the desecrations of the people groups which Yahweh had driven out before the people of Israel. +\v 3 In addition, he burned incense in the valley of Ben Hinnom and put his children into fire, according to the idolatrous practices of the people that Yahweh forced out of their land before the people of Israel. \v 4 He sacrificed and burned incense at the high places and on the hills and under every green tree. \s5 \p -\v 5 Therefore Yahweh the God of Ahaz, handed him over to the king of Aram. The Arameans defeated him and carried away from him a great crowd of prisoners, bringing them to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel who defeated him in a great slaughter. +\v 5 Therefore Yahweh the God of Ahaz, gave him into the hand of the king of Aram. The Arameans defeated him and carried away from him a great crowd of prisoners, bringing them to Damascus. Ahaz was also given into the hand of the king of Israel who defeated him in a great slaughter. \v 6 For Pekah son of Remaliah, killed in Judah 120,000 soldiers in one day, all of them courageous men, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their ancestors. \s5 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \s5 \v 9 But a prophet of Yahweh was there, his name was Oded. He went out to meet the army coming into Samaria. He said to them, "Because Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, was angry with Judah, he gave them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reached up to heaven. -\v 10 And now you intend to keep the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem as your slaves. But are you not guilty of sins of your own against Yahweh, your God? +\v 10 And now you intend to keep the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem as your slaves. But are you not guilty of sins of your own against Yahweh your God? \v 11 Now then, listen to me: Send the prisoners back, those whom you have taken of your own brothers, for Yahweh's fierce wrath is on you." \s5 diff --git a/14-2CH/29.usfm b/14-2CH/29.usfm index f5f40a75..f88502b9 100644 --- a/14-2CH/29.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/29.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 In the first year of his reign, in the first month, Hezekiah opened the doors of the house of Yahweh and repaired them. \v 4 He brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the courtyard on the east side. -\v 5 He said to them, "Listen to me, you Levites! Dedicate yourselves to Yahweh, and dedicate the house of Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, and carry away the filthiness from the holy place. +\v 5 He said to them, "Listen to me, you Levites! Consecrate yourselves, and consecrate the house of Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, and carry away the filthiness from the holy place. \s5 \v 6 For our ancestors trespassed and did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh our God; they forsook him, turned away their faces from the place where Yahweh lives, and turned their backs on it. @@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ \v 14 of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel. \s5 -\v 15 They gathered their brothers, dedicated themselves to Yahweh, and went in, as the king commanded, following the words of Yahweh, to cleanse the house of Yahweh. +\v 15 They gathered their brothers, they consecrated themselves, and they went in, as the king commanded, following the words of Yahweh, to cleanse the house of Yahweh. \v 16 The priests went in to the inner part of the house of Yahweh to cleanse it; they brought out all the filth that they found in the temple of Yahweh into the courtyard of the house. The Levites took it to carry it out to the brook Kidron. -\v 17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to dedicate the house to Yahweh, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the porch of Yahweh. They dedicated the house of Yahweh in eight days. On the sixteenth day of the first month they finished. +\v 17 Now they began the consecreation on the first day of the first month. By the eighth day of the month they reached the porch of Yahweh. Then for eight more days they consecrated the house of Yahweh. On the sixteenth day of the first month they finished. \s5 \v 18 Then they went to Hezekiah, the king, inside the palace and said, "We have cleansed all the house of Yahweh, the altar for burnt offerings with all its implements, and the table of the bread of the presence, with all its implements. @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ \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. \s5 -\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. @@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ \s5 \v 32 The number of the burnt offerings that the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred male lambs. All these were for a burnt offering to Yahweh. -\v 33 The animals that were dedicated to Yahweh were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. +\v 33 The consecrated offerings were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. \s5 -\v 34 But the priests were too few to skin all the burnt offerings, so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was done, and until the priests had dedicated themselves to Yahweh, for the Levites were more careful to dedicate themselves than the priests were. +\v 34 But the priests were too few to skin all the burnt offerings, so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was done, and until the priests could consecrate themselves, for the Levites had been more careful to consecrate themselves than the priests. \s5 \v 35 In addition, there were very many burnt offerings; they were performed with the fat of the fellowship offerings, and there were drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of Yahweh was set in order. diff --git a/14-2CH/30.usfm b/14-2CH/30.usfm index 3a6298b0..cc2592e1 100644 --- a/14-2CH/30.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/30.usfm @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ \p \v 1 Hezekiah sent messengers to all Israel and Judah, and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem, to celebrate the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel. \v 2 For the king, his leaders, and all the assembly in Jerusalem had consulted together, deciding to celebrate the Passover in the second month. -\v 3 They could not celebrate it right away, because the priests had not dedicated themselves to Yahweh in sufficient number, nor had the people gathered together in Jerusalem. +\v 3 They could not celebrate it right away, because there were not enough priests who had not consecrated themselves, nor had the people gathered together in Jerusalem. \s5 -\v 4 This plan appeared to be right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly. +\v 4 This proposal seemed right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly. \v 5 So they agreed to make a proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to celebrate the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem. For they had not observed it with large numbers of people, according to what was written. \s5 @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ \s5 \v 7 Do not be like your ancestors or your brothers, who trespassed against Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, so that he gave them up to destruction, as you see. -\v 8 Now do not be stubborn, as your ancestors were; instead, give yourselves to Yahweh and come into his holy place, which he has dedicated to himself forever, and worship Yahweh, your God, so that his fierce anger may turn away from you. -\v 9 For if you turn back to Yahweh, your brothers and children will find compassion before those who led them away as prisoners, and they will come back into this land. For Yahweh, your God, is gracious and merciful, and will not turn his face away from you, if you return to him." +\v 8 Now do not be stubborn, as your ancestors were; instead, give yourselves to Yahweh and come into his holy place, which he has consecrated forever, and worship Yahweh your God, so that his fierce anger may turn away from you. +\v 9 For if you turn back to Yahweh, your brothers and children will find compassion before those who led them away as prisoners, and they will come back into this land. For Yahweh your God, is gracious and merciful, and will not turn his face away from you, if you return to him." \s5 \p @@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ \p \v 13 Many people, a very great assembly, gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread in the second month. \v 14 They rose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense; they threw them into the brook Kidron. -\v 15 Then they killed the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they dedicated themselves to Yahweh, and brought burnt offerings into the house of Yahweh. +\v 15 Then they killed the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, so they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings into the house of Yahweh. \s5 \v 16 They stood in their place by their divisions, following the directions given in the law of Moses, the man of God. The priests sprinkled the blood that they received from the hand of the Levites. -\v 17 For there were many in the assembly who had not dedicated themselves to Yahweh, so the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for everyone who was not purified, in order to dedicate the lambs to Yahweh. +\v 17 For there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves. Therefore the Levites slaughtered the Passover lambs for everyone who was not purified and could not consecrate their sacrifice to Yahweh. \s5 \v 18 For a great many of the people, many of them from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover meal, against the written instructions. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, "May the good Yahweh pardon everyone @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 23 The whole assembly then decided to celebrate for another seven days, and they did so with joy. -\v 24 For Hezekiah king of Judah gave the assembly one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep as an offering; and the leaders gave to the assembly one thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep and goats. A large number of priests dedicated themselves to Yahweh. +\v 24 For Hezekiah king of Judah gave the assembly one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep as an offering; and the leaders gave to the assembly one thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep and goats. A large number of priests consecrated themselves. \s5 \v 25 All the assembly of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the people who came together from Israel, as well as the foreigners who came from the land of Israel and those who lived in Judah—they all rejoiced. diff --git a/14-2CH/31.usfm b/14-2CH/31.usfm index 6e393800..3026eccb 100644 --- a/14-2CH/31.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/31.usfm @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \v 5 As soon as the command was sent out, the people of Israel generously gave the firstfruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey, and from all their harvest of the field. They brought in a tithe of everything; which was a great quantity. \s5 -\v 6 The people of Israel and Judah who lived in the cities of Judah also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of things that were dedicated to Yahweh their God, and laid them in heaps. +\v 6 The people of Israel and Judah who lived in the cities of Judah also brought in the tithe of cattle and sheep, and the tithe of the holy things that were set apart to Yahweh their God, and they piled them up in heaps. \v 7 It was in the third month when they began piling up their contribution in heaps, and they finished in the seventh month. \v 8 When Hezekiah and the leaders came and saw the heaps, they blessed Yahweh and his people Israel. @@ -29,17 +29,17 @@ plenty left over, for Yahweh has blessed his people. What was left over is this \v 13 Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were managers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by appointment of Hezekiah, the king, and Azariah, the official over the house of God. \s5 -\v 14 Kore son of Imnah the Levite, the porter at the east gate, was over the free will offerings of God, in charge of distributing the offerings to Yahweh and the offerings that are dedicated to Yahweh. -\v 15 Under him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests. They filled positions of trust, in order to give these offerings to their brothers division by division, to both the important and the unimportant. +\v 14 Kore son of Imnah the Levite, the porter at the east gate, was over the free will offerings of God, in charge of distributing the offerings to Yahweh and the most holy offerings. +\v 15 Under him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests. They filled offices of trust, in order to give these offerings to their brothers division by division, to both the important and the unimportant. \s5 -\v 16 They also gave to those males three years old and up, who were counted in the genealogies—everyone who entered the house of Yahweh, as required by the daily schedule, to do the work in their positions division by division. +\v 16 They also gave to those males three years old and up, who were listed in the records of their ancestors who entered the house of Yahweh, as required by the daily schedule, to do the work in their offices and their divisions. \f + \ft Instead of \fqa males three years old and up \fqb , some modern versions have \fqa males thirty years old and up \fqb . \f* \s5 -\v 17 They gave to those who were counted in the genealogies of their ancestral houses, and to the Levites twenty years old and up, filling their positions division by division. -\v 18 They gave to those, counted in their genealogies, who were all their little ones, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, through all the people, for they dedicated themselves to Yahweh in a holy manner for their positions of trust. -\v 19 For the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who were in the fields of the villages belonging to their cities, or in every city, there were men assigned by name to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were counted in the genealogies as being among the Levites. +\v 17 They distributed to the priests according to the records of their ancestors, and the same to the Levites twenty years old and more, according to their offices and their divisions. +\v 18 They included all their little ones, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, through the whole community, for they were faithful in keeping themselves holy. +\v 19 For the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who were in the fields of the villages belonging to their cities, or in every city, there were men assigned by name to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were listed in the records of their ancestors as being among the Levites. \s5 \p diff --git a/14-2CH/33.usfm b/14-2CH/33.usfm index 6d30a190..47bca98d 100644 --- a/14-2CH/33.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/33.usfm @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 Manasseh built pagan altars in the house of Yahweh, although Yahweh had commanded, "It is in Jerusalem that my name will be placed forever." \v 5 He built altars for all the stars of heaven in the two courtyards of the house of Yahweh. -\v 6 He made his sons to pass through the fire in the valley of Ben Hinnom. He performed soothsaying and sorcery, he read omens, and he consulted with those who talked with the dead, and with those who talked with spirits. He practiced much evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he provoked God to anger. +\v 6 In the valley of Ben Hinnom he put his sons into the fire. He performed soothsaying and sorcery; he read omens; and he consulted with those who talked with the dead and with those who talked with spirits. He practiced much evil in the sight of Yahweh and he provoked God to anger. \s5 \v 7 The carved figure of Asherah that he had made, he placed it in the house of God. It was about this house that God had spoken to David and Solomon his son; he had said, "It is in this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, that I will put my name forever. diff --git a/14-2CH/34.usfm b/14-2CH/34.usfm index 2e918903..ed5162e7 100644 --- a/14-2CH/34.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/34.usfm @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \v 16 Shaphan took the book to the king, and also reported to him, saying, "Your servants are doing everything that has been entrusted to them. \s5 -\v 17 They have emptied out the money that was found in the house of Yahweh, and they have entrusted it to the supervisors and to the workmen." +\v 17 They have emptied out the money that was found in the house of Yahweh, and they gave it into the hand of the supervisors and to the workmen." \v 18 Shaphan the scribe told the king, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book." Then Shaphan read in it to the king. \v 19 It came about that when the king had heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes. @@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ \s5 \p \v 29 Then the king sent messengers and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. -\v 30 Then the king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, Levites, and all the people, from great to small. He then read in their hearing all the words of The Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of Yahweh. +\v 30 Then the king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, Levites, and all the people, from great to small. He then read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of Yahweh. \s5 -\v 31 The king stood in his place and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his commandments, his covenant decrees, and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to obey the words of the covenant that were written in this book. +\v 31 The king stood in his place and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his commandments, his regulations, and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to obey the words of the covenant that were written in this book. \v 32 He caused all who were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand by the covenant. The inhabitants of Jerusalem acted in obedience to the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors. \s5 diff --git a/14-2CH/35.usfm b/14-2CH/35.usfm index 2055e57d..e2964700 100644 --- a/14-2CH/35.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/35.usfm @@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ \v 2 He placed the priests in their positions and encouraged them in the service of the house of Yahweh. \s5 -\v 3 He said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were dedicated to Yahweh, "Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon son of David, king of Israel built. Do not carry it around on your shoulders any longer. Now worship Yahweh, your God, and serve his people Israel. +\v 3 He said to the Levites who taught all Israel and who were set apart to Yahweh, "Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon son of David, king of Israel built. Do not carry it around on your shoulders any longer. Now worship Yahweh your God, and serve his people Israel. \v 4 Organize yourselves by the name of your ancestral houses and your divisions, following the written instructions of David, king of Israel, and those of Solomon, his son. \s5 \v 5 Stand in the holy place, taking your position with your divisions within the ancestral houses of your brothers, the descendants of the people, and taking your places with your divisions within the ancestral houses of the Levites. -\v 6 Kill the Passover lambs and dedicate yourselves to Yahweh. Get the lambs ready for your brothers, to do according to the word of Yahweh that was given by the hand of Moses." +\v 6 Kill the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, prepare the lambs for your brothers, to do according to the word of Yahweh that was given by the hand of Moses." \s5 \p @@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ \s5 \p \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. - + \s5 -\v 13 They roasted the Passover lambs with fire following the instructions. As for the consecrated offerings, they boiled them in pots, caldrons, and pans, and they quickly carried them to all the people. +\v 13 They roasted the Passover lambs with fire following the instructions. As for the consecrated offerings, they boiled them in pots, cauldrons, and pans, and they quickly carried them to all the people. \v 14 They later prepared offerings for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were occupied in offering the burnt offerings and the fat until nightfall, so the Levites prepared the offerings for themselves and for the priests, the descendants of Aaron. \s5 diff --git a/14-2CH/36.usfm b/14-2CH/36.usfm index f1aa0df8..b2eb628c 100644 --- a/14-2CH/36.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/36.usfm @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \s5 \v 13 Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear loyalty to him by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel. -\v 14 Moreover, all the leaders of the priests, and the people, trespassed very much, following the disgusting things of the other peoples. They polluted the house of Yahweh, which he had dedicated to himself in Jerusalem. +\v 14 Moreover, all the leaders of the priests and the people were horribly unfaithful, and they followed the disgusting practices of the nations. They polluted the house of Yahweh which he had consecrated in Jerusalem. \s5 \v 15 Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them by his messengers again and again, because he had compassion on his people and on the place where he lives. @@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ \s5 \p \v 22 Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, so that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be carried out, Yahweh motivated the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing. He said, -\v 23 "This is what Cyrus, king of Persia, says: Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has commanded me to build a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you from all his people, may Yahweh, your God, be with you. Let him go up to the land." +\v 23 "This is what Cyrus, king of Persia, says: Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has commanded me to build a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you from all his people, may Yahweh your God, be with you. Let him go up to the land." diff --git a/15-EZR/02.usfm b/15-EZR/02.usfm index f0612cf8..d453e228 100644 --- a/15-EZR/02.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/02.usfm @@ -61,53 +61,47 @@ \s5 \p -\v 36 The priests: -The descendants of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua: 973. +\v 36 The priests: descendants of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua: 973. \v 37 Immer's descendants: 1,052. \v 38 Pashhur's descendants: 1,247. \v 39 Harim's descendants: 1,017. \s5 \p -\v 40 The Levites: -The descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, descendants Hodaviah: seventy-four. -\v 41 The temple singers: -Asaph's descendants: 128. -\v 42 The descendants of the gatekeepers: -The descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai: 139 total. +\v 40 The Levites: descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, descendants of Hodaviah: seventy-four. +\v 41 The temple singers, descendants of Asaph: 128. +\v 42 The descendants of the gatekeepers: descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai: 139 total. \s5 \p -\v 43 Those who were assigned to serve in the temple: -The descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, +\v 43 Those who were assigned to serve in the temple: descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, \v 44 Keros, Siaha, Padon, \v 45 Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, -\v 46 Hagab, Shalmai, and Hanan; +\v 46 Hagab, Shalmai, and Hanan. \s5 -\v 47 the descendants of Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, +\v 47 The descendants of Giddel: Gahar, Reaiah, \v 48 Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, \v 49 Uzza, Paseah, Besai, -\v 50 Asnah, Meunim, and Nephisim; +\v 50 Asnah, Meunim, and Nephisim. \s5 -\v 51 the descendants of Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, +\v 51 The descendants of Bakbuk: Hakupha, Harhur, \v 52 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, \v 53 Barkos, Sisera, Temah, \v 54 Neziah, and Hatipha. \s5 \p -\v 55 The descendants of Solomon's servants: -The descendants of Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda, +\v 55 The descendants of Solomon's servants: descendants of Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda, \v 56 Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel, \v 57 Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth Hazzebaim, and Ami. \v 58 There were 392 total descendants of those assigned to serve in the temple and descendants of Solomon's servants. \s5 \p -\v 59 Those who left Tel Melah, Tel Charsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer—but were not able to prove their ancestry from Israel—included -\v 60 652 descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda. +\v 59 Those who left Tel Melah, Tel Charsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer—but were not able to prove their ancestry from Israel +\v 60 —included 652 descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda. \s5 \v 61 And of the priest's descendants: diff --git a/15-EZR/03.usfm b/15-EZR/03.usfm index 8714e31c..b46480fe 100644 --- a/15-EZR/03.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/03.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 3 \p -\v 1 It was the seventh month after the people of Israel came back to their cities, when they gathered together as one person in Jerusalem. +\v 1 It was the seventh month after the people of Israel came back to their cities, when they gathered together as one man in Jerusalem. \v 2 Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and his brothers rose up and built the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings as commanded in the law of Moses, the man of God. \s5 diff --git a/15-EZR/06.usfm b/15-EZR/06.usfm index 0cc90fa3..70e47081 100644 --- a/15-EZR/06.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/06.usfm @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 16 The Israelite people, priests, Levites, and the rest of the captives dedicated this house of God with joy. +\v 16 The Israelite people, priests, Levites, and the rest of the captives celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy. \v 17 They offered one hundred bulls, one hundred rams, and four hundred lambs for the dedication of God's house. Twelve male goats were also offered as a sin offering for all Israel, one for each tribe in Israel. \v 18 They also assigned the priests and Levites to work divisions for the service of God in Jerusalem, as it was written in The Book of Moses. diff --git a/15-EZR/07.usfm b/15-EZR/07.usfm index 11e58ce7..8570c5be 100644 --- a/15-EZR/07.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/07.usfm @@ -1,17 +1,15 @@ - - \s5 \c 7 \p -\v 1 After these things, during King Artaxerxes' reign, Ezra, whose ancestors were Seraiah, Azariah, Hilkiah, +\v 1 Now after this, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra came up from Babylon. Ezra's ancestors were Seraiah, Azariah, Hilkiah, \v 2 Shallum, Zadok, Ahitub, \v 3 Amariah, Azariah, Meraioth, \v 4 Zerahiah, Uzzi, Bukki, -\v 5 Abishua, Phinehas, Eleazar, then Aaron the high priest— +\v 5 Abishua, Phinehas, Eleazar, who was son of Aaron the high priest. \s5 -\v 6 Ezra left from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses that Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given. The king gave him anything he asked since the hand of Yahweh was with him. -\v 7 Some of the descendants of Israel and the priests, Levites, temple singers, gatekeepers, and those assigned to serve in the temple also went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes. +\v 6 Ezra came up from Babylon and he was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses that Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given. The king gave him anything he asked since the hand of Yahweh was with him. +\v 7 Some of the descendants of Israel and the priests, Levites, temple singers, gatekeepers, and those assigned to serve in the temple also went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes. \s5 \v 8 He arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the same year. diff --git a/15-EZR/09.usfm b/15-EZR/09.usfm index af14ce41..991f3276 100644 --- a/15-EZR/09.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/09.usfm @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \v 6 I said, 'My God, I am ashamed and disgraced to raise my face to you, for our iniquities increase over our head, and our guilt grows to the heavens. \s5 -\v 7 From the days of our ancestors until now we have been in great guilt. In our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests were given into the hand of this world's kings, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder and ashamed faces, as we are today. +\v 7 From the days of our ancestors until now we have been in great guilt. In our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests were given into the hand of kings of this world, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder and ashamed faces, as we are today. \s5 \v 8 Yet now for a short time, mercy from Yahweh our God has come to leave us a few survivors and to give us a foothold in his holy place. This was for our God to enlighten our eyes and to give us a little relief in our slavery. diff --git a/15-EZR/10.usfm b/15-EZR/10.usfm index 4ac80b47..9289ee0e 100644 --- a/15-EZR/10.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/10.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \v 2 Shekaniah son of Jehiel of the descendants of Elam said to Ezra, "We have been unfaithful to our God and have married foreign women from the people of the other lands. But in spite of this, there is still hope for Israel. \s5 -\v 3 So now let us make a covenant with our God to send out all the women and their children according to the Lord's instructions and the instructions of those who tremble at the commands of our God, and let it be done according to the law. +\v 3 So now let us make a covenant with our God to send out all the women and their children according to the Lord's instructions and the instructions of those who tremble at the commandments of our God, and let it be done according to the law. \v 4 Arise, for this thing is for you to carry out, and we are with you. Be strong and do this." \s5 @@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ Among the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri. \v 26 Among the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah. \v 27 Among the descendants of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza. \v 28 Among the descendants of Bebai: Jehochanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. -\v 29 Among the descendants of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal Jeremoth. -\f + \ft Instead of \fqa Bani \fqb , some modern versions have \fqa Bigvai \fqb . \f* +\v 29 Among the descendants of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal Jeremoth. \f + \ft Instead of \fqa Bani \fqb , some modern versions have \fqa Bigvai \fqb . \f* \s5 \v 30 Among the descendants of Pahath Moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh. diff --git a/16-NEH/01.usfm b/16-NEH/01.usfm index fe7aac0b..9368466b 100644 --- a/16-NEH/01.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/01.usfm @@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ \s5 \p \v 4 And as soon as I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and for days I continued grieving and fasting and praying before the God of heaven. -\v 5 Then I said, "You are Yahweh, God of heaven, the God who is great and awesome, who keeps his covenant and lovingkindness with those who love him and keep his commandments. +\v 5 Then I said, "You are Yahweh, God of heaven, the God who is great and awesome, who keeps the covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments. \s5 \v 6 Listen to my prayer and open your eyes, so you may hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for the people of Israel your servants. I am confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Both I and my father's house have sinned. -\v 7 We have acted very wickedly against you, and we have not kept the commandments, the laws, and the decrees you commanded your servant Moses. +\v 7 We have acted very wickedly against you, and we have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the rules you commanded your servant Moses. \s5 \v 8 Please call to mind the word you commanded your servant Moses, 'If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the nations, diff --git a/16-NEH/08.usfm b/16-NEH/08.usfm index 98d64244..5a403759 100644 --- a/16-NEH/08.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/08.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \s5 \c 8 \p -\v 1 All the people gathered themselves for one purpose in the open area in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring The Book of the Law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded Israel. +\v 1 All the people gathered as one man in the open area in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring The Book of the Law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded Israel. \v 2 On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear and understand. \v 3 He faced the open area in front of the Water Gate, and he read from it from early morning until midday, before men and women, and any who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to The Book of the Law. diff --git a/16-NEH/09.usfm b/16-NEH/09.usfm index b2e95e32..03eef362 100644 --- a/16-NEH/09.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/09.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \v 2 The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all the foreigners. They stood and confessed their own sins and the evil actions of their ancestors. \s5 -\v 3 They stood up in their places, and for a fourth of the day they read from The Book of the Law of Yahweh their God. For another fourth of the day they were confessing and bowing down before Yahweh their God. +\v 3 They stood up in their places, and for one-fourth of the day they read from The Book of the Law of Yahweh their God. For another fourth of the day they were confessing and bowing down before Yahweh their God. \v 4 The Levites, Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, stood on the stairs and they called out with a loud voice to Yahweh their God. \s5 @@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ \s5 \p \v 26 Then they became disobedient and they rebelled against you. They threw your law behind their backs. They murdered your prophets who had warned them to turn back to you, and they committed great blasphemies. -\v 27 So you handed them over into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer. And in the time of their suffering, they cried out to you and you heard them from heaven and many times you rescued them out of the hand of their enemies, because of your great mercies. +\v 27 So you gave them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer. And in the time of their suffering, they cried out to you and you heard them from heaven and many times you rescued them out of the hand of their enemies, because of your great mercies. \s5 \v 28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before you, and you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so their enemies ruled over them. Yet when they returned and cried out to you, you heard from heaven, and many times because of your compassion you rescued them. \v 29 You warned them so they might turn back to your law. Yet they acted arrogantly and did not listen to your commands. They sinned against your decrees which give life to anyone who obeys them. They did not obey them, but they paid them no attention, and they refused even to listen to them. \s5 -\v 30 For many years you put up with them and warned them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet they did not listen. So you handed them over to the neighboring peoples. +\v 30 For many years you put up with them and warned them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet they did not listen. So you gave them into the hand of the neighboring peoples. \v 31 But in your great mercies you did not make a complete end of them, or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God. \s5 diff --git a/17-EST/02.usfm b/17-EST/02.usfm index fbd4d5c4..8c6183af 100644 --- a/17-EST/02.usfm +++ b/17-EST/02.usfm @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 5 There was a certain Jew in the city of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair son of Shimei son of Kish, who was a Benjaminite. +\v 5 There was a certain Jew in the city of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair son of Shimei son of Kish, who was a Benjamite. \v 6 He had been taken away from Jerusalem with the exiles along with those taken with Jehoiachin, king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylonia carried away. \s5 diff --git a/17-EST/06.usfm b/17-EST/06.usfm index 7346d83e..ccaaecb3 100644 --- a/17-EST/06.usfm +++ b/17-EST/06.usfm @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ \s5 \v 7 Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king takes pleasure in honoring, \v 8 let royal robes be brought, robes that the king has worn, and a horse that the king has ridden and on whose head is the royal crest. -\v 9 Then let the robes and the horse be handed over to one of the king's most noble officials. Let them dress the man whom the king takes pleasure in honoring, and let them lead him on the horse through the city streets. Let them proclaim before him, 'This is what is done to the one whom the king takes pleasure in honoring!'" +\v 9 Then let the robes and the horse be given to one of the king's most noble officials. Let them dress the man whom the king takes pleasure in honoring, and let them lead him on the horse through the city streets. Let them proclaim before him, 'This is what is done to the one whom the king takes pleasure in honoring!'" \s5 \p diff --git a/18-JOB/01.usfm b/18-JOB/01.usfm index b1887b6c..efcc4527 100644 --- a/18-JOB/01.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/01.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 On each son's assigned day, he would give a feast in his house and they would send and call for their three sisters to eat and drink with them. -\v 5 When the days of the feast were over, Job would send for them and dedicated them once more to God. He would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings for each of his children, for he would say, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." Job always did this. +\v 5 When the days of the feast were over, Job would send for them and he would consecrate them. He would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings for each of his children, for he would say, "It may be that my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." Job always did this. \s5 \p @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \v 9 Then Satan answered Yahweh and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing? \v 10 Have you not made a hedge around him, around his house, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions in the land have increased. \v 11 But extend your hand now and attack all that he possesses, and he will renounce you to your face." -\v 12 Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in the power of your hand; do not lay your hand on him." So Satan went away from the presence of Yahweh. +\v 12 Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only do not stretch out your hand against the man himself." So Satan went away from the presence of Yahweh. \s5 \p @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 20 Then Job rose, tore his robe, shaved his head, lay face down on the ground, and worshiped God. +\v 20 Then Job rose, tore his robe, shaved his head, lay facedown on the ground, and worshiped God. \v 21 He said, "I came naked out of my mother's womb, and I return there naked. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away; may the name of Yahweh be blessed." \v 22 In all this matter, Job did not sin, nor did he foolishly accuse God. diff --git a/18-JOB/05.usfm b/18-JOB/05.usfm index 58f36876..615bcb85 100644 --- a/18-JOB/05.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/05.usfm @@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ \s5 \q -\v 20 In famine he will rescue you from death; -\q in war from the power of the sword. +\v 20 In famine he will rescue you from death, +\q and in war from the hands of those who use the sword. \q \v 21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; \q and you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes. diff --git a/18-JOB/07.usfm b/18-JOB/07.usfm index 8e8f0dc9..02f63df0 100644 --- a/18-JOB/07.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/07.usfm @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \q God's eyes will be on me, but I will not exist. \q \v 9 As a cloud is consumed and vanishes away, -\q so he who goes down to sheol will come up no more. +\q so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more. \q \v 10 He will return no more to his house; \q neither will his place know him again. diff --git a/18-JOB/08.usfm b/18-JOB/08.usfm index b44d7198..6cff2873 100644 --- a/18-JOB/08.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/08.usfm @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ a mighty wind? \s5 \q \v 4 Your children have sinned against him; -\q we know this, for he has handed them over to their sins. +\q we know this, for he gave them into the hand of their sins. \q \v 5 But suppose you diligently sought God \q and presented your request to the Almighty. diff --git a/18-JOB/11.usfm b/18-JOB/11.usfm index 1319e24c..6039b779 100644 --- a/18-JOB/11.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/11.usfm @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \q Can you comprehend the Almighty perfectly? \q \v 8 The matter is as high as heaven; what can you do? -\q It is deeper than sheol; what can you know? +\q It is deeper than Sheol; what can you know? \q \v 9 Its measure is longer than the earth, \q and wider than the sea. diff --git a/18-JOB/14.usfm b/18-JOB/14.usfm index a8b36f10..f57fef91 100644 --- a/18-JOB/14.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/14.usfm @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 13 Oh, that you would hide me away in sheol away from troubles, +\v 13 Oh, that you would hide me away in Sheol away from troubles, \q and that you would keep me in private until your wrath is over, \q that you would set me a fixed time to stay there and then call me to mind! \q diff --git a/18-JOB/17.usfm b/18-JOB/17.usfm index 5215de77..284f55d4 100644 --- a/18-JOB/17.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/17.usfm @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 13 Since I look at sheol as my home; +\v 13 Since I look at Sheol as my home; \q since I have spread my couch in the darkness; \q \v 14 since I have said to the pit, 'You are my father,' @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 16 Will hope go down with me to the gates of sheol +\v 16 Will hope go down with me to the gates of Sheol \q when we descend to the dust?" diff --git a/18-JOB/20.usfm b/18-JOB/20.usfm index 1405d821..ab1eaf59 100644 --- a/18-JOB/20.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/20.usfm @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ \s5 \q \v 15 He swallows down riches, but he will vomit them up again; -\q God will cast them out of his belly. +\q God will cast them out of his stomach. \q \v 16 He will suck the poison of asps; \q the viper's tongue will kill him. @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God will throw the fierceness of his wrath on him; +\v 23 When he is about to fill his stomach, God will throw the fierceness of his wrath on him; \q God will rain it down on him while he is eating. \q \v 24 Although that man will flee from the iron weapon, diff --git a/18-JOB/21.usfm b/18-JOB/21.usfm index 6c138ff5..42faff7b 100644 --- a/18-JOB/21.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/21.usfm @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ \s5 \q \v 13 They spend their days in prosperity, -\q and they go down quietly to sheol. +\q and they go down quietly to Sheol. \q \v 14 They say to God, 'Depart from us \q for we do not wish any knowledge of your ways. diff --git a/18-JOB/24.usfm b/18-JOB/24.usfm index 0b1c9d86..1ae6cc60 100644 --- a/18-JOB/24.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/24.usfm @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ \q no one goes to work in their vineyards. \q \v 19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters; -\q so sheol also consumes those who have sinned. +\q so Sheol also consumes those who have sinned. \s5 \q diff --git a/18-JOB/27.usfm b/18-JOB/27.usfm index f4dcbdef..6d667e49 100644 --- a/18-JOB/27.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/27.usfm @@ -5,19 +5,19 @@ \p \v 1 Job resumed speaking and said, \q -\v 2 "As God lives, who has taken away my justice, -\q the Almighty, who has made my life bitter, +\v 2 "As God lives, has taken away my justice, +\q the Almighty, who made my life bitter, \q -\v 3 for as long as my life is yet in me -\q and breath from God is in my nostrils, +\v 3 as long as my life is yet in me +\q and breath from God is in my nostrils. \s5 \q -\v 4 surely my lips will not speak unrighteousness, +\v 4 Surely my lips will not speak unrighteousness, \q neither will my tongue speak deceit. \q -\v 5 Far be it from me that I should admit that you are right; -\q until I die, I will never deny my integrity. +\v 5 I will never admit that you are right; +\q until I die I will never deny my integrity. \s5 \q diff --git a/18-JOB/30.usfm b/18-JOB/30.usfm index 739fc5b1..e838fc2b 100644 --- a/18-JOB/30.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/30.usfm @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ \q I stand up, and you merely look at me. \q \v 21 You have changed and become cruel to me; -\q with the power of your hand you persecute me. +\q with the strength of your hand you persecute me. \s5 \q diff --git a/18-JOB/31.usfm b/18-JOB/31.usfm index c3c3146b..537adeab 100644 --- a/18-JOB/31.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/31.usfm @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ \v 5 If I have walked with falsehood, \q if my foot has hurried to deceit, \q -\v 6 (let me be weighed in an even balance -\q so that God will know my integrity) +\v 6 let me be weighed in an even balance +\q so that God will know my integrity. \s5 \q @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ \v 11 For that would be a terrible crime; \q indeed, it would be a crime to be punished by judges. \q -\v 12 For that is a fire that consumes everything for sheol +\v 12 For that is a fire that consumes everything for Sheol \q and that would burn up all my harvest. \s5 @@ -73,27 +73,29 @@ \v 17 or if I have eaten my morsel alone \q and not allowed those without fathers to eat it also— \q -\v 18 (instead, from my youth the orphan grew up with me as with a father, -\q and I have guided his mother, a widow, from my own mother's womb)— +\v 18 because from my youth the orphan grew up with me as with a father, +\q and I have guided his mother, a widow, from my own mother's womb. \s5 \q -\v 19 if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, +\v 19 If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, \q or if I have seen that a needy man had no clothing; \q \v 20 if his heart has not blessed me \q because he has not been warmed with the wool of my sheep, \q \v 21 if I have lifted up my hand against fatherless people -\q because I saw my support in the city gate— +\q because I saw my support in the city gate, +\q then bring charges against me! \s5 \q -\v 22 then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, -\q and let my arm be broken from its joint. +\v 22 If I am guilty, then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, +\q and let my arm be broken from its joint \q -\v 23 For calamity from God would be a terror to me; -\q because of his majesty, I could do none of these things. +\v 23 For I dreaded destruction from God; +\q because of the thought of his majesty, +\q I could do have done those things. \b \s5 @@ -102,11 +104,12 @@ \q and if I have said to fine gold, 'You are what I am confident in'; \q \v 25 if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, -\q because my hand had gotten many possessions; +\q because my hand had gotten many possessions, +\q then bring charges against me! \s5 \q -\v 26 if I have seen the sun when it shone, +\v 26 If I have seen the sun when it shone, \q or the moon walking in its brightness, \q \v 27 and if my heart has been secretly attracted, @@ -118,27 +121,29 @@ \s5 \q \v 29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of anyone who hated me -\q or congratulated myself when disaster overtook him— +\q or congratulated myself when disaster overtook him, +\q then bring charges against me! \q -\v 30 (indeed, I have not allowed my mouth to sin -\q by asking for his life with a curse) +\v 30 Indeed, I have not even allowed my mouth to sin +\q by asking for his life with a curse. \s5 \q -\v 31 if the men of my tent have never said, +\v 31 If the men of my tent have not said, \q 'Who can find one who has not been filled with Job's food?' \q -\v 32 (the foreigner never had to stay in the city square; -\q instead, I always opened my doors to the traveler) +\v 32 (even the foreigner has never had to stay in the city square, +\q because I have always opened my doors to the traveler), and if that is not so, then bring charges against me! \s5 \q -\v 33 if, like mankind, I have hidden my sins -\q by hiding my guilt inside my tunic +\v 33 If, like mankind, I have hidden my sins +\q by hiding my iniquity in my heart, \q -\v 34 —because I feared the great multitude, +\v 34 and if I did this because I stood in great fear of the multitude, \q because the contempt of families terrified me, -\q so that I kept silent and did not go outside of my house. +\q so that I kept silent and would not go outside, +\q then bring charges against me! \s5 \q diff --git a/18-JOB/41.usfm b/18-JOB/41.usfm index 4a445d2c..395ee6fd 100644 --- a/18-JOB/41.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/41.usfm @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 4 Will he make an agreement with you, +\v 4 Will he make a covenant with you, \q that you should take him for a servant forever? \q \v 5 Will you play with him as you would with a bird? diff --git a/19-PSA/006.usfm b/19-PSA/006.usfm index 7d45b7c2..23aea9ce 100644 --- a/19-PSA/006.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/006.usfm @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \q Save me because of your covenant faithfulness! \q \v 5 For in death there is no remembrance of you. -\q In sheol who will give you thanks? +\q In Sheol who will give you thanks? \s5 \q diff --git a/19-PSA/009.usfm b/19-PSA/009.usfm index ddb05346..8673007e 100644 --- a/19-PSA/009.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/009.usfm @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 17 The wicked are turned back and sent to sheol, +\v 17 The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol, \q the destiny of all the nations that forget God. \q \v 18 For the needy will not always be forgotten, diff --git a/19-PSA/016.usfm b/19-PSA/016.usfm index 039f0269..13820abc 100644 --- a/19-PSA/016.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/016.usfm @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \q \v 9 Therefore my heart is glad; my glory is rejoicing. Surely I will live in security. \q -\v 10 For you will not abandon my soul to sheol. You will not let your faithful one see the pit. +\v 10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol. You will not let your faithful one see the pit. \s5 \q diff --git a/19-PSA/018.usfm b/19-PSA/018.usfm index 9f2d5413..35b28fc5 100644 --- a/19-PSA/018.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/018.usfm @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ the day that Yahweh rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the ha \q \v 4 The cords of death surrounded me, and the rushing waters of worthlessness overwhelmed me. \q -\v 5 The cords of sheol surrounded me; the snares of death trapped me. +\v 5 The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death trapped me. \s5 \q @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ the day that Yahweh rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the ha \s5 \q \v 13 Yahweh thundered in the heavens! The Most High gave forth his voice, hailstones and lightning. -\f + \ft Many modern versions leave out \fqa hailstones and lightning \fqa, believing this expression to be an accidental repetition from the previous verse. \f* +\f + \ft Many modern versions leave out \fqa hailstones and lightning \fqa* , believing this expression to be an accidental repetition from the previous verse. \f* \q \v 14 He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies; many lightning bolts dispersed them. @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ the day that Yahweh rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the ha \q \v 46 Yahweh lives; may my rock be praised. May the God of my salvation be exalted. \q -\v 47 This is the God who executes vengeance for me, who subjugates nations under me. +\v 47 He is the God who executes vengeance for me, who subdues the nations under me. \s5 \q diff --git a/19-PSA/025.usfm b/19-PSA/025.usfm index fb9cf219..1a5ffa10 100644 --- a/19-PSA/025.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/025.usfm @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 10 All the paths of Yahweh are covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness +\v 10 All the paths of Yahweh are steadfast love and faithfulness \q to those who keep his covenant and his solemn commands. \q \v 11 For your name's sake, Yahweh, diff --git a/19-PSA/030.usfm b/19-PSA/030.usfm index 9e27b029..0047da62 100644 --- a/19-PSA/030.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/030.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \q \v 2 Yahweh my God, I cried to you for help, and you healed me. \q -\v 3 Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from sheol; you have kept me alive from going down to the grave. +\v 3 Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol; you have kept me alive from going down to the grave. \s5 \q diff --git a/19-PSA/031.usfm b/19-PSA/031.usfm index 7b64e80a..0e6f12d7 100644 --- a/19-PSA/031.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/031.usfm @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 8 You have not handed me over to my enemy. +\v 8 You have not given me into the hand of my enemy. \q You have set my feet in a wide open place. \q \v 9 Have mercy upon me, Yahweh, for I am in distress; @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ \s5 \q \v 17 Do not let me be humiliated, Yahweh; for I call out to you! -\q May the wicked be humiliated! May they be silent in sheol. +\q May the wicked be humiliated! May they be silent in Sheol. \q \v 18 May lying lips be silenced \q that speak against the righteous defiantly diff --git a/19-PSA/041.usfm b/19-PSA/041.usfm index 8c0a7112..938e0b5c 100644 --- a/19-PSA/041.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/041.usfm @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 13 May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised +\v 13 May Yahweh, the God of Israel be praised \q from everlasting to everlasting. \q Amen and Amen. diff --git a/19-PSA/049.usfm b/19-PSA/049.usfm index 6b2d45bc..aa59fc21 100644 --- a/19-PSA/049.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/049.usfm @@ -61,23 +61,23 @@ continue forever, \s5 \q -\v 14 They are appointed like a flock to go to sheol; -\q death will be their shepherd; -\q the upright will have power over them in the morning; -\q sheol will consume their bodies +\v 14 They are appointed like a flock to go to Sheol +\q and death will be their shepherd. +\q The upright will have power over them in the morning +\q and Sheol will consume their bodies \q and there be no place for them to live. \q -\v 15 But God will redeem my life from the power of sheol; +\v 15 But God will redeem my life from the hand of Sheol; \q he will receive me. \qs Selah\qs* \s5 \q \v 16 Do not be afraid when one becomes rich, -\q when the power of his house increases; +\q and the glory of his house increases. \q -\v 17 for when he dies, he will take nothing away; -\q his power will not descend with him. +\v 17 For when he dies he will take nothing away; +\q his glory will not go down after him. \s5 \q diff --git a/19-PSA/050.usfm b/19-PSA/050.usfm index 072e66b5..ff77bc79 100644 --- a/19-PSA/050.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/050.usfm @@ -92,12 +92,13 @@ \q But I will reprove you and bring up, right before your eyes, all the things you have done. \b \q -\v 22 Now consider this, you who forget God; -\q otherwise I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to come to help you: +\v 22 Give this careful consideration, you who forget God, +\q otherwise I will tear you to pieces, +\q and there will be no one to come to help you! \s5 \q -\v 23 Whoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving praises me, +\v 23 The one who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving praises me, \q and to anyone who plans his path in the right way \q I will show God's salvation." diff --git a/19-PSA/055.usfm b/19-PSA/055.usfm index bc56da9b..de5ea7cc 100644 --- a/19-PSA/055.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/055.usfm @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ \s5 \q \v 15 Let death come suddenly on them; -\q let them go down alive to sheol, +\q let them go down alive to Sheol, \q for wickedness is where they live, right among them. \s5 diff --git a/19-PSA/061.usfm b/19-PSA/061.usfm index 5b4ab5c2..3d095469 100644 --- a/19-PSA/061.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/061.usfm @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \v 6 You will prolong the king's life; \q his years will be like many generations. \q -\v 7 He will remain before God forever; +\v 7 He will remain before God forever. \s5 \q diff --git a/19-PSA/063.usfm b/19-PSA/063.usfm index dacaa695..e1e97fb0 100644 --- a/19-PSA/063.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/063.usfm @@ -39,9 +39,8 @@ \s5 \q \v 9 But those who seek to destroy my life -\q will go down into the lowest parts of the earth. -\q -\v 10 They will be handed over to the power of the sword, +\q will go down into the lowest parts of the earth; +\v 10 they will be given over to those whose hands use the sword, \q and they will become food for the jackals. \q diff --git a/19-PSA/069.usfm b/19-PSA/069.usfm index 12fcd12c..019268ac 100644 --- a/19-PSA/069.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/069.usfm @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 28 Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life +\v 28 Let them be blotted out of The Book of Life \q and not be written down along with the righteous. \q \v 29 But I am poor and sorrowful; diff --git a/19-PSA/074.usfm b/19-PSA/074.usfm index a30b25a9..27342616 100644 --- a/19-PSA/074.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/074.usfm @@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ to the ground. \s5 \q -\v 20 Call to mind your covenant, -\q for the dark regions of the earth are full of places of violence. +\v 20 Remember your covenant, +\q for the dark regions of the land are full of places of violence. \q \v 21 Do not let the oppressed be turned back in shame; \q let the poor and oppressed praise your name. diff --git a/19-PSA/086.usfm b/19-PSA/086.usfm index 28a493e8..70763ebf 100644 --- a/19-PSA/086.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/086.usfm @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ \s5 \q \v 13 For great is your covenant faithfulness toward me; -\q you have rescued my life from the depths of sheol. +\q you have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol. \q \v 14 God, the arrogant have risen up against me. \q A gang of violent men seek my life. diff --git a/19-PSA/088.usfm b/19-PSA/088.usfm index c2aae790..fa3f9337 100644 --- a/19-PSA/088.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/088.usfm @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \s5 \q \v 3 For I am filled with troubles, -\q and my life has reached sheol. +\q and my life has reached Sheol. \q \v 4 People treat me like those who go down into the pit; \q I am a man with no strength. diff --git a/19-PSA/089.usfm b/19-PSA/089.usfm index ad1f8410..f7743145 100644 --- a/19-PSA/089.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/089.usfm @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 33 But I will not remove my covenant faithfulness from him +\v 33 But I will not remove my steadfast love from him \q or be unfaithful to my promise. \q \v 34 I will not break my covenant @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ \q and for what uselessness you have created all the children of mankind! \q \v 48 Who can live and not die, -\q or rescue his own life from the power of sheol? +\q or rescue his own life from the hand of Sheol? \qs Selah\qs* \s5 diff --git a/19-PSA/104.usfm b/19-PSA/104.usfm index 3b243545..58de6e09 100644 --- a/19-PSA/104.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/104.usfm @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ \q he planted the cedars of Lebanon. \q \v 17 There the birds make their nests. -\q The stork makes the fir tree her home. +\q The stork makes the cypress tree her home. \q \v 18 The wild goats live on the high mountains; \q the mountain heights are a refuge for the hyraxes. diff --git a/19-PSA/106.usfm b/19-PSA/106.usfm index 06d40efb..08fe52ef 100644 --- a/19-PSA/106.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/106.usfm @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ \s5 \q \v 10 He saved them from the hand of those who hated them, -\q and he rescued them from the power of the enemy. +\q and he rescued them from the hand of the enemy. \q \v 11 But the waters covered their adversaries; \q not one of them survived. @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ \v 40 So Yahweh was angry with his people, \q and he despised his own people. \q -\v 41 He handed them over to the nations, +\v 41 He gave them into the hand of the nations, \q and those who hated them ruled over them. \s5 @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ \q when he heard their cry for help. \q \v 45 He called to mind his covenant with them -\q and relented because of his covenant faithfulness. +\q and relented because of his steadfast love. \q \v 46 He caused all their conquerers \q to have pity on them. diff --git a/19-PSA/107.usfm b/19-PSA/107.usfm index f06b937d..33d4cbd4 100644 --- a/19-PSA/107.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/107.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \q and his covenant faithfulness endures forever. \q \v 2 Let the redeemed of Yahweh speak out, -\q those he has rescued from the power of the enemy. +\q those he has rescued from the hand of the enemy. \q \v 3 He has gathered them out of foreign lands, \q from the east and from the west, diff --git a/19-PSA/115.usfm b/19-PSA/115.usfm index 37110ee1..8869226d 100644 --- a/19-PSA/115.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/115.usfm @@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ \q they have eyes, but they do not see; \q \v 6 they have ears, but they do not hear; -\q they have noses, but they do not smell; +\q they have noses, but they do not smell. \s5 \q -\v 7 they have hands, but do not feel; +\v 7 Idols have hands, but do not feel; \q they have feet, but they cannot walk; \q nor do they speak from their mouths. \q diff --git a/19-PSA/116.usfm b/19-PSA/116.usfm index bea8e6b5..d7f5cce6 100644 --- a/19-PSA/116.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/116.usfm @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \s5 \q \v 3 The cords of death surrounded me, -\q and the snares of sheol confronted me; +\q and the snares of Sheol confronted me; \q I felt anguish and sorrow. \q \v 4 Then I called on the name of Yahweh: diff --git a/19-PSA/136.usfm b/19-PSA/136.usfm index f5a4ca08..2a280b03 100644 --- a/19-PSA/136.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/136.usfm @@ -15,61 +15,61 @@ \s5 \q -\v 4 to him who alone does great wonders, +\v 4 Give thanks to him who alone does great wonders, \q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever— \q \v 5 to him who by wisdom made the heavens, -\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever— +\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever. \s5 \q -\v 6 to him who spread out the earth above the waters, +\v 6 Give thanks to him who spread out the earth above the waters, \q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever— \q \v 7 to him who made great lights, -\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever— +\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever. \s5 \q -\v 8 the sun to rule by day, +\v 8 He made the sun to rule by day, \q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever— \q \v 9 the moon and stars to rule by night, -\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever— +\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever. \s5 \q -\v 10 to him who killed the firstborn of Egypt, +\v 10 Give thanks to him who killed the firstborn of Egypt, \q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever— \q \v 11 and brought out Israel from among them, \q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever— \q \v 12 with a strong hand and a raised arm, -\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever— +\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever. \s5 \q -\v 13 to him who divided the Sea of Reeds, +\v 13 Give thanks to him who divided the Sea of Reeds, \q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever— \q \v 14 and made Israel to pass through the middle of it, \q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever— \q \v 15 but overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Sea of Reeds, -\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever— +\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever. \s5 \q -\v 16 to him who led his people through the wilderness, +\v 16 Give thanks to him who led his people through the wilderness, \q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever— \q \v 17 to him who killed great kings, -\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever— +\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever. \s5 \q -\v 18 and killed famous kings, +\v 18 Give thanks to him who killed famous kings, \q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever— \q \v 19 Sihon king of the Amorites, @@ -80,18 +80,18 @@ \s5 \q -\v 21 and gave their land as an inheritance, +\v 21 Give thanks to him who gave their land as an inheritance, \q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever— \q \v 22 an inheritance to Israel his servant, \q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever— \q \v 23 to him who called us to mind and helped us in our humiliation, -\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever— +\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever. \s5 \q -\v 24 and who has given us victory over our enemies, +\v 24 Give thanks to him who has given us victory over our enemies, \q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever— \q \v 25 who gives food to all living beings, diff --git a/19-PSA/139.usfm b/19-PSA/139.usfm index a26f82e4..3e50edb3 100644 --- a/19-PSA/139.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/139.usfm @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \q Where can I flee from your presence? \q \v 8 If I ascend up to the heavens, you are there; -\q if I make my bed in sheol, behold, you are there. +\q if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there. \s5 \q diff --git a/19-PSA/141.usfm b/19-PSA/141.usfm index 73691c54..4c3cf594 100644 --- a/19-PSA/141.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/141.usfm @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \q they will hear that my own words are pleasant. \q \v 7 They will have to say, "As when one plows and breaks up the ground, -\q so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of sheol." +\q so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol." \s5 \q diff --git a/19-PSA/142.usfm b/19-PSA/142.usfm index 8ab935e3..6d9f8f59 100644 --- a/19-PSA/142.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/142.usfm @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \q In the way that I walk \q they have hidden a trap for me. \q -\v 4 I look to my right and and see +\v 4 I look to my right and see \q that there is no one who cares about me. \q There is no escape for me; \q no one cares about my life. diff --git a/19-PSA/144.usfm b/19-PSA/144.usfm index d2339651..0297375f 100644 --- a/19-PSA/144.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/144.usfm @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ \q \v 7 Reach out your hand from above; \q rescue me out of many waters, -\q from the hands of these foreigners. +\q from the hand of foreigners. \q \v 8 Their mouths speak lies, \q and their right hand is falsehood. @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ \v 10 who give salvation to kings, \q who rescued David your servant from an evil sword. \q -\v 11 Rescue me and free me from the hands of these foreigners. +\v 11 Rescue me and free me from the hand of foreigners. \q Their mouths speak lies, \q and their right hand is falsehood. \b diff --git a/19-PSA/145.usfm b/19-PSA/145.usfm index ce55d840..e30b7191 100644 --- a/19-PSA/145.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/145.usfm @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ \s5 \q -\v 6 They will speak of the power of your fearsome, mighty actions; -\q I will declare your greatness. +\v 6 They will speak of the power of your awesome works, +\q and I will declare your greatness. \q \v 7 They will declare your abounding goodness, \q and they will sing about your righteousness. diff --git a/19-PSA/148.usfm b/19-PSA/148.usfm index 2d034dc7..61aaf38f 100644 --- a/19-PSA/148.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/148.usfm @@ -33,19 +33,19 @@ \q you sea creatures and all ocean depths, \q \v 8 fire and hail, snow and clouds, -\q stormy wind fulfilling his word, +\q stormy wind fulfilling his word. \s5 \q -\v 9 mountains and all hills, +\v 9 Praise Yahweh, mountains and all hills, \q fruit trees and all cedars, \q \v 10 animals wild and tame, -\q creatures that crawl and birds, +\q creatures that crawl and birds. \s5 \q -\v 11 kings of the earth and all nations, +\v 11 Praise Yahweh, kings of the earth and all nations, \q princes and all who govern on the earth, \q \v 12 both young men and young women, diff --git a/20-PRO/01.usfm b/20-PRO/01.usfm index e2522901..69935ae0 100644 --- a/20-PRO/01.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/01.usfm @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 12 Let us swallow them up alive, like sheol takes away those who are healthy, +\v 12 Let us swallow them up alive, like Sheol takes away those who are healthy, \q and make them like those who fall into the pit. \q \v 13 We shall find all kinds of valuable things; diff --git a/20-PRO/05.usfm b/20-PRO/05.usfm index 8912eeea..9c971115 100644 --- a/20-PRO/05.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/05.usfm @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \s5 \q \v 5 Her feet go down to death; -\q her steps go all the way to sheol. +\q her steps go all the way to Sheol. \q \v 6 She gives no thought to the path of life. \q Her footsteps wander; she does not know where she is going. diff --git a/20-PRO/06.usfm b/20-PRO/06.usfm index 6689b4c1..44236cde 100644 --- a/20-PRO/06.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/06.usfm @@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ \s5 \q -\v 3 In that case, my son, do this and save yourself, -\q for you are at the mercy of your neighbor. -\q Go and humble yourself and beg your neighbor to release you. +\v 3 When you are caught by your words, my son, do this and save yourself, +\q since you have fallen into the hand of your neighbor; +\q go and humble yourself and make your case before your neighbor. \s5 \q @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ \s5 \q \v 16 There are six things that Yahweh hates, -\q seven that are disgusting to him: +\q seven that are disgusting to him. \q \s5 diff --git a/20-PRO/07.usfm b/20-PRO/07.usfm index 83e92829..42912eb6 100644 --- a/20-PRO/07.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/07.usfm @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ \v 26 She has brought down many victims; \q they cannot be counted. \q -\v 27 Her house is on the road to sheol; +\v 27 Her house is on the road to Sheol; \q it goes down to the rooms of death. diff --git a/20-PRO/09.usfm b/20-PRO/09.usfm index 6cc4b131..6aa80276 100644 --- a/20-PRO/09.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/09.usfm @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ \q and bread eaten in secret is pleasant." \q \v 18 But he does not know that the dead are there, -\q that her guests are in the depths of sheol. +\q that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. diff --git a/20-PRO/12.usfm b/20-PRO/12.usfm index 1bd2e9ee..e9ec648c 100644 --- a/20-PRO/12.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/12.usfm @@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ \v 23 A prudent man conceals his knowledge, \q but the heart of fools shouts out folly. \q -\v 24 The hand of diligent people will rule, -\q but lazy people will be subject to forced labor. +\v 24 The hand of the diligent will rule, +\q but lazy people will be put to forced labor. \s5 \q diff --git a/20-PRO/15.usfm b/20-PRO/15.usfm index fbc897d6..879578a6 100644 --- a/20-PRO/15.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/15.usfm @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ \q how good is a timely word! \q \v 24 The path of life leads upward for prudent people, -\q that they may turn away from sheol beneath. +\q that they may turn away from Sheol beneath. \s5 \q diff --git a/20-PRO/18.usfm b/20-PRO/18.usfm index 29ac8dae..091277b9 100644 --- a/20-PRO/18.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/18.usfm @@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ \s5 \q -\v 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue -\q and those who love it will eat its fruit. +\v 21 Death and life are controlled by the tongue, +\q and those who love the tongue will eat its fruit. \q \v 22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing \q and receives favor from Yahweh. diff --git a/20-PRO/21.usfm b/20-PRO/21.usfm index fab43072..bf21b6f0 100644 --- a/20-PRO/21.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/21.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 21 \q \v 1 The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of Yahweh; -\q he directs it wherever he pleases. +\q he turns it wherever he pleases. \q \v 2 Every person's way may seem right to him in his own eyes, \q but it is Yahweh who weighs the hearts. diff --git a/20-PRO/23.usfm b/20-PRO/23.usfm index d59fac19..041cf554 100644 --- a/20-PRO/23.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/23.usfm @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ \q for if you beat him with a rod, he will not die. \q \v 14 If you beat him with the rod, -\q you will save his soul from sheol. +\q you will save his soul from Sheol. \s5 \q diff --git a/20-PRO/26.usfm b/20-PRO/26.usfm index 40eae701..4e8f9f82 100644 --- a/20-PRO/26.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/26.usfm @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 9 A thornbush held in the hand of a drunk +\v 9 A thornbush that goes up into the hand of a drunk \q is like a proverb in the mouth of fools. \q \v 10 An archer who wounds everybody diff --git a/20-PRO/27.usfm b/20-PRO/27.usfm index 4fef2dec..7c902b20 100644 --- a/20-PRO/27.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/27.usfm @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ \v 19 Just as water reflects a person's face, \q so a person's heart reflects the person. \q -\v 20 Just as sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, +\v 20 Just as Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, \q so a man's eyes are never satisfied. \s5 diff --git a/21-ECC/03.usfm b/21-ECC/03.usfm index fbc5a2c2..6238bce6 100644 --- a/21-ECC/03.usfm +++ b/21-ECC/03.usfm @@ -5,31 +5,31 @@ \p \v 1 For everything there is an appointed time, and a season for every purpose under heaven. \q1 -\v 2 A time to be born and a time to die, +\v 2 There is a time to be born and a time to die, \q1 a time to plant and a time to pull up plants, \q1 \v 3 a time to kill and a time to heal, -\q1 a time to tear down and a time to build up, +\q1 a time to tear down and a time to build up. \s5 \q1 -\v 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, +\v 4 There is a time to weep and a time to laugh, \q1 a time to mourn and a time to dance, \q1 \v 5 a time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones, -\q1 a time to embrace other people, and a time to refrain from embracing, +\q1 a time to embrace other people, and a time to refrain from embracing. \s5 \q1 -\v 6 a time to look for things and a time to stop looking, +\v 6 There is a time to look for things and a time to stop looking, \q1 a time to keep things and a time to throw away things, \q1 \v 7 a time to tear clothing and a time to repair clothing, -\q1 a time to keep silent and a time to speak, +\q1 a time to keep silent and a time to speak. \s5 \q1 -\v 8 a time to love and a time to hate, +\v 8 There is a time to love and a time to hate, \q1 a time for war and a time for peace. \v 9 What profit does the worker gain in his labor? \v 10 I have seen the work that God has given to human beings to complete. diff --git a/21-ECC/09.usfm b/21-ECC/09.usfm index e437fb9f..8a54951c 100644 --- a/21-ECC/09.usfm +++ b/21-ECC/09.usfm @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ As the one who swears will die, \s5 \v 9 Live happily with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of uselessness, the days that God has given you under the sun during your days of uselessness. That is your reward in life for your work under the sun. -\v 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, work at it with your strength, because there is no work or explanation or knowledge or wisdom in sheol, where you are going. +\v 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, work at it with your strength, because there is no work or explanation or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, where you are going. \s5 \v 11 I have seen some interesting things under the sun: diff --git a/22-SNG/08.usfm b/22-SNG/08.usfm index d29567dd..ab6a1a80 100644 --- a/22-SNG/08.usfm +++ b/22-SNG/08.usfm @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ \v 6 Set me as a seal over your heart, \q like a seal on your arm, \q for love is as strong as death. -\q Passionate devotion is as unrelenting as sheol; +\q Passionate devotion is as unrelenting as Sheol; \q its flames burst out; it is a blazing flame, \q a flame hotter than any other fire. diff --git a/23-ISA/01.usfm b/23-ISA/01.usfm index deca0091..3199784b 100644 --- a/23-ISA/01.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/01.usfm @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 9 If Yahweh of hosts had not left for us a small remnant, -\q1 we would have been like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah; +\q1 we would have been like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah. \s5 \p diff --git a/23-ISA/02.usfm b/23-ISA/02.usfm index 351e0521..93c0f847 100644 --- a/23-ISA/02.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/02.usfm @@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ with customs from the east and are omen readers like the Philistines, \q1 against everyone who is proud and raised up, and against everyone who is arrogant, and he will be brought down— \q1 \v 13 and against all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, -\q1 and against all the oaks of Bashan, +\q1 and against all the oaks of Bashan. \s5 \q1 -\v 14 and against all the high mountains, and against all the hills that are lifted up, +\v 14 There will be a day of Yahweh of hosts against all the high mountains, and against all the hills that are lifted up, \q1 \v 15 and against every high tower, and against every impregnable wall, \q1 diff --git a/23-ISA/05.usfm b/23-ISA/05.usfm index 2473541b..5e7f10a6 100644 --- a/23-ISA/05.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/05.usfm @@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ \v 13 Therefore my people have gone into captivity for lack of understanding; \q1 their leaders go hungry, and their masses have nothing to drink. \q1 -\v 14 Therefore sheol has made its appetite greater and has opened its mouth very wide; -\q1 their elite, the people, their leaders, and the revelers and those who are happy among them, descend into sheol. +\v 14 Therefore Sheol has made its appetite greater and has opened its mouth very wide; +\q1 their elite, the people, their leaders, and the revelers and those who are happy among them, descend into Sheol. \s5 \q1 diff --git a/23-ISA/08.usfm b/23-ISA/08.usfm index 82141695..5872aa15 100644 --- a/23-ISA/08.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/08.usfm @@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ \q1 and are happy over Rezin and Remaliah's son, \q1 \v 7 therefore the Lord is about to bring up on them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. -\q1 It will come up over all its channels and overflow its banks, +\q1 It will come up over all its channels and overflow its banks. \s5 \q1 -\v 8 and it will sweep onward into Judah, flooding and passing on, until it reaches to your neck. +\v 8 The River will sweep onward into Judah, flooding and passing on, until it reaches to your neck. \q1 Its outstretched wings will fill your entire land, Immanuel." \s5 diff --git a/23-ISA/13.usfm b/23-ISA/13.usfm index 2c6eac9a..9db7edb0 100644 --- a/23-ISA/13.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/13.usfm @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ of the proud and will bring down the arrogance of the ruthless. \v 15 Every one who is found will be killed, and every one who is captured will die by the sword. \q1 \v 16 Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. -\q1 Their houses will be plundered and their wives seized and slept with. +\q1 Their houses will be plundered and their wives raped. \s5 \q1 diff --git a/23-ISA/14.usfm b/23-ISA/14.usfm index 26a84715..de4a4389 100644 --- a/23-ISA/14.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/14.usfm @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ unrestrained. \q1 \v 7 The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; they begin celebrating with singing. \q1 -\v 8 Even the fir trees rejoice over you with the cedars of Lebanon; +\v 8 Even the cypress trees rejoice over you with the cedars of Lebanon; \q1 they say, 'Since you are laid low, no woodcutter comes up to cut us down.' \q1 \v 9 Sheol below is eager to meet you when you go there. @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ of the earth, \v 10 They all will speak and say to you, \q1 'You have become as weak as us. You have become like us. \q1 -\v 11 Your pomp has been brought down to sheol with the sound of your string instruments. +\v 11 Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol with the sound of your string instruments. \q1 Maggots are spread under you, and worms cover you.' @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ the nations! \s5 \q1 -\v 15 Yet you are now brought down to sheol, to the depths of the pit. +\v 15 Yet you are now brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit. \q1 \v 16 Those who see you will gaze at you; they will consider you. \q1 They will say ,'Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms, diff --git a/23-ISA/23.usfm b/23-ISA/23.usfm index 576dcf39..e9bdba6f 100644 --- a/23-ISA/23.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/23.usfm @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ may be remembered. \s5 -\v 17 It will come about that after seventy years, Yahweh will help Tyre, and she will return to her hire. She will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms on the surface of the earth. -\v 18 Her profits and earnings will be dedicated to Yahweh. They will not be stored up or laid up. Those who live in Yahweh's presence—her merchandise will be for them to eat and to have lasting clothing. +\v 17 It will come about that after seventy years, Yahweh will help Tyre, and she will return to her trading by selling her services to all the kingdoms on the earth. +\v 18 Her profits and earnings will be set apart to Yahweh. They will not be stored up or kept in the treasury, for her profits will be given to those who live in Yahweh's presence and will be used to supply them with abundant food and so they can have the best quality clothing. diff --git a/23-ISA/28.usfm b/23-ISA/28.usfm index 0182c55d..7df005c6 100644 --- a/23-ISA/28.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/28.usfm @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ \q1 who rule this people in Jerusalem. \q1 \v 15 You have said, "We have made a covenant with death; -\q1 with sheol we have reached an agreement. So when the overflowing judgment passes through, it will not reach us, +\q1 with Sheol we have reached an agreement. So when the overflowing judgment passes through, it will not reach us, \q1 for we have made a lie our refuge, and in falsehood we have hidden." \s5 @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 18 Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with sheol will not stand. +\v 18 Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. \q1 When the raging flood passes through, you will be overwhelmed by it. \q1 \v 19 Whenever it passes through, it will overwhelm you, diff --git a/23-ISA/36.usfm b/23-ISA/36.usfm index aa60f250..ceb52edb 100644 --- a/23-ISA/36.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/36.usfm @@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ \p \v 13 Then the the chief commander stood and shouted in a loud voice in the Jews' language, saying, "Listen to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. \v 14 The king says, 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to rescue you. -\v 15 Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, "Yahweh will surely rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria."' +\v 15 Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, "Yahweh will surely rescue us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria."' \s5 \v 16 Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: 'Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and from his own fig tree, and drink from the water in his own cistern. \v 17 You will do this until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.' \s5 -\v 18 Do not let Hezekiah mislead you, saying, 'Yahweh will rescue us.' Has any of the gods of the peoples rescued them from the power of the king of Assyria? +\v 18 Do not let Hezekiah mislead you, saying, 'Yahweh will rescue us.' Has any of the gods of the peoples rescued them from the hand of the king of Assyria? \v 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they rescued Samaria from my power? \v 20 Among all the gods of these lands, is there any god who has rescued his land from my power, as if Yahweh could save Jerusalem from my power?" diff --git a/23-ISA/37.usfm b/23-ISA/37.usfm index 17f21d93..3351eae3 100644 --- a/23-ISA/37.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/37.usfm @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ sackcloth, to Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet. \p \v 8 Then the chief commander returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had gone away from Lachish. \v 9 Then Sennacherib heard that Tirhakah king of Ethiopia and Egypt had mobilized to fight against him, so he sent messengers again to Hezekiah with a message: -\v 10 "Say to Hezekiah, king of Judah, 'Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, "Jerusalem will not be given over into the hand of the king of Assyria." +\v 10 "Say to Hezekiah, king of Judah, 'Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, "Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria." \s5 \v 11 See, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them completely. So will you be rescued? @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ sackcloth, to Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet. \s5 \p -\v 14 Hezekiah received this letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the house of Yahweh and spread it before him. +\v 14 Hezekiah received this letter from hand of the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the house of Yahweh and spread it before him. \v 15 Hezekiah prayed to Yahweh: \v 16 "Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, you who sit above the cherubim, you are God alone over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ sackcloth, to Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet. \q1 \v 24 By your servants you have defied the Lord and have said, 'With the multitude of my chariots \q1 I have gone up to the heights of the mountains, to the highest elevations of Lebanon. -\q1 I will cut down its tall cedars and choice fir trees there, +\q1 I will cut down its tall cedars and choice cypress trees there, \q1 and I will enter into its farthest high places, its most fruitful forest. \q1 \v 25 I have dug wells and drunk water; diff --git a/23-ISA/38.usfm b/23-ISA/38.usfm index 1287cfbd..51bbafb9 100644 --- a/23-ISA/38.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/38.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 Then the word of Yahweh came to Isaiah, saying, \v 5 "Go and say to Hezekiah, the leader of my people, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of David your ancestor, says: I have heard your prayer, and I have seen your tears. See, I am about to add fifteen years to your life. -\v 6 And I will rescue you and this city from the power of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city. +\v 6 And I will rescue you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city. \s5 \v 7 And this will be the sign to you from me, Yahweh, that I will do what I have spoken: @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \v 9 This was the written prayer of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and then recovered: \q1 \v 10 "I said that halfway through my life -\q1 I will go through the gates of sheol; I am sent there for the rest of my years. +\q1 I will go through the gates of Sheol; I am sent there for the rest of my years. \q \q1 \v 11 I said that I will no longer see Yahweh, Yahweh in the land of the living; @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 18 For sheol does not thank you; death does not praise you; +\v 18 For Sheol does not thank you; death does not praise you; \q1 those who go down into the pit do not hope in your trustworthiness. \q1 \v 19 The living person, the living person, he is the one who gives you thanks, as I do this day; diff --git a/23-ISA/41.usfm b/23-ISA/41.usfm index 4ad6ce5c..ac3f994f 100644 --- a/23-ISA/41.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/41.usfm @@ -80,9 +80,8 @@ water, and the dry land into springs of water. \s5 \q1 -\v 19 In the wilderness, the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the olive tree will grow; -\q1 I will cause to grow in the desert together the -fir tree, the pine, and the cypress. +\v 19 In the wilderness I will set the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the olive tree. +\q1 I will set the cypress in the desert plain, with the pines and the cypress box trees. \q1 \v 20 I will do this so that the people may see, recognize, and understand together, \q1 that the hand of Yahweh has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it. diff --git a/23-ISA/43.usfm b/23-ISA/43.usfm index cfb19072..143d8e7c 100644 --- a/23-ISA/43.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/43.usfm @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. -\q1 When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, nor will the flames harm you. +\q1 When you walk through the fire you will not be burned, and the flames will not destroy you. \q1 \v 3 For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. \q1 I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you. diff --git a/23-ISA/44.usfm b/23-ISA/44.usfm index 15e7de33..2614931e 100644 --- a/23-ISA/44.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/44.usfm @@ -125,14 +125,13 @@ I have also baked bread upon its coals. I have roasted meat over its coals and e \s5 \q1 \v 26 I, Yahweh!—who fulfills the declarations of his servant and brings to pass the advice of his messengers, -\q1 who says of Jerusalem, 'She will -be inhabited;' and of the cities of Judah, 'They will be built again, and I will raise up her waste places'— +\q1 who says of Jerusalem, 'She will be inhabited,' and of the cities of Judah, 'They will be built again, and I will raise up her waste places;' \q1 -\v 27 who says to the deep sea, 'Be dry, and I will dry up your currents'— +\v 27 who says to the deep sea, 'Be dry, and I will dry up your currents.' \s5 \q1 -\v 28 Who says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd, he will do my every wish'—he will decree about Jerusalem, 'Let her be rebuilt,' and about the temple, 'Let your foundations be laid.'" +\v 28 Yahweh says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd, he will do my every wish'—he will decree about Jerusalem, 'Let her be rebuilt,' and about the temple, 'Let your foundations be laid.'" diff --git a/23-ISA/45.usfm b/23-ISA/45.usfm index fc639563..4b033600 100644 --- a/23-ISA/45.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/45.usfm @@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ besides me. \q1 \v 23 'By myself I swear, \q1 speaking my just decree, and it will not turn back: -\q1 To me every knee will bend, every tongue will swear, +\q1 To me every knee will bend, every tongue will swear. \s5 \q1 -\v 24 Saying, "In Yahweh alone are salvation and strength."'" +\v 24 They will swear saying, "In Yahweh alone are salvation and strength."'" \q1 All who are angry with him will cringe before him in shame. \q1 \v 25 In Yahweh all the descendants of Israel will be justified; they will take pride in him. diff --git a/23-ISA/51.usfm b/23-ISA/51.usfm index 3dc6cb3a..1a6525b6 100644 --- a/23-ISA/51.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/51.usfm @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ earth will wear out like a garment, and its inhabitants will die like flies. \q1 \v 21 But now hear this, you oppressed one and drunken one, but not drunk with wine: \q1 -\v 22 Your Lord Yahweh, your God, who pleads the cause of his people, says this, +\v 22 Your Lord Yahweh your God, who pleads the cause of his people, says this, \q1 "See, I have taken the cup of staggering from your hand— \q1 the bowl of the cup of my anger—so that you will not drink it again. diff --git a/23-ISA/52.usfm b/23-ISA/52.usfm index 28488744..989f9931 100644 --- a/23-ISA/52.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/52.usfm @@ -59,15 +59,15 @@ \p \q1 \v 13 Look, my servant will be successful; -\q1 he will be high and elevated; he will be very exalted. +\q1 he will be high and lifted up, and he will be exalted. \q1 -\v 14 As many were horrified at you— -\q1 his appearance was so disfigured out of human appearance, so that the sight of him was far from anything human— +\v 14 As many were appalled at you— +\q1 his appearance was so disfigured out of human appearance, so that the sight of him was far from anything human. \s5 \q1 -\v 15 so he will startle many nations; kings will close their mouths because of him. -\q1 That which they had not been told, they will see, and that which they had not heard, they will understand. +\v 15 And so, my servant will sprinkle many nations and kings will shut their mouths because of him. +\q1 For that which they had not been told, they will see, and that which they had not heard, they will understand. diff --git a/23-ISA/54.usfm b/23-ISA/54.usfm index 4c483f6a..daf895b7 100644 --- a/23-ISA/54.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/54.usfm @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ your God. \q1 so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you. \q1 \v 10 Though the mountains may fall and the hills be shaken, -\q1 yet my covenant faithfulness will not turn away from you, nor will my covenant of peace be shaken— +\q1 yet my steadfast love will not turn away from you, nor will my covenant of peace be shaken— \q1 says Yahweh, who has mercy on you. \s5 diff --git a/23-ISA/55.usfm b/23-ISA/55.usfm index ae6dc1a4..8b06dd41 100644 --- a/23-ISA/55.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/55.usfm @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 3 Turn your ears and come to me! Listen, that you may live! -\q1 I will certainly make an everlasting covenant with you, the acts of covenant faithfulness given to David. +\q1 I will make an everlasting covenant with you; my reliable, faithful love promised to David. \q1 \v 4 Look, I have placed him as a witness to the nations, as a leader and commander to the peoples. @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ \v 12 For you will go out in joy and be led along peacefully; \q1 the mountains and the hills will break out in joyful shouts before you, and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands. \q1 -\v 13 Instead of the thornbushes, evergreens will grow; and instead of the brier, the myrtle tree will grow, +\v 13 Instead of the thornbushes, the cypress will grow; and instead of the brier, the myrtle tree will grow, \q1 and it will be for Yahweh, for his name, as an everlasting sign that will not be cut off." diff --git a/23-ISA/56.usfm b/23-ISA/56.usfm index 208ddff6..3f711850 100644 --- a/23-ISA/56.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/56.usfm @@ -20,36 +20,37 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 4 For this is what Yahweh says, "To the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths -\q1 and choose what pleases me, and hold fast my covenant— +\q1 and choose what pleases me, and hold fast my covenant, \q1 -\v 5 To them I will set up in my house and within my walls a monument that is better than having sons and of daughters; -\q1 -I will give them an everlasting monument that will not be cut off. +\v 5 to them I will set up in my house and within my walls a monument that is better than having sons and of daughters. +\q1 I will give them an everlasting monument that will never be cut off. \s5 \p \q1 -\v 6 Also foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh, +\v 6 Also foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh— \q1 to serve him, and who love the name of Yahweh, to worship him, -\q1 every one who observes the Sabbath and who keeps from defiling it, and who holds fast my covenant, +\q1 every one who observes the Sabbath and who keeps from defiling it, and who holds fast my covenant \q1 -\v 7 These I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer; +\v 7 —I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer; \q1 their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar. -\q1 For my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations, +\q1 For my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations. \s5 \q1 -\v 8 this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of Israel— -\q1 I will still gather others in addition to them." +\v 8 The Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares this— +\q1 "I will gather others in addition to them, +\q2 besides those already gathered." \s5 \p \q1 -\v 9 All you wild beasts of the field, come and devour, all you beasts in the forest! +\v 9 All you wild beasts of the field, come and devour, +\q1 all you beasts in the forest! \q1 -\v 10 All their watchmen are blind; they do not understand; -\q1 they are all dumb dogs; they cannot bark: -\q1 dreaming, lying down, loving to sleep. +\v 10 All their watchmen are blind, they do not understand. +\q1 They are all silent dogs who cannot bark. +\q1 They dream, and lying down they love to sleep. \s5 \q1 @@ -57,8 +58,8 @@ I will give them an everlasting monument that will not be cut off. \q1 they are shepherds without discernment; \q1 they have all turned to their own way, each one covetous for unjust gain. \q1 -\v 12 "Come," they say, "let us drink wine and liquor; -\q1 tomorrow will be like today, a day great beyond measure." +\v 12 "Come," they say, "let us drink wine and liquor. +\q1 Tomorrow will be like today, a day great beyond measure." diff --git a/23-ISA/57.usfm b/23-ISA/57.usfm index 24d7e05b..4d0f11bf 100644 --- a/23-ISA/57.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/57.usfm @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ \q1 \v 9 You went to Molech with oil; you multiplied perfumes. \f + \ft Instead of \fqa to Molech \fqb , some versions have \fqa to the king \fqb . \f* -\q1 You send your ambassadors far away; you went down to sheol. +\q1 You send your ambassadors far away; you went down to Sheol. \q1 \v 10 You were tired from your long journey, but you never said, "It is hopeless." \q1 You found life in your hand; therefore you did not weaken. diff --git a/23-ISA/60.usfm b/23-ISA/60.usfm index 4447ccfe..3d6e9636 100644 --- a/23-ISA/60.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/60.usfm @@ -53,9 +53,8 @@ of the nations may be brought, with their kings being led. \q1 \v 12 Indeed, nations and kingdoms that will not serve you will perish; those nations will be completely destroyed. \q1 -\v 13 The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the cypress tree, the fir, and the pine together, -\q1 to beautify my -sanctuary; and I will glorify the place of my feet. +\v 13 The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the cypress tree, the fir, and the cypress box tree together, +\q1 to beautify my sanctuary; and I will glorify the place of my feet. \s5 \q1 diff --git a/23-ISA/61.usfm b/23-ISA/61.usfm index a45e6f79..d1359bf1 100644 --- a/23-ISA/61.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/61.usfm @@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ sent me to heal the brokenhearted, \s5 \q1 -\v 2 He has sent me to proclaim the year of Yahweh's favor, the day of vengeance of our God, -\q1 and to comfort all who mourn— +\v 2 He has sent me to proclaim the year of Yahweh's favor, +\q1 the day of vengeance of our God, +\q1 and to comfort all who mourn. \s5 \q1 -\v 3 to set in place for those who mourn in Zion—to give them a turban in place of ashes, +\v 3 He has sent me—to give to those who mourn in Zion—to give them a turban instead of ashes, \q1 oil of joy instead of mourning, a mantle of praise in place of a spirit of dullness, \q1 to call them oaks of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified. @@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ sent me to heal the brokenhearted, \s5 \q1 \v 8 For I, Yahweh, love justice, and I hate robbery and violent injustice. -\q1 I will faithfully repay them, and I will cut an everlasting covenant with them. +\q1 I will faithfully repay them, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. \q1 \v 9 Their descendants will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. \q1 All who see them will acknowledge them, that they are the people whom Yahweh has blessed. diff --git a/23-ISA/63.usfm b/23-ISA/63.usfm index 0f69beca..55e6adb2 100644 --- a/23-ISA/63.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/63.usfm @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ \q1 but my own arm brought victory for me, and my strong anger drove me on. \q1 \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. \s5 \p diff --git a/23-ISA/64.usfm b/23-ISA/64.usfm index 3d79f483..7cf4bfa7 100644 --- a/23-ISA/64.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/64.usfm @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ adversaries, that the nations would tremble at your presence! leaves; our iniquities, like the wind, carry us away. \q1 \v 7 There are none who call on your name, who makes an effort to take hold of you; -\q1 for you have hidden your face from us and have handed us over to our sins. +\q1 for you have hidden your face from us, and made us waste away in the hand of our iniquities. \s5 \p diff --git a/23-ISA/65.usfm b/23-ISA/65.usfm index 073cba8f..1bf34d48 100644 --- a/23-ISA/65.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/65.usfm @@ -52,13 +52,14 @@ burns all day long. \s5 \q1 \v 11 But you who abandon Yahweh, who forget my holy mountain, -\q1 who prepare a table for the god Fortune, and fill wine glasses of mingled wine for the god called Destiny— +\q1 who prepare a table for the god Fortune, +\q1 and fill wine glasses of mingled wine for the god called Destiny. \s5 \q1 \v 12 I will destine you for the sword, and you will all bow down to the slaughter, -\q1 because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen; -\q1 instead, you did what was evil before me, and chose to do that which I did not take pleasure in." +\q1 because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen. +\q1 But you did what was evil in my sight and and chose to do what displeases me." \s5 \p diff --git a/23-ISA/66.usfm b/23-ISA/66.usfm index a8b001ae..17f8e71f 100644 --- a/23-ISA/66.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/66.usfm @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 In the same way I will choose their own punishment; I will bring on them what they fear, \q1 because when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, no one listened. -\q1 They did what was evil in my eyes, and chose to do things in which I take no pleasure." +\q1 They did what was evil in my sight, and chose to do what displeases me." \s5 \p @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ stream. \s5 \q1 \v 14 You will see this, and your heart will rejoice, and your bones will sprout like the tender grass. -\q1 Yahweh's hand will be revealed to his servants, but he will be angry with his enemies. +\q1 The hand of Yahweh will be made known to his servants, but he will show his anger against his enemies. \s5 \p @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ stream. \s5 \q1 -\v 17 They dedicate themselves to Yahweh and make themselves pure, so they may enter the gardens, following the one in the middle of those who +\v 17 They consecrate themselves and make themselves pure, so they may enter the gardens, following the one in the middle of those who \q1 eat the flesh of pig and abominable things like mice. \f + \ft This verse is very difficult, and modern versions provide various interpretations. \f* \q1 "They will come to an end—this is Yahweh's declaration. diff --git a/24-JER/01.usfm b/24-JER/01.usfm index 2aa54821..285da084 100644 --- a/24-JER/01.usfm +++ b/24-JER/01.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \v 4 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, \q \v 5 "Before I formed you in the womb, I chose you; -\q before you came out from the womb I dedicated you; I made you a prophet to the nations." +\q before you came out from the womb I set you apart; I made you a prophet to the nations." \v 6 "Ah, Lord Yahweh!" I said, "I do not know how to speak, for I am too young." \s5 diff --git a/24-JER/02.usfm b/24-JER/02.usfm index f925d58a..3c02186e 100644 --- a/24-JER/02.usfm +++ b/24-JER/02.usfm @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ \q I have called to mind on your behalf the covenant faithfulness in your youthfulness, your love at the time when we were engaged, \q when you went after me in the wilderness, the land that was not sown. \q -\v 3 Israel is dedicated to Yahweh, the firstfruits of the harvest! -\q All who ate from the firstfruits were sinning! Evil will come on them—this is Yahweh's declaration.'" +\v 3 Israel was set apart to Yahweh, the firstfruits of his harvest! +\q All who ate from the firstfruits were held quilty; disaster came upon them—this is Yahweh's declaration.'" \s5 \q diff --git a/24-JER/06.usfm b/24-JER/06.usfm index c2f2cafa..f4e31c5d 100644 --- a/24-JER/06.usfm +++ b/24-JER/06.usfm @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 4 The kings will say, "Dedicate yourselves to the gods for the battle. Arise, let us attack at noon. +\v 4 "Dedicate yourselves to the gods for the battle. Arise, let us attack at noon. \q It is too bad that the daylight is fading away, that the evening shadows are falling. \q \v 5 But let us attack at night and destroy her fortresses." @@ -45,16 +45,16 @@ \q and every old person heavy with years. \q \v 12 Their houses will be turned over to others, both their fields and their wives together. -\q For I will attack the inhabitants of the land with my hand—this is Yahweh's declaration— +\q For I will attack the inhabitants of the land with my hand—this is Yahweh's declaration. \s5 \q -\v 13 for from their smallest to their greatest—each of them is greedy for dishonest gain. -\q From the prophet to the priest—each of them acts deceitfully. +\v 13 Yahweh declares that from their smallest to their greatest, each of them is greedy for dishonest gain. +\q Prophets to priest, everyone practices deceit. \q -\v 14 But they heal the brokenness of my people only lightly, when they say, 'Peace! Peace!' when there is no peace. +\v 14 But they have healed the wounds of my people lightly. They say, 'Peace! Peace!' when there is no peace. \q -\v 15 Were they ashamed when they committed abominations? They were not ashamed at all; they did not experience any humility. +\v 15 Were they ashamed when they committed abominations? They were not ashamed at all. They had no shame. \q So they will fall with those who fall at the time that I punish them. They will be overthrown," says Yahweh. \s5 diff --git a/24-JER/08.usfm b/24-JER/08.usfm index c1a33712..7c6d0cab 100644 --- a/24-JER/08.usfm +++ b/24-JER/08.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \v 1 "At that time—this is Yahweh's declaration—they will bring out from the graves the bones of the kings of Judah and its officials, the bones of the priests and the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem. \v 2 Then they will spread them out in the light of the sun and moon and all the stars of the skies; these things in the sky that they have followed and served, that they have walked after and sought, and that they have worshiped. The bones will not be gathered or buried again. They will be like dung on the surface of the earth. -\v 3 In every remaining place where I have driven them, they will choose death instead of life for themselves, all who are still left over from this evil nation—this is Yahweh of host's declaration. +\v 3 In every remaining place where I have driven them, they will choose death instead of life for themselves, all who are still left over from this evil nation—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts. \s5 \p diff --git a/24-JER/11.usfm b/24-JER/11.usfm index 192f23b5..fb5c6226 100644 --- a/24-JER/11.usfm +++ b/24-JER/11.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \v 3 Say to them, 'Yahweh, God of Israel says this: Cursed is anyone who does not listen to the words of this covenant. \v 4 This is the covenant that I commanded your ancestors to keep the day I brought them out from the land of Egypt, from the furnace for smelting iron. I said, "Listen to my voice and do all of these things just as I have commanded you, for you will be my people and I will be your God." -\v 5 Obey me so that I may confirm the oath that I swore to your ancestors, the oath that I would give them the land flowing with milk and honey, where you live today.'" Then I, Jeremiah, answered and said, "Yes, Yahweh!" +\v 5 Obey me so that I may confirm the oath that I swore to your ancestors, the oath that I would give them the land flowing with milk and honey, where you live today.'" Then I, Jeremiah, answered and said, "Yes, Yahweh!" \s5 \p diff --git a/24-JER/17.usfm b/24-JER/17.usfm index fa46a6d5..941cb6e4 100644 --- a/24-JER/17.usfm +++ b/24-JER/17.usfm @@ -76,18 +76,18 @@ \s5 \v 21 Yahweh says this: "Be careful for the sake of your lives and do not carry a burden on the Sabbath day to bring it to the gates of Jerusalem. -\v 22 And do not bring a load out from your house on the Sabbath day. Do not do any work, but dedicate the Sabbath day to Yahweh, just as I commanded your ancestors to do."' +\v 22 And do not bring a load out from your house on the Sabbath day. Do not do any work, but set apart the Sabbath day, just as I commanded your ancestors to do."' \v 23 They did not listen or pay attention, but stiffened their neck so they would not hear me nor accept discipline. \s5 \p -\v 24 It will happen that if you truly listen to me—this is Yahweh's declaration—and do not bring a load to the gates of this city on the Sabbath day but instead dedicate the Sabbath day to Yahweh and not do any work on it— +\v 24 It will happen that if you truly listen to me—this is Yahweh's declaration—and do not bring a load to the gates of this city on the Sabbath day but instead set apart the Sabbath day to Yahweh and not do any work on it— \v 25 then kings, princes, and those who sit on David's throne will come to the gates of this city in chariots and with horses, they and their leaders, men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. And this city will be inhabited forever. \s5 \v 26 They will come from the cities of Judah and from all around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin and the lowlands, from the mountains, and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, thanks offerings to the house of Yahweh. -\v 27 But if you do not listen to me—that you dedicate the Sabbath day to Yahweh, and that you do not carry heavy loads and that you do not enter the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day—then I will light a fire in its gates, a fire that will consume the strongholds of Jerusalem and that will not be extinguished." +\v 27 But if you do not listen to me—to set apart the Sabbath day and do not carry heavy loads and do not enter the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day—then I will light a fire in its gates, and it will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem, and it cannot be put out." diff --git a/24-JER/18.usfm b/24-JER/18.usfm index c364eee6..ebce5872 100644 --- a/24-JER/18.usfm +++ b/24-JER/18.usfm @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Repent, each person from his wicked path, so your ways and your practices will b \s5 \q -\v 21 Therefore hand over their children to famine, and give them over to the power of the sword. +\v 21 Therefore hand over their children to famine, and give them to the hands of those who use the sword. \q So let their women become bereaved and widows, and their men be killed, and their young men killed by the sword in battle. \v 22 Let a distressed shout be heard from their houses, as you suddenly bring raiders against them. \q For they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for my feet. diff --git a/24-JER/20.usfm b/24-JER/20.usfm index e2c88964..f58f723b 100644 --- a/24-JER/20.usfm +++ b/24-JER/20.usfm @@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ \s5 \v 3 It happened on the next day that Pashhur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, "Yahweh has not called your name Pashhur, but you are Magor Missabib. -\v 4 For Yahweh says this, 'Look, I will make you an object of horror—you and all of your loved ones—for they will fall by the sword of their enemies and your eyes will see it. I will give all of Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon. He will make them captives in Babylon or attack them with the sword. +\v 4 For Yahweh says this, 'Look, I will make you an object of horror, you and all of your loved ones, for they will fall by the sword of their enemies and your eyes will see it. I will give all of Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon. He will make them captives in Babylon or attack them with the sword. \s5 -\v 5 I will give him all the wealth of this city and all of its riches, all of its precious items and all the treasures of the kings of Judah. I will place these things in the hand of your enemies, and they will -seize them. They will take them and bring them to Babylon. +\v 5 I will give him all the wealth of this city and all of its riches, all of its precious items and all the treasures of the kings of Judah. I will place these things in the hand of your enemies, and they will seize them. They will take them and bring them to Babylon. \v 6 But you, Pashhur, and all the inhabitants of your house will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon and die there. You and all of your loved ones to whom you prophesied deceitful things will be buried there.'" diff --git a/24-JER/21.usfm b/24-JER/21.usfm index d9febdab..08ed3e3f 100644 --- a/24-JER/21.usfm +++ b/24-JER/21.usfm @@ -15,21 +15,22 @@ who are closing you in from outside the walls! For I will gather them in the mid \s5 \v 6 For I will attack the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast They will die in a severe plague. -\v 7 After this—this is Yahweh's declaration—Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants, the people, and whoever remains in this city after the plague, the sword, and the famine—I will give them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, of their enemies, and of the ones seeking their life. Then he will kill them with the edge of the sword. He will not pity them, spare them, or have compassion.' +\v 7 After this—this is Yahweh's declaration—Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants, the people, and whoever remains in this city after the plague, the sword, and the famine, I will give them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their life. Then he will kill them with the edge of the sword. He will not pity them, spare them, or have compassion.' \s5 \p \v 8 Then to this people you must say, 'Yahweh says this: See, I am about to place before you the way of life and the way of death. \v 9 Anyone staying in this city will die by the sword, famine, and plague; but anyone going out and falling on his knees before the Chaldeans who have closed in against you will live. He will escape with his life. -\v 10 For I have set my face against this city in order to bring disaster, and not to bring good—this is Yahweh's declaration. It has been given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it.' +\v 10 For I have set my face against this city in order to bring disaster and not to bring good—this is Yahweh's declaration. It has been given into the hand of the king of Babylon and he will burn it.' \s5 \p \v 11 Concerning the house of the king of Judah, listen to the word of Yahweh. \q \v 12 House of David, Yahweh says, 'Bring about justice in the morning. -\q Rescue the one who has been robbed from the oppressor's hand, or my fury will go out like fire and burn. -\q For there is no one who can quench it because of the evil of your practices. +\q Rescue the one who has been robbed by the hand of the oppressor, +\q or my fury will go out like fire and burn, +\q and there is no one who can quench it, because of your evil deeds. \s5 \q diff --git a/24-JER/22.usfm b/24-JER/22.usfm index 4f5a35b0..fed78aa1 100644 --- a/24-JER/22.usfm +++ b/24-JER/22.usfm @@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ \s5 \p \v 24 "As I live—this is Yahweh's declaration—even if you, Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet on my right hand, I would tear you off. -\v 25 For I have given you to the hand of the ones seeking your life and to those before whom you are afraid, the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Chaldeans. -\v 26 I will throw you and your mother, who bore you, into another land where you were not born. There you will die. +\v 25 For I have given you to the hand of the ones seeking your life and to the hand of those before whom you are afraid, even to the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Chaldeans. +\v 26 I will throw you and your mother who bore you into another land, a country where you were not born, and there you will die. \s5 \v 27 And about this land to which they will want to return, they will not come back here. diff --git a/24-JER/23.usfm b/24-JER/23.usfm index 12538e7d..6f62116c 100644 --- a/24-JER/23.usfm +++ b/24-JER/23.usfm @@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ Know this! I will pay you back for the evil of your practices—this is Yahweh's \v 11 "For both the prophets and the priests are polluted. I even found their wickedness in my house!—this is Yahweh's declaration— \q \v 12 therefore their path will be like a slippery place in the darkness. They will be pushed down. They will fall in it. -\q For I will send disaster against them in the year of their punishment—this is Yahweh's declaration— +\q For I will send disaster against them in the year of their punishment—this is Yahweh's declaration. \s5 \q -\v 13 for I have seen offensiveness among the prophets in Samaria. They prophesied by Baal -\q and led my people Israel off the right path. +\v 13 Among the prophets in Samaria I saw this disgusting thing. They prophesied by Baal +\q and they caused my people Israel go the wrong way. \q \v 14 And among the prophets in Jerusalem I have seen horrible things: \q They commit adultery and walk in deceit. diff --git a/24-JER/25.usfm b/24-JER/25.usfm index e4f2794a..caab2e72 100644 --- a/24-JER/25.usfm +++ b/24-JER/25.usfm @@ -36,17 +36,17 @@ king of Babylon. \v 16 For they will drink and then stumble about and rant madly before the sword that I am sending out among them." \s5 -\v 17 So I took the cup from Yahweh's hand, and I made all the nations to which Yahweh had sent me drink it— +\v 17 So I took the cup from Yahweh's hand, and I made all the nations to which Yahweh had sent me drink it: \v 18 Jerusalem, the cities of Judah and her kings and officials—to turn them into ruins and something terrifying, and into an object for hissing and cursing, as they are at this present day. \s5 \v 19 Other nations also had to drink it: Pharaoh king of Egypt and his servants; his officials and all his people; \v 20 all people of mixed heritage and all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the land of Philistia—Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod; -\v 21 Edom and Moab and the people of Ammon; +\v 21 Edom and Moab and the people of Ammon. \s5 -\v 22 the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coasts on the other side of the sea; -\v 23 Dedan, Tema, and Buz with all the ones who cut the hair on the sides of their heads. +\v 22 The kings of Tyre and Sidon, the kings of the coasts on the other side of the sea, +\v 23 Dedan, Tema, and Buz with all the ones who cut the hair on the sides of their heads, they also had to drink it. \s5 \v 24 These people also had to drink it: all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of people of mixed heritage who live in the wilderness; @@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ king of Babylon. \s5 \p \v 30 So you yourself, Jeremiah, must prophesy to them all these words. You must say to them, -\q 'Yahweh roars from the heights -\q and raises his voice from his dedicated dwelling place. -\q He roars against his dwelling place; -\q he shouts against all the inhabitants of the land, -\q as people sing when they are treading on grapes. +\q 'Yahweh will roar from the heights +\q and will raise his voice from his holy dwelling, +\q and thunder from his holy dwelling place; +\q and he will shout like those who tread the grapes +\q against all those who live on the earth. \q \v 31 A noise comes to the ends of the land, \q for a dispute from Yahweh is going to bring a lawsuit against the nations. diff --git a/24-JER/26.usfm b/24-JER/26.usfm index d5df6d67..251526e7 100644 --- a/24-JER/26.usfm +++ b/24-JER/26.usfm @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and th \s5 \v 22 Yet King Jehoiakim sent out men to Egypt—Elnathan son of Achbor and men with him to Egypt. \v 23 They took Uriah out from Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim. Then Jehoiakim killed him with a sword and sent his corpse out to the graves of the ordinary people. -\v 24 But the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so he was not placed into the hands of the people for them to put him to death. +\v 24 But the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so he was not given into the hand of the people to be put to death. diff --git a/24-JER/29.usfm b/24-JER/29.usfm index 9e2bd95c..94a6d7f4 100644 --- a/24-JER/29.usfm +++ b/24-JER/29.usfm @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ so you do not become too few. \s5 \v 20 So you yourselves listen to the word of Yahweh, all you exiles whom he has sent out from Jerusalem to Babylon, \p -\v 21 'I, Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, say this about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who prophesy falsely to you in my name: See, I am about to hand them over into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will kill them before your eyes. +\v 21 'I, Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, say this about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who prophesy falsely to you in my name: See, I am about to put them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will kill them before your eyes. \s5 \v 22 Then a curse will be spoken about these persons by all the captives of Judah in Babylon. The curse will say: May Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in fire. diff --git a/24-JER/30.usfm b/24-JER/30.usfm index e80ec30b..17f2ff4c 100644 --- a/24-JER/30.usfm +++ b/24-JER/30.usfm @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ that I gave their ancestors, and they will possess it.'" \q It will be a time of anxiety for Jacob, but he will be rescued from it. \s5 -\v 8 For it will be in that day—this is Yahweh of Host's declaration—that I will break the yoke off your neck, and I will shatter your chains, so foreigners will no longer enslave you. +\v 8 For it will be in that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—that I will break the yoke off your neck, and I will shatter your chains, so foreigners will no longer enslave you. \v 9 But they will worship Yahweh their God and serve David their king, whom I will make king over them. \s5 diff --git a/24-JER/31.usfm b/24-JER/31.usfm index a677e81d..698d5c31 100644 --- a/24-JER/31.usfm +++ b/24-JER/31.usfm @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ \p \v 31 Look, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. \v 32 It will not be like the covenant that I established with their fathers in the days when I took them by their hand to bring them out from the land of Egypt. Those were the days when -they violated my covenant, although I was a husband for them—this is Yahweh's declaration. +they broken my covenant, although I was a husband for them—this is Yahweh's declaration. \s5 \v 33 But this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after these days—this is Yahweh's declaration: I will place my law within them and will write it on their heart, diff --git a/24-JER/32.usfm b/24-JER/32.usfm index f885abb1..0e4ab35c 100644 --- a/24-JER/32.usfm +++ b/24-JER/32.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him and said, "Why do you prophesy and say, 'Yahweh says this: Look, I am about to give over this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it. -\v 4 Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, for he has indeed been given over into the hand of the king of Babylon. His mouth will speak to the king's mouth, and his eyes will see the king's eyes. +\v 4 Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, for he has indeed been given into the hand of the king of Babylon. His mouth will speak to the king's mouth, and his eyes will see the king's eyes. \v 5 For Zekediah will go to Babylon and he will be there until I do something with him—this is Yahweh's declaration—since you fought the Chaldeans. You will not be successful.'" \s5 @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \s5 \v 8 Then, as Yahweh had declared, Hanamel, the son of my uncle, came to me in the courtyard of the guard, and he said to me, 'Buy my field that is in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for the right of inheritance is yours, and the right to buy it belongs to you. Buy it for yourself.' Then I knew that this was Yahweh's word. -\v 9 So I bought the field in Anathoth from Hanamel, the son of my uncle, and I weighed out for him the silver, seventeen shekels. +\v 9 So I bought the field in Anathoth from Hanamel, the son of my uncle, and I weighed out for him the silver, seventeen shekels in weight. \s5 \v 10 Then I wrote in a scroll and sealed it, and had witnesses witness it. Then I weighed the silver in the scales. @@ -54,39 +54,37 @@ sword, famine, and plague, the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldean \p \v 26 This is the word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah and said, \v 27 "Look! I am Yahweh, God of all mankind. Is anything too difficult for me to do? -\v 28 Therefore Yahweh says this, 'See, I am about to give this city over into the hand of the Chaldeans and Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. He will capture it. +\v 28 Therefore Yahweh says this, 'See, I am about to give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans and Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. He will capture it. \s5 -\v 29 The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come and set fire to this city and burn it, along with the houses on the roofs of which the people worshiped Baal and -poured out drink offerings to other gods in order to provoke me. -\v 30 For the people of Israel and Judah have certainly been people who have been doing evil before my eyes since their youth. The people of Israel have certainly offended me -with the practices of their hands—this is Yahweh's declaration— +\v 29 The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come and set fire to this city and burn it, along with the houses on the roofs of which the people worshiped Baal and poured out drink offerings to other gods in order to provoke me. +\v 30 For the people of Israel and Judah have certainly been people who have been doing evil before my eyes since their youth. The people of Israel have certainly offended me with the practices of their hands—this is Yahweh's declaration. \s5 -\v 31 for this city has been a provocation of my wrath and fury since the day that they built it. It has been that right up to this present day. So I will remove it from before my face +\v 31 Yahweh declares that this city has been a provocation of my wrath and fury since the day that they built it. It has been that right up to this present day. So I will remove it from before my face \v 32 because of all the wickedness of the people of Israel and Judah, the things that they have done to provoke me—they, their kings, princes, priests, prophets, and every person in Judah and inhabitant of Jerusalem. \s5 \v 33 They turned their backs to me instead of their faces, though I had eagerly taught them. I tried to teach them, but not one of them listened in order to receive correction. \v 34 Then they placed their detestable things in the house in order to pollute it, the house where my name was called. -\v 35 They built high places for Baal in the valley of Ben Hinnom in order to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech. I did not command them and it never entered my mind that they should do this detestable thing, and so cause Judah to sin.' +\v 35 They built high places for Baal in the valley of Ben Hinnom in order to put their sons and daughters in the fire for Molech. I did not command them. It never entered my mind that they should do this detestable thing and so cause Judah to sin.' \s5 \p -\v 36 So now therefore, I, Yahweh, the God of Israel, say this concerning this city, the city about which you are saying, 'It is given over into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, famine, and plague.' +\v 36 So now therefore, I, Yahweh, the God of Israel, say this concerning this city, the city about which you are saying, 'It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, famine, and plague.' \v 37 See, I am about to gather them from every land where I had driven them in my wrath, fury, and great anger. I am about to bring them back to this place and enable them to live in security. \s5 \v 38 Then they will be my people, and I will be their God. \v 39 I will give them one heart and one way to honor me every day so it will be good for them and their descendants after them. -\v 40 And I will establish a perpetual covenant with them so I will not turn from after them. I will do this in order to bring goodness to them and place honor for me in their hearts. So they will no longer turn away from following me. +\v 40 And I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. I will set honor for me in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from me. \s5 \v 41 Then I will rejoice in doing good to them. I will faithfully plant them in this land with all my heart and all my life. \p \v 42 For Yahweh says this, 'Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good things that I have said I would do for them. \s5 -\v 43 Then fields will be bought in this land, about which you are saying, "This is a ruined land, which has neither man nor beast. It has been given over into the hand of the Chaldeans." +\v 43 Then fields will be bought in this land, about which you are saying, "This is a ruined land, which has neither man nor beast. It has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans." \v 44 They will buy fields with silver and write in sealed scrolls. They will assemble witnesses in the land of Benjamin, all around Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, in the cities in the hill country and in the lowlands, and in the cities of the Negev. For I will bring back their fortunes—this is Yahweh's declaration.'" diff --git a/24-JER/33.usfm b/24-JER/33.usfm index aa7145d8..5ea443ed 100644 --- a/24-JER/33.usfm +++ b/24-JER/33.usfm @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Then they will tremble because of all the good things and the peace that I will \s5 \p -\v 14 'Look! Days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will do what I have promised for the house of Israel and and the house of Judah. +\v 14 'Look! Days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will do what I have promised for the house of Israel and the house of Judah. \v 15 In those days and in that time I will make a righteous branch to grow for David, and he will carry out justice and righteousness in the land. \v 16 In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will live in security, for this is what she will be called, "Yahweh is our righteousness."' \s5 @@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ Then they will tremble because of all the good things and the peace that I will \v 24 "Have you not considered what this people has declared when they said, 'The two clans that Yahweh chose, now he has rejected them'? In this way they despise my people, saying that they are no longer a nation in their sight. \s5 -\v 25 I, Yahweh, say this, 'If my covenant of day and night is no more, or I do not maintain the arrangement of heaven and earth, -\v 26 then I will reject the descendants of Jacob and David my servant, and not bring from them a person to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will bring back their fortunes and be compassionate toward them.'" +\v 25 I, Yahweh, say this, 'If I have not established the covenant of day and night, and if I have not fixed the laws of heaven and earth, +\v 26 then I will reject the descendants of Jacob and David my servant, and not bring from them a person to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes and show mercy to them.'" diff --git a/24-JER/34.usfm b/24-JER/34.usfm index 463b2786..23c9ac6c 100644 --- a/24-JER/34.usfm +++ b/24-JER/34.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 34 \p \v 1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh. This word came when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all of his army, together with all the kingdoms of the earth, the domains under his power, and all their people were waging war against Jerusalem and all of her cities. This word said, -\v 2 'Yahweh, God of Israel, says this: Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him, "Yahweh says this: Look, I am about to give this city over into the hand of the king of Babylon. He will burn it. +\v 2 'Yahweh, God of Israel, says this: Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him, "Yahweh says this: Look, I am about to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon. He will burn it. \v 3 You will not escape from his hand, for you will certainly be seized and given into his hand. Your eyes will look at the eyes of the king of Babylon; he will speak directly to you as you go to Babylon.' \s5 @@ -18,32 +18,32 @@ \s5 \p -\v 8 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh after King Zedekiah had established an agreement with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim freedom: -\v 9 Each man should free his Israelite servants, both male and female. No one should enslave a fellow Israelite in Judah any longer. +\v 8 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem, to proclaim freedom to them— +\v 9 that each man must free his Hebrew servants, both male and female. No one is to make a slave of a Jew, who is his brother. \s5 -\v 10 So all the leaders and people who joined in the agreement obeyed. Each person would free his male and female servants and enslave them no longer. They listened and sent them away. -\v 11 But after this they changed their minds. They brought back the servants whom they had freed. They compelled them to become slaves again. +\v 10 So all the leaders and people entered into the covenant that each person would free his male and female servants so that they would not be enslaved any longer. They obeyed and set them free. +\v 11 But after this they changed their minds. They brought back the servants whom they had freed. They forced them to become slaves again. \s5 \p \v 12 So the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah and said, -\v 13 "Yahweh, God of Israel, says this, 'I myself established a covenant with your ancestors on the day that I brought them out from the land of Egypt, out from the house of slavery. That was when I said, +\v 13 "Yahweh, God of Israel, says this, 'I myself made a covenant with your ancestors on the day that I brought them out from the land of Egypt, out from the house of slavery. That was when I said, \v 14 "At the end of every seven years, each man must send away his brother, his fellow Hebrew who had sold himself to you and served you for six years. Send him away in freedom." But your ancestors did not listen to me and or pay attention. \s5 -\v 15 Now you yourselves repented and began to do what is right in my eyes. You proclaimed freedom, each man to his neighbor. And you established an agreement before me in the house that is called by my name. +\v 15 Now you yourselves repented and began to do what is right in my eyes. You proclaimed freedom, each man to his neighbor. And you made a covenant before me in the house that is called by my name. \v 16 But then you turned and polluted my name; you caused each man to bring back his male and female servants, the ones whom you had sent out to go where they wished. You forced them to become your servants again.' \s5 \p \v 17 Therefore Yahweh says this, 'You yourselves have not listened to me. You should have proclaimed freedom, every one of you, to your brothers and fellow Israelites. So look! I am about to proclaim freedom to you—this is Yahweh's declaration—freedom for the sword, the plague, and famine, for I am going to make you a horrible thing in the sight of every kingdom on earth. -\v 18 Then I will deal with the people who have transgressed my covenant, who did not keep the words of the covenant that they established before me when they cut a bull in two and walked between its parts, +\v 18 Then I will deal with the people who have broken my covenant, who did not keep the words of the covenant that they established before me when they cut a bull in two and walked between its parts, \v 19 and then the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the eunuchs and the priests, and all the people of the land walked between the parts of the bull. \s5 -\v 20 I will give them over into the hand of their enemies and those who are seeking their lives. Their bodies will be food for the birds of the skies and the beasts on the earth. -\v 21 So I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his leaders into the hand of their enemies and those seeking their life, and into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon that has risen up against you. +\v 20 I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who are seeking their lives. Their bodies will be food for the birds of the skies and the beasts on the earth. +\v 21 So I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his leaders into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who are seeking their life, and into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon that has risen up against you. \v 22 Look, I am about to give a command—this is Yahweh's declaration—and will bring them back to this city to wage war against it and take it, and to burn it. For I will turn the cities of Judah into ruined places in which there will be no inhabitants.'" diff --git a/24-JER/37.usfm b/24-JER/37.usfm index e8b81b4f..713579ae 100644 --- a/24-JER/37.usfm +++ b/24-JER/37.usfm @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ to Yahweh our God." \s5 \p \v 16 So Jeremiah was put into an underground cell, where he stayed for many days. -\v 17 Then King Zedekiah sent someone who brought him to the palace. In his house, the king asked him privately, "Is there any word from Yahweh?" Jeremiah answered, "There is a word: You will be given over into the hand of the king of Babylon." +\v 17 Then King Zedekiah sent someone who brought him to the palace. In his house, the king asked him privately, "Is there any word from Yahweh?" Jeremiah answered, "There is a word: You will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon." \s5 \v 18 Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, "How have I sinned against you, your servants, or this people so that you have placed me in prison? diff --git a/24-JER/38.usfm b/24-JER/38.usfm index 66a07a20..cd7a75f3 100644 --- a/24-JER/38.usfm +++ b/24-JER/38.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \p \v 1 Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malkijah heard the words that Jeremiah was declaring to all the people. He was saying, \v 2 "Yahweh says this: Anyone staying in this city will be killed by sword, famine, and plague. But anyone who goes out to the Chaldeans will survive. He will escape with his own life, and live. -\v 3 Yahweh says this: This city will be given over into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it." +\v 3 Yahweh says this: This city will be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it." \s5 \v 4 So the officials said to the king, "Let this man die, for in this way he is weakening the hands of the fighting men who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people. He is proclaiming these words, for this man is not working for safety for this people, but disaster." @@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ \s5 \p \v 17 So Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Yahweh, God of hosts, God of Israel, says this: If you indeed go out to the officials of the king of Babylon then you will live, and this city will not be burned. You and your family will live. -\v 18 But if you do not go out to the officials of the king of Babylon, then this city will be given over into the hand of the Chaldeans. They will burn it, and you will not escape from their hand." +\v 18 But if you do not go out to the officials of the king of Babylon, then this city will be given into the hand of the Chaldeans. They will burn it, and you will not escape from their hand." \s5 \v 19 King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "But I am afraid of the people of Judah who have deserted to the Chaldeans, because I might be given over into their hand, for them to treat me badly." \s5 \v 20 Jeremiah said, "They will not give you over to them. Obey the message from Yahweh that I am telling you, so that things will go well for you, and so that you will live. -\v 21 But if you refuse to go out, this is what Yahweh has shown me: +\v 21 But if you refuse to go out, this is what Yahweh has shown me. \s5 \v 22 Look! All the women who are left in your house, king of Judah, will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon. These women will say to you, diff --git a/24-JER/39.usfm b/24-JER/39.usfm index 49b796cb..e7578cd8 100644 --- a/24-JER/39.usfm +++ b/24-JER/39.usfm @@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ \v 16 "Speak to Ebed Melech the Cushite and say, 'Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this: See, I am about to carry out my words against this city for disaster and not for good. For they will all come true before you on that day. \s5 -\v 17 But I will rescue you on that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—and you will not be put into the hand of the men whom you fear. +\v 17 But I will rescue you on that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—and you will not be given into the hand of the men whom you fear. \v 18 For I will certainly rescue you. You will not fall by the sword. You will escape with your life, since you trust in me—this was Yahweh's declaration.'" diff --git a/24-JER/42.usfm b/24-JER/42.usfm index 70ecc560..f8d45c17 100644 --- a/24-JER/42.usfm +++ b/24-JER/42.usfm @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \v 19 Then Jeremiah said, "Yahweh has spoken concerning you—the remnant of Judah. Do not go to Egypt! You certainly know that I have been a witness against you today. \s5 -\v 20 For you will pay with your lives when you sent me to Yahweh your God and said, 'Pray to Yahweh our God for us. Everything that Yahweh our God says, tell us, and we will carry it out.' +\v 20 For you fatally deceived yourselves when you sent me to Yahweh your God and said, 'Pray to Yahweh our God for us. Everything that Yahweh our God says, tell us, and we will carry it out.' \v 21 For I have reported to you today, but you have not listened to the voice of Yahweh your God or to anything about which he sent me to you. \v 22 So now, you should certainly know that you will die by sword, famine, and plague in the place where you desired to go to live." diff --git a/24-JER/43.usfm b/24-JER/43.usfm index e54bceab..d3e1316f 100644 --- a/24-JER/43.usfm +++ b/24-JER/43.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \p \v 1 It happened that Jeremiah finished proclaiming to all the people all the words of Yahweh their God that Yahweh their God had told him to say. \v 2 Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, "You are telling lies. Yahweh our God has not sent you to say, 'Do not go to Egypt to live there.' -\v 3 For Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us so that you can give us over into the hand of the Chaldeans, for you to cause our death and to make us captives in Babylon." +\v 3 For Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, for you to cause our death and to make us captives in Babylon." \s5 \v 4 So Johanan son of Kareah, all the princes of the army, and all the people refused to listen to Yahweh's voice to live in the land of Judah. @@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ \s5 \v 11 For he will come and attack the land of Egypt. Anyone who is assigned to death will be given to death. Anyone who is assigned to captivity will be taken captive. And anyone who is assigned to the sword will be given to the sword. \v 12 Then I will light a fire in the temples of Egypt's gods. Nebuchadnezzar will burn them or capture them. He will clean out the land of Egypt just as shepherds clean vermin off their clothes. He will go out from that place in victory. +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa I will light a fire \fqb , some ancient and modern versions have \fqa he will light a fire \fqb . \f* \v 13 He will break the stone pillars at Heliopolis in the land of Egypt. He will burn the temples of Egypt's gods.'" diff --git a/24-JER/44.usfm b/24-JER/44.usfm index 64e82211..fec0d868 100644 --- a/24-JER/44.usfm +++ b/24-JER/44.usfm @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ \s5 \v 29 This will be the sign for you—this is Yahweh's declaration—that I am setting against you in this place, so that you will know that my words will certainly attack you with disaster.' -\v 30 Yahweh says this, 'Look, I am about to give over Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, into the hand of his enemies and the ones seeking his life. It will be just as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy who sought his life.'" +\v 30 Yahweh says this, 'Look, I am about to give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek to kill him. It will the same as when I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy who sought his life.'" diff --git a/24-JER/46.usfm b/24-JER/46.usfm index 2c045edd..905200ba 100644 --- a/24-JER/46.usfm +++ b/24-JER/46.usfm @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 25 Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, says, "See, I am about to punish Amon of Thebes, Pharaoh, Egypt and her gods, her kings the Pharaohs, and those who trust in them. -\v 26 I am giving them into the hand of the ones seeking their lives, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his servants. Then after this Egypt will be inhabited as in previous days—this is Yahweh's declaration." +\v 26 I am giving them into the hand of the ones seeking their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his servants. Then after this Egypt will be inhabited as in previous days—this is Yahweh's declaration." \s5 \p diff --git a/24-JER/48.usfm b/24-JER/48.usfm index c09da94e..8ee5af1b 100644 --- a/24-JER/48.usfm +++ b/24-JER/48.usfm @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 6 Flee! Save your lives and become like juniper trees in the wilderness. +\v 6 Flee! Save your lives and become like a juniper bush in the wilderness. \q \v 7 For because of your trust in your practices and your wealth, you also will be captured. \q Then Chemosh will go away into captivity, together with his priests and leaders. diff --git a/24-JER/49.usfm b/24-JER/49.usfm index e8d0916d..db912a9f 100644 --- a/24-JER/49.usfm +++ b/24-JER/49.usfm @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ \v 1 About the people of Ammon, Yahweh says this, \q "Does Israel have no children? Is there no one to inherit anything in Israel? \q Why does Molech occupy Gad, and his people live in its cities? +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa Molech \fqb , some modern versions have \fqa their king \fqb . \f* \q \v 2 So look, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will sound the signal for battle \q against Rabbah among the people of Ammon, so it will become a deserted heap and its daughters will light fires. @@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ \s5 \q \v 26 Therefore its young men will fall in its plazas, -\q and all the fighting men will perish on that day—this is Yahweh of Host's declaration." +\q and all the fighting men will perish on that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts." \q \v 27 "For I will light a fire on the wall of Damascus, and it will devour the strongholds of Ben Hadad." diff --git a/24-JER/50.usfm b/24-JER/50.usfm index 13ef85c5..63cd34bc 100644 --- a/24-JER/50.usfm +++ b/24-JER/50.usfm @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ \v 4 In those days and at that time—this is Yahweh's declaration—the people of Israel and the people of Judah \q will come together to go with weeping and seek Yahweh their God. \q -\v 5 They will ask the way to Zion and will set off toward it. -\q They will go and join themselves to Yahweh in an eternal covenant that will not be broken. +\v 5 They will ask the way to Zion and will set off toward it, saying, +\q We will go and join ourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten." \s5 \p @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 38 A sword is coming against her waters, so they will become dry. +\v 38 A drought is coming on her waters, so they will become dry. \q For she is a land of worthless idols, and they act like people made insane by their dreadful idols. \q \v 39 So desert beasts with the jackals will inhabit there, and the young of ostriches will live in her. diff --git a/24-JER/51.usfm b/24-JER/51.usfm index 906f4250..8f3457d8 100644 --- a/24-JER/51.usfm +++ b/24-JER/51.usfm @@ -93,8 +93,9 @@ \s5 \q -\v 24 For in your sight I will pay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all of the evil -\q that they did in Zion—this is Yahweh's declaration. +\v 24 For in your sight I will pay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea +\q for all of the evil that they did in Zion—this is Yahweh's declaration. + \s5 \q @@ -107,11 +108,11 @@ \s5 \q -\v 27 Lift up a banner over the earth. Blow the trumpet over the nations. Dedicate the nations to attack her. -\q Report about her to the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; -\q appoint a commander to attack her; bring up horses like swarming locusts. +\v 27 Lift up a banner over the earth. Blow the trumpet over the nations. Call the nations to attack her: +\q Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. +\q Appoint a commander to attack her; bring up horses like swarming locusts. \q -\v 28 Dedicate the nations to attack her: the kings of the Medes and his governors, +\v 28 Prepare the nations to attack her: the kings of the Medes and his governors, \q all of his officials and all the lands under his rule. \s5 @@ -142,8 +143,8 @@ \q and has made me into an empty pot. He has swallowed me like a dragon. \q He filled his stomach with my good food. He has rinsed me out.' \q -\v 35 The inhabitants of Zion will say, 'May the violence done to me and my family turn against Babylon.' -\q Jerusalem will say, 'May the guilt for my blood being shed turn against the inhabitants of Chaldea.' +\v 35 The inhabitants of Zion will say, 'May the violence done to me and my flesh be on Babylon.' +\q Jerusalem will say, 'May my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea.' \s5 \q diff --git a/24-JER/52.usfm b/24-JER/52.usfm index 43aecca9..ca60e964 100644 --- a/24-JER/52.usfm +++ b/24-JER/52.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \c 52 \p \v 1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal; she was the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah. -\v 2 He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh—he did everything that Jehoiakim had done. +\v 2 He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh; he did everything that Jehoiakim had done. \v 3 Through Yahweh's anger, all these events happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he drove them from before himself. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. \s5 diff --git a/25-LAM/01.usfm b/25-LAM/01.usfm index 761221ea..e1524454 100644 --- a/25-LAM/01.usfm +++ b/25-LAM/01.usfm @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ \q \v 15 The Lord has tossed aside all my mighty men who defended me. \q He has called an assembly against me to crush my vigorous men. -\q The Lord has trampled the virgin daughter of Judah like grapes in a winepress. +\q The Lord has trampled the virgin daughter of Judah in the winepress. \s5 \q diff --git a/25-LAM/02.usfm b/25-LAM/02.usfm index 1c716ee4..042ebb19 100644 --- a/25-LAM/02.usfm +++ b/25-LAM/02.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \p \q \v 1 The Lord has covered the daughter of Zion under the cloud of his anger. -\q He has thrown down from heaven to earth the splendor of Israel. +\q He has thrown the splendor of Israel down from heaven to earth. \q He has not remembered his footstool on the day of his anger. \q \v 2 The Lord has swallowed up and has had no compassion on all the towns of Jacob. @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 3 With fierce anger he has cut off all the strength of Israel. +\v 3 With fierce anger he has cut off every horn of Israel. \q He has withdrawn his right hand from before the enemy. \q He has burned up Jacob like a blazing fire that devours everything around it. \q @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ \q \v 17 Yahweh has done what he planned to do. He has fulfilled his word. \q He has overthrown you without pity, -\q for he has permitted the enemy to rejoice over you; he has increased the power of your enemies. +\q for he has permitted the enemy to rejoice over you; he has lifted up the horn of your enemies. \s5 \q diff --git a/25-LAM/03.usfm b/25-LAM/03.usfm index d9debef6..9648e45f 100644 --- a/25-LAM/03.usfm +++ b/25-LAM/03.usfm @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ \q \v 12 He bent his bow and set me as a target for his arrow. \q -\v 13 He pieced my kidneys with the arrows of his quiver. +\v 13 He pierced my kidneys with the arrows of his quiver. \q \v 14 I became a laughingstock to all my people, the object of their taunting all day long. \q @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ \q \v 20 I continually remember it and I am bowed down within me. \q -\v 21 But I call this to mind and therefore I have hope: +\v 21 But I call these things to mind and therefore I have hope. \s5 \q @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 48 My eyes flow with streams of tears because of my people are destroyed. +\v 48 My eyes flow with streams of tears because my people are destroyed. \q \v 49 My eyes will shed tears without ceasing; without relief, \q @@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ \q \v 52 I have been hunted like a bird those who were my enemies; they hunted me without a reason. \q -\v 53 They cast me into a pit have destroyed my life in a well and have placed a stone over me, +\v 53 They cast me into a pit and they threw a stone on me, \q -\v 54 waters poured over my head; I said, "I have been cut off!" +\v 54 and waters poured over my head. I said, "I have been cut off!" \b \s5 diff --git a/25-LAM/04.usfm b/25-LAM/04.usfm index ece5d052..0b333051 100644 --- a/25-LAM/04.usfm +++ b/25-LAM/04.usfm @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \q the children ask for food, but there is none for them. \q \v 5 The ones who used to feast on expensive food now starve in the streets; -\q those who were brought up wearing purple clothing, now lie dying on piles of garbage. +\q those who were brought up wearing purple clothing, now lie upon piles of garbage. \s5 \q @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 16 Yahweh himself scattered them; he does not watch over them any more. +\v 16 Yahweh himself scattered them; he does not watch over them anymore. \q They do not honor the priests, \q and they did not show any favor to the elders. \b diff --git a/25-LAM/05.usfm b/25-LAM/05.usfm index aaa376d5..c90ad8cc 100644 --- a/25-LAM/05.usfm +++ b/25-LAM/05.usfm @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ \q and you will sit upon your throne from generation to generation. \q \v 20 Why do you forget us forever? -\q Will do you forsake us for so many days? +\q Why do you forsake us for so many days? \q \v 21 Restore us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be restored. \q Renew our days as they were long ago— diff --git a/26-EZK/01.usfm b/26-EZK/01.usfm index 15e2a2b8..7b7b4b6d 100644 --- a/26-EZK/01.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/01.usfm @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ \c 1 \p \v 1 In the thirtieth year, the fourth month, and the fifth day of the month, it came about that I was living among the captives by the Chebar Canal. The heavens opened, and I saw visions of God. -\v 2 On the fifth day of that month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin, -\v 3 the word of Yahweh came with power to Ezekiel son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar Canal; the hand of Yahweh came upon him there. +\v 2 On the fifth day of that month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin— +\v 3 the word of Yahweh came with power to Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar Canal, the hand of Yahweh was upon him there. \s5 \p @@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ \v 16 This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: each wheel was like beryl, and the four were all the same; they looked like a wheel intersecting another wheel. \s5 -\v 17 When the wheels moved, they went in any direction without turning. -\v 18 As for their rims, they were high and fearsome, for the rims were full of eyes round about! +\v 17 When the wheels moved, they went without turning in any direction the creatures faced. +\v 18 As for their rims, they were high and fearsome, for the rims were full of eyes round about. \s5 \v 19 Whenever the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them. When the living creatures rose up from the earth, the wheels also rose up. diff --git a/26-EZK/03.usfm b/26-EZK/03.usfm index 5fc504ba..9e302e29 100644 --- a/26-EZK/03.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/03.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \p \v 1 He said to me, "Son of man, what you have found, eat. Eat this scroll, then go speak to the house of Israel." \v 2 So I opened my mouth, and he fed me that scroll. -\v 3 He said to me, "Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your belly with this scroll that I have given to you!" So I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. +\v 3 He said to me, "Son of man, feed your stomach; fill your stomach with this scroll that I have given to you!" So I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. \s5 \p diff --git a/26-EZK/04.usfm b/26-EZK/04.usfm index 022119c5..6f739250 100644 --- a/26-EZK/04.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/04.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 4 Then, lie on your left side and take the sin of the house of Israel on yourself; you will carry their sin for the number of the days that you lie down against the house of Israel. +\v 4 Then, lie on your left side and put the sin of the house of Israel on it; you will carry their sin for the number of the days that you lie down against the house of Israel. \v 5 I myself am assigning to you one day to represent each year of their punishment: 390 days! In this way, you will carry the sin of the house of Israel. \s5 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \s5 \v 16 He also said to me, "Son of man! Behold! I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread while rationing it in anxiety and drink water while rationing it in trembling. -\v 17 Because they will lack bread and water, every man will be dismayed at his brother and melt away because of their iniquity." +\v 17 Because they will lack bread and water, every man will be dismayed at his brother and waste away because of their iniquity." diff --git a/26-EZK/05.usfm b/26-EZK/05.usfm index 477ca624..95ee1af8 100644 --- a/26-EZK/05.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/05.usfm @@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ \v 2 Burn a third of it with fire in the midst of the city when the days of the siege are completed. And take a third of the hair and strike it with the sword all around the city. Then scatter a third of it to the wind, and I will draw out a sword to chase after the people. \s5 -\v 3 But take a small number of hairs from them and tie them to your sleeves. +\v 3 But take a small number of hairs from them and tie them into the folds of your robe. \v 4 Then take more of the hair and throw it into the midst of the fire; and burn it in the fire; from there a fire will go out to all the house of Israel." \s5 \p \v 5 The Lord Yahweh says this, "This is Jerusalem in the midst of the nations, where I have placed her, and where I have surrounded her with other lands. -\v 6 But she has rejected my decrees with wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that surround her. And they have rejected my judgments and have not walked in my statutes." +\v 6 But she has in wickedness rejected my decrees more than the nations have, and my statutes more than the countries that surround her. The people have rejected my judgments and have not walked in my statutes." \s5 \v 7 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, "Because you are more troublesome than the nations that surround you and have not walked in my statutes or acted according to my decrees, or even acted according to the decrees of the nations that surround you," diff --git a/26-EZK/06.usfm b/26-EZK/06.usfm index ea58cec6..e037d758 100644 --- a/26-EZK/06.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/06.usfm @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ \s5 \v 13 Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when their dead lie among their idols, around their altars, on every high hill—on all the mountain peaks, and under every flourishing tree and thick oak—the places where they burned incenses to all their idols. \v 14 I will strike with my hand and make the land desolate and a waste, from the wilderness to Diblah, throughout all the places where they live. Then they will know that I am Yahweh." +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa Diblah \fqb , some ancient copies and modern versions have \fqa Riblah \fqb . \f* diff --git a/26-EZK/07.usfm b/26-EZK/07.usfm index 067fe1b5..6a8f6144 100644 --- a/26-EZK/07.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/07.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \c 7 \p \v 1 The word of Yahweh came to me and said, -\v 2 "You, son of man—The Lord Yahweh says this to the land of Israel, +\v 2 "You, son of man—the Lord Yahweh says this to the land of Israel" \q 'An end! An end has come to the four borders of the land. \s5 @@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ \v 3 Now the end is upon you, for I am sending out my wrath on you, and I will judge you according to your ways; \q then I will bring all your abominations upon you. \q -\v 4 For my eyes will not look compassionately at you, and I will not spare you; but I will bring your ways upon you, +\v 4 For my eyes will not pity you, and I will not spare you. Instead, I will bring your ways upon you, \q and your abominations will be in your midst, so you will know that I am Yahweh. \s5 \p \v 5 The Lord Yahweh says this: -\q Disaster! Disaster after disaster. Behold, it is coming. +\q Disaster! A unique disaster! Behold, it is coming. +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa Disaster! A unique disaster! \fqb some ancient copies have \fqa Disaster after disaster \fqa \f* \q \v 6 An end is surely coming. The end has woken up against you. Behold, it is coming! \q diff --git a/26-EZK/08.usfm b/26-EZK/08.usfm index ed2018ac..2d9e55db 100644 --- a/26-EZK/08.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/08.usfm @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ \s5 \c 8 \p -\v 1 So it came about in the sixth year and the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Yahweh again fell on me there. -\v 2 So I looked, and behold, there was a figure like a man, with what looked like fire from his hips downward! And from his hips upward there was a shining appearance like glowing metal! +\v 1 So it came about in the sixth year and the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Yahweh again fell upon me there. +\v 2 So I looked, and behold, there was a figure like a man, with what looked like fire from his hips downward. And from his hips upward there was a shining appearance like glowing metal. \s5 \v 3 And he reached out the form of a hand and took me by the hair of my head; the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and in visions from God, he brought me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the inner northern gate, where the idol that provokes great jealousy was standing. @@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ \s5 \p \v 5 Then he said to me, "Son of man, lift up your eyes to the north." So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and to the north of the gate leading to the altar, there in the entrance, was the idol of jealousy. -\v 6 So he said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they are doing? These are great abominations that the house of Israel is doing here to make me go far from my own sanctuary! But you will turn and see even greater abominations!" +\v 6 So he said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they are doing? These are great abominations that the house of Israel is doing here to make me go far from my own sanctuary. But you will turn and see even greater abominations." \s5 \p \v 7 Then he brought me to the doorway of the courtyard, and I looked, and there was a hole in the wall. -\v 8 He said to me, "Son of man, dig into this wall." So I dug into the wall, and there was a door! +\v 8 He said to me, "Son of man, dig into this wall." So I dug into the wall, and there was a door. \v 9 Then he said to me, "Go and see the wicked abominations that they are doing here." \s5 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ \v 11 Seventy elders of the house of Israel were there, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing in their midst. They were standing in front of the images, and each man had his censer in his hand so that the smell of the cloud of incense went up. \s5 -\v 12 Then he said to me, "Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark? Each one does this in the hidden chamber of his idol, for they say, 'Yahweh does not see us! Yahweh has forsaken the land!'" +\v 12 Then he said to me, "Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark? Each one does this in the hidden chamber of his idol, for they say, 'Yahweh does not see us! Yahweh has forsaken the land.'" \v 13 And he said to me, "Turn again and see the other great abominations that they are doing." \s5 diff --git a/26-EZK/10.usfm b/26-EZK/10.usfm index 49776d0b..e9ee0b12 100644 --- a/26-EZK/10.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/10.usfm @@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ \p \v 9 So I looked, and behold! Four wheels were beside the cherubim—one wheel beside each cherub—and the appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone. \v 10 They appeared in the same likeness for all four of them, like a wheel intersecting another wheel. -\v 11 When they moved, they went in any direction; they did not turn when they moved since they moved to the place where the head faced. They did not turn when they moved. - +\v 11 When they moved, they went in any of the four directions without turning in any other direction. Instead, wherever the head was facing, they followed it. They did not turn in any other direction as they went. \s5 \v 12 Their whole body—including their backs, their hands, and their wings—was covered with eyes, and eyes covered the four wheels all around also. \v 13 As I listened, the wheels were called, "Whirling." diff --git a/26-EZK/11.usfm b/26-EZK/11.usfm index 63a4db15..f0581292 100644 --- a/26-EZK/11.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/11.usfm @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ \s5 \c 11 \p -\v 1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of Yahweh's house, facing east, and behold! in the doorway of the gate there were twenty-five men. I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people, among them. +\v 1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of Yahweh's house, facing east, and behold, in the doorway of the gate there were twenty-five men. I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people, among them. \s5 \v 2 God said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who decide wicked plans in this city. -\v 3 They are saying, 'The time to build houses is not here; this city is the pot, and we are the meat.' +\v 3 They are saying, 'The time to build houses is not now; this city is the pot, and we are the meat.' \v 4 Therefore prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man." \s5 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ \v 7 Therefore, the Lord Yahweh says this: The people you have killed, whose bodies you have laid in the midst of Jerusalem, are the meat, and this city is the pot. But you are going to be brought out from the midst of this city. \s5 -\v 8 You have feared the sword, so I am bringing the sword upon you—This is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh. +\v 8 You have feared the sword, so I am bringing the sword upon you—this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh. \v 9 I will bring you out of the midst of the city, and put you into the hands of foreigners, for I will bring judgment against you. \v 10 You will fall by the sword. I will judge you within the borders of Israel so you will know that I am Yahweh. diff --git a/26-EZK/16.usfm b/26-EZK/16.usfm index 7272a7a5..6e26c054 100644 --- a/26-EZK/16.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/16.usfm @@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ \s5 \p -\v 6 But I passed by you, and I saw you writhing in your own blood; so I said to you in your blood, "Live!" -\v 7 I made you grow like a plant in a field. You multiplied and became great, and you became a jeweled ornament. Your breasts became firm and your hair grew thick, though you had been naked and bare. +\v 6 But I passed by you, and I saw you writhing in your own blood; so I said to you in your blood, "Live!" I said to you in your blood, "Live!" +\f + \ft Some modern versions leave out the second occurrence of \fqa I said to you in your blood, "Live!" \fqb . \f* +\v 7 I made you grow like a plant in a field. You multiplied and became great, and you became the jewel of jewels. Your breasts became firm, and your hair grew thick, though you had been naked and bare. \s5 \v 8 I passed by you again, and I saw you. See! the time of love came for you, so I spread my robe over you and covered your nakedness. Then I swore to you and brought you into a covenant—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—and you became mine. @@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 15 But you trusted in your own beauty, and you acted like a whore because of your fame; you poured out your acts of prostitution on everyone who passed by. You became the property of those men. +\v 15 But you trusted in your own beauty, and you acted like a whore because of your fame; you poured out your acts of prostitution on everyone who passed by. They were for them. \v 16 Then you took your clothes and with them you made high places for yourself decorated in various colors, and there you acted like a prostitute. This should not have happened. Nor should such a thing exist. \s5 @@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ \s5 \v 20 Then you took your sons and daughters whom you bore for me, and you sacrificed them to the images to be devoured as food. Are your acts of prostitution a small matter? -\v 21 You slaughtered my children, and offered them up to sacrifice them by fire to the images. +\v 21 You slaughtered my children and put them into the fire. \v 22 In all your abominations and your acts of prostitution you have not thought about the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare as you thrashed about in your blood. \s5 @@ -115,10 +116,11 @@ \s5 \v 56 Sodom your sister was not even mentioned by your mouth in the days when you were proud, \v 57 before your wickedness was revealed. But now you are an object of scorn to the daughters of Edom and to all the daughters of the Philistines around her. People all about despise you. +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa Edom \fqb , some ancient copies and modern versions have \fqa Aram \fqb , that is, Syria. \f* \v 58 You will show your shame and your disgusting actions!—this is Yahweh's declaration! \s5 -\v 59 The Lord Yahweh says this: I will treat you as I treat anyone who despises an oath he took so he can break a covenant. +\v 59 The Lord Yahweh says this: I will deal with you as you deserve, you who have despised your oath by breaking the covenant. \s5 \p diff --git a/26-EZK/17.usfm b/26-EZK/17.usfm index 4b25b8a4..f7dcc763 100644 --- a/26-EZK/17.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/17.usfm @@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ \v 14 so the kingdom might become lowly and not lift itself up. By keeping his covenant the land will survive. \s5 -\v 15 But the king of Jerusalem rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt to acquire horses and an army. Will he succeed? Will the one doing these things escape? If he violates the covenant, will he escape? +\v 15 But the king of Jerusalem rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt to acquire horses and an army. Will he succeed? Will the one doing these things escape? If he breaks the covenant, will he escape? \v 16 As I live!—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—he will surely die in the land of the king who made him king, the king whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke. He will die in the middle of Babylon. \s5 \v 17 And Pharaoh with his mighty army and assembling of many men for war will not protect him in battle, when the Babylonian army builds siege mounds and siege walls to destroy many lives. -\v 18 For the king has despised his oath by breaking the covenant. Behold, he reached out with his hand to promise, but he has done all these things. He will not escape. +\v 18 For the king despised his oath by breaking the covenant. Behold, he reached out with his hand to make a promise and yet he did all these things. He will not escape. \s5 \v 19 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: As I live, was it not my oath that he despised and my covenant that he broke? So I will bring his punishment on his head! diff --git a/26-EZK/18.usfm b/26-EZK/18.usfm index 95b691c9..dd7b640b 100644 --- a/26-EZK/18.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/18.usfm @@ -12,33 +12,35 @@ \s5 \p -\v 5 For a man, if he is righteous and carries out justice and righteousness— -\v 6 if he has not eaten on the mountains, and has not lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel and if he has not defiled his neighbor's wife, nor approached a woman during her monthly period, +\v 5 Suppose that a man is righteous and carries out justice and righteousness. +\v 6 Suppose that he has not eaten on the mountains, that he has not lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and that he has not defiled his neighbor's wife, nor approached a woman during her monthly period. \s5 -\v 7 if he has not oppressed anyone but instead has returned a pledge to its debtor—if he has not taken what was stolen, but instead gives his food to the hungry and covers the naked with clothes; +\v 7 Suppose that he has not oppressed anyone but instead has returned a pledge to its debtor. Suppose that he has not taken what was stolen, but instead gives his food to the hungry, and that he covers the naked with clothes. \s5 -\v 8 and if he does not charge any interest for loans, nor take excessive profit—if he carries out justice and establishes faithfulness between people, -\v 9 and if he walks in my statutes and keeps my decrees to act faithfully—this man is righteous. He will surely live!—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration. +\v 8 And suppose that he does not charge any interest for loans, nor gains too much profit. Suppose that he carries out justice and establishes faithfulness between people. +\v 9 Suppose that he walks in my statutes and keeps my decrees to act faithfully. Then the promise for this righteous man is this: He will surely live!—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration. \s5 \p -\v 10 But if he has a violent son who sheds blood and does any of these things— -\v 11 (though his father does not do any of these things), but he eats upon the mountains and he defiles his neighbor's wife. +\v 10 But suppose that he has a violent son who sheds blood and does any of these things to a brother, +\f + \ft Some ancient copies and many modern versions leave out \fqa to a brother \fqa* . \f* +\v 11 even though his father did not do any of these things. Suppose that he eats on the mountains and he defiles his neighbor's wife. \s5 -\v 12 If he oppresses the poor and needy, if he seizes and robs and does not return a pledge, if he lifts up his eyes to the idols or commits disgusting actions; -\v 13 if he lends charging interest or gains unjust profit, should he live? He will not live! He has done all these disgusting actions. He will surely die. His blood is on him. +\v 12 Suppose that he oppresses the poor and needy, and that he seizes and robs and does not return a pledge. Suppose that he lifts up his eyes to the idols or commits disgusting actions. +\v 13 Suppose that he lends charging interest or gains too much profit. Should he live? He will not live! He has done all these disgusting actions. He will surely die, and his blood will be on him. \s5 \p -\v 14 But behold! If he bears a son who sees all the sins that his father has committed, and if he himself fears God and does not do such things— -\v 15 if he does not eat at the mountains, nor does he lift his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel—if he does not defile his neighbor's wife; +\v 14 But behold! Suppose that he bears a son who sees all the sins that his father has committed. Suppose that he himself fears God and does not do such things. +\v 15 Suppose that he does not eat on the mountains. Suppose that he does not lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor does he defile his neighbor's wife. \s5 -\v 16 if he does not oppress anyone, seize a pledge, or take stolen things, but instead gives his food to the hungry and covers the naked with clothes— -\v 17 if he draws his hand back from judging the poor and does not take interest or unjust profit; if he carries out my decrees and walks according to my statutes, then he will not die for his father's sin; he will surely live! +\v 16 Suppose that he does not oppress anyone, seize a pledge, or take stolen things, but instead gives his food to the hungry and covers the naked with clothes. +\v 17 Suppose that he draws his hand back from the poor and does not take interest or gains too much profit. Suppose that he carries out my decrees and walks according to my statutes. Then he will not die for his father's sin; he will surely live! +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa the poor \fqa* , some ancient and many modern versions have \fqa from sin \fqa* . \f* \s5 \v 18 His father, since he oppressed others by extortion and robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people—behold, he will die in his iniquity. diff --git a/26-EZK/19.usfm b/26-EZK/19.usfm index d2e28bcf..253a3268 100644 --- a/26-EZK/19.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/19.usfm @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ \v 6 This young lion roamed about in the midst of lions. He was a young lion and learned to tear his victims; he devoured men. \q \v 7 Then he raped their widows and ruined their cities. -\q the land and its fullness were abandoned because of the sound of his roaring. +\q The land and its fullness were abandoned because of the sound of his roaring. +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa he raped their widows \fqa* , some ancient copies and many modern versions have \fqa he destroyed their fortresses \fqa* . \f* \s5 \q @@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ \s5 \p \q -\v 10 Your mother was like a vine planted in your blood \f + \ft Scholars disagree about whether the words should be "in your blood" as it is in the ancient Hebrew text, or "in your vineyard" as it is some later Hebrew manuscripts. Some scholars believe that "in your blood" is a scribal error in the Hebrew. You may want to choose the wording that is used in the majority language Bible in your area.\f* beside the water. +\v 10 Your mother was like a vine planted in your blood beside the water. +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa in your blood \fqa* , some ancient copies and many modern versions have \fqa in your vineyard \fqa* . \f* \q she was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundance of water. \q \v 11 She had strong branches for rulers' scepters, diff --git a/26-EZK/20.usfm b/26-EZK/20.usfm index c9458ab0..a19e1a5a 100644 --- a/26-EZK/20.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/20.usfm @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \p \v 10 So I sent them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. \v 11 Then I gave them my statutes and made my decrees known to them, by which a man will live if he obeys them. -\v 12 I also gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between myself and them, for them to know that I am Yahweh, who dedicates them to myself. +\v 12 I also gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between myself and them, for them to know that I am Yahweh who makes them holy. \s5 \v 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not walk in my statutes; instead, they rejected my decrees, by which a man will live if he obeys them. They greatly profaned my Sabbaths, so I said I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness in order to end them. @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \s5 \v 25 Then I also gave them statutes that were not good, and decrees by which they could not live. -\v 26 I made them unclean by their gifts, when they caused every firstborn from the womb to pass through the fire. I did this in order to terrify them so they might know that I am Yahweh!' +\v 26 I made them unclean by their gifts when they made a sacrifice of every firstborn of the womb and put them into the fire. I did this in order to terrify them so they might know that I am Yahweh!' \s5 \p @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ \s5 \v 30 Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Why do you make yourselves unclean with the ways of your fathers? And why do you act like prostitutes, searching for disgusting things? -\v 31 For when you offer up your gifts and cause your sons to pass through the fire, you make yourselves unclean with all your idols to this present day. So should I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—I will not be inquired of by you. +\v 31 For when you offer up your gifts and you put your sons into the fire, and to this day you make yourselves unclean with all your idols. And so should I let you question me, house of Israel? As I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—I will not let you question me. \v 32 The thought that is forming in your mind will come true. You say, "Let us be like the other nations, like the clans in the other lands who worship wood and stone." \s5 @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ \s5 \v 36 As I judged your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so also I will judge you—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration. -\v 37 I will cause you to pass under my rod, and I will bring you into the bonds of the covenant; +\v 37 I will cause you to pass under my rod, and I will make you obey the requirements of the covenant. \v 38 I will purge from among you the rebels and those who revolt against me. I will send them out from the land where they are staying as foreigners, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am Yahweh. \s5 diff --git a/26-EZK/21.usfm b/26-EZK/21.usfm index 9add2f3a..31d0f1bf 100644 --- a/26-EZK/21.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/21.usfm @@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ \v 10 It will be sharpened in order to engage in great slaughter! It will be polished in order to be like lightning! \q Should we rejoice in my son's scepter? The coming sword hates every such rod! \q -\v 11 So the sword will be handed over to be polished, and then to be seized by the hand! -\q The sword is sharpened! And it is polished to be given to the hand of a killer!' +\v 11 So the sword will be given to be polished, and then to be grasped by the hand! +\q The sword is sharpened! And it is polished to be given to the hand of the one who kills!' \s5 \q @@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ \s5 \q -\v 15 In order to melt their heart and to multiply their stumbling blocks, I have set the slaughter of the sword against their gates! Woe! It is made like lightning, set free to butcher! +\v 15 In order to melt their hearts and to multiply their fallen, I have set the slaughter of the sword against their gates! Woe! It is made like lightning, set free to butcher! \q -\v 16 You, sword! Strike to the right! Strike to the left! Go wherever your sharp edge wishes. +\v 16 You, sword! Strike to the right! Strike to the left! Go wherever your face is turned. \q \v 17 For I will also hit my two hands together, and then I will bring my fury to rest! I, Yahweh, declare it!" diff --git a/26-EZK/22.usfm b/26-EZK/22.usfm index 45391b65..98067557 100644 --- a/26-EZK/22.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/22.usfm @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \s5 \v 10 The nakedness of a father is revealed within you. They have abused the unclean woman within you during her impurity. \v 11 Men who commit abominations with their neighbors' wives, and men who make their own daughters-in-law shamefully unclean; men who abuse their own sisters—daughters of their own fathers—all these are among you. -\v 12 These men take bribes among you in order to pour out blood. You have taken interest and excessive profit, you have damaged your neighbors through oppression, and you have forgotten me—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration. +\v 12 These men take bribes among you in order to pour out blood. You have taken interest and gained too much profit, you have damaged your neighbors through oppression, and you have forgotten me—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration. \s5 \p @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ \v 14 Will your heart stand, will your hands be strong on the days when I myself will deal with you? I, Yahweh, am declaring this, and I will do it. \v 15 So I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the lands. In this way, I will purge your uncleanness from you. \v 16 So you will become unclean in the eyes of the nations. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.'" +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa you will become unclean \fqa* , some ancient copies have \fqa I will give you your inheritance \fqa* . \f* \s5 \p @@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ wrath and fury. I will put you there and blow the fire on it to melt it; so will \v 23 The word of Yahweh came to me and said, \v 24 "Son of man, say to her, 'You are a land that has not been cleansed. There is no rain on the day of wrath! \v 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets within her, like a roaring lion tearing apart a victim. They consume life and take precious wealth; they make many widows within her! +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa There is a conspiracy of her prophets within her \fqa* , some ancient copies have \fqa whose princes \fqa* . \f* \s5 \v 26 Her priests do violence to my law, and they profane my holy things. They do not distinguish between holy things and profane things, and do not teach the difference between the unclean and the clean. They hide their eyes from my Sabbaths so that I am profaned in their midst. diff --git a/26-EZK/23.usfm b/26-EZK/23.usfm index 4906c431..d96ae658 100644 --- a/26-EZK/23.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/23.usfm @@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ \v 20 So she lusted for her lovers, \q whose private parts were like those of donkeys, and whose reproductive emissions were like those of horses. \q -\v 21 And she committed again the shameful behavior of your youth, when her breasts were fondled by the Egyptians -\q because her breasts were youthful. +\v 21 And you committed again the shameful behavior of your youth, in the fondling of your breasts by the Egyptians +\q because of the breasts of your youth. \s5 \q @@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 36 Yahweh said to me, "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? So present to them their disgusting actions, -\v 37 since they have committed adultery, and since there is blood on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and they have even passed their -sons whom they bore for me through the fire to be consumed. +\v 37 since they have committed adultery, and since there is blood on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and they have even put their sons into the fire, as food for their idols. \s5 \v 38 And they continue to do this to me: They make my sanctuary unclean, and on the same day they defile my Sabbaths. @@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ sons whom they bore for me through the fire to be consumed. \v 45 But righteous men will condemn them to punishment for adultery and to punishment for one who pours out blood, since they have committed adultery and have blood on their hands. \s5 -\v 46 So the Lord Yahweh says this: I will raise up a company against them and give them over to be terrorized and plundered. +\v 46 So the Lord Yahweh says this: I will raise up a company against them and give them up to be terrorized and plundered. \v 47 Then that company will stone them with stones and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses. \s5 diff --git a/26-EZK/25.usfm b/26-EZK/25.usfm index c700804e..2aafc725 100644 --- a/26-EZK/25.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/25.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 12 The Lord Yahweh says this, 'Edom has taken vengeance against the house of Judah and and has committed wrong in doing so. +\v 12 The Lord Yahweh says this, 'Edom has taken vengeance against the house of Judah and has committed wrong in doing so. \v 13 Therefore, the Lord Yahweh says this: I will strike Edom with my hand and destroy every person and animal there. I will make them a ruined, abandoned place, from Teman to Dedan. They will fall by the sword. \s5 diff --git a/26-EZK/26.usfm b/26-EZK/26.usfm index 41c0cce6..3a2504f4 100644 --- a/26-EZK/26.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/26.usfm @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 7 "For this is what Yahweh says: Behold, from the north I am bringing Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a great many people. -\v 8 He will kill your daughters in the field. He will set up a siege work and and build a ramp against your walls and raise up shields against you. +\v 8 He will kill your daughters in the field. He will set up a siege work and build a ramp against your walls and raise up shields against you. \s5 \v 9 He will place his battering rams to hit against your walls, and his tools will tear down your towers. @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \s5 \v 12 And you, son of man, say to your people, 'The righteousness of a righteous person will not save him if he sins. And the wickedness of a wicked person will not cause him to perish if he repents from his sin. For the righteous person will not be able to live because of his righteousness if he sins. \v 13 If I say to the righteous, "He will surely live." and if he trusts in his righteousness and then commits injustice, I will not call to mind any of his righteousness; he will die in the wickedness that he has committed. -\v 14 And if I say to the wicked, "You will surely die." but if he then repents from his sins and does what is just and right— +\v 14 And if I say to the wicked, "You will surely die." but if he then repents from his sins and does what is just and right, this is the promise for you. \s5 \p @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ \s5 \p \v 19 For the Lord Yahweh says this: When I make you a desolate city, like the other cities that are not inhabited, when I raise up the deeps against you, and when the great waters cover you, -\v 20 then I will bring you down to the people of ancient times, like the others who have gone down into the pit; for I will make you live in the lowest realms of the earth as in ruins of ancient times. Because of this you will not come back to the land where people live. +\v 20 then I will bring you down to the people of ancient times, like the others who have gone down into the pit; for I will make you live in the lowest realms of the earth as in ruins of ancient times. Because of this you will not come back and stand in the land of the living. +\f + \ft The expression \fqa and stand in the land of the living \fqa* is supplied by an ancient version. The Hebrew has \fqa I will place glory in the land of the living \fqa* , which does not seem to fit the context here. \f* \v 21 I will place disaster on you, and you will exist no more. Then you will be sought, but you will never be found ever again—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.'" diff --git a/26-EZK/27.usfm b/26-EZK/27.usfm index 7b69890c..8aa2c920 100644 --- a/26-EZK/27.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/27.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \q \v 4 Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty. \q -\v 5 They have made all your planks with firs from Mount Hermon; +\v 5 They have made all your planks with cypress from Mount Hermon; \q they took cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. \s5 @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ \s5 \v 16 Aram was a dealer in your many products; they provided emeralds, purple, colored cloth, fine fabric, pearls, and rubies as your merchandise. -\v 17 Judah and the land of Israel were trading with you. They provided wheat from Minnith, millet, honey, oil, and balsam as your merchandise. +\v 17 Judah and the land of Israel were trading with you. They provided wheat from Minnith, cakes, honey, oil, and balsam as your merchandise. \v 18 Damascus was a trader of all your products, of all your enormous wealth, and of the wine of Helbon and the wool of Zahar. \s5 diff --git a/26-EZK/28.usfm b/26-EZK/28.usfm index acde41fb..f4d4126e 100644 --- a/26-EZK/28.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/28.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ \p \v 11 The word of Yahweh came again to me and said, \v 12 "Son of man, lift up a lament for the king of Tyre and say to him, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. -\v 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone covered you: carnelian, chrysolite, and onyx; topaz, malachite, and jasper; sapphire, emerald, and beryl. Your settings held and mountings were made of gold. On the day you were created they were prepared. +\v 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone covered you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made from gold. It was on the day you were created that they were prepared. + + + \s5 \v 14 I placed you on the holy mountain of God as the cherub I anointed to guard mankind. You were in the midst of the fiery stones where you walked about. diff --git a/26-EZK/29.usfm b/26-EZK/29.usfm index ff15dc44..b7cd4014 100644 --- a/26-EZK/29.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/29.usfm @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ \v 2 "Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt; prophesy against him and against all of Egypt. \v 3 Declare and say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: \q Behold! I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt. -\q You, the great sea creature that lies in the midst of the river, -\q that says to me, "I have made the river my own." +\q You, the great sea creature that lurks in the midst of the river, +\q that says, "My river is my own. I have made it for myself." \s5 \v 4 For I will place hooks in your jaw, and the fish of your Nile will cling to your scales; I will lift you up from the middle of your river along with all the fish of the river that cling to your scales. @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ \q because they have been a reed stalk to the house of Israel. \q \v 7 When they took hold of you in their hand, you broke into splinters and pierced their shoulder; -\q when they leaned on you, you shattered their legs and made their hip to shake. +\q when they leaned on you, you shattered their legs and made their hips to shake. \s5 \p diff --git a/26-EZK/30.usfm b/26-EZK/30.usfm index 5e8638de..c24b3a14 100644 --- a/26-EZK/30.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/30.usfm @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ \v 11 He and his army with him, the terror of nations, will be brought to destroy the land; they will draw out their swords against Egypt and fill the land with dead people. \s5 -\v 12 I will make the rivers into dry ground, and I will sell the land into the hand of wicked men. I will make the land and its fullness desolate by the hand of strangers. I, Yahweh, have declared it. +\v 12 I will make the rivers into dry ground, and I will sell the land into the hand of wicked men. I will make the land and its fullness desolate by the hand of strangers—I, Yahweh, have spoken. \s5 \p diff --git a/26-EZK/31.usfm b/26-EZK/31.usfm index 6a5363fc..e8ef2b1b 100644 --- a/26-EZK/31.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/31.usfm @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ \s5 \q \v 8 Cedars in the garden of God could not equal it. -\q None among the fir trees matched its branches, and plane trees could not equal its boughs. -\q No tree in the garden of God could equal it in beauty. +\q None among the cypress trees matched its branches, and the plane tree could not equal its boughs. +\q There was no other tree in the garden of God that was like it in its beauty. \q \v 9 I made it beautiful with its many branches \q and all the trees of Eden that were in the garden of God envied it. @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 10 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: Because you were so tall, and because it grew tall and set its top among the clouds, -\v 11 I handed it over to a mighty one of the nations, to deal with it according to what its wickedness deserves. I have thrown it out. +\v 11 I have given it into the hand of a mighty one of the nations, to deal with it according to what its wickedness deserves. I have thrown it out. \s5 \v 12 Foreigners who were the terror of all the nations cut it off and left it to die. Its branches fell on the mountains and all the valleys, and its boughs lie broken in all the ravines of the land. Then all the nations on earth came out from under its shade and they went away from it. @@ -47,17 +47,17 @@ \v 13 All the birds of the heavens rested on its trunk \q and all the beasts of the field sat on its branches. \p -\v 14 This happened so that none of the other watered trees would ever grow that tall, so that they would not raise their tree tops above the foliage, for no other tree that drank up water would ever again grow that tall. For they were all handed over to death down to the lowest part of the earth, in the midst of the people of mankind who go down to the pit. +\v 14 This happened so that none of the other watered trees would ever grow that tall, so that they would not raise their tree tops above the foliage, for no other tree that drank up water would ever again grow that tall. For they were all given over to death down to the lowest part of the earth, in the midst of the people of mankind who go down to the pit. \s5 \p -\v 15 The Lord Yahweh says this: On the day when the cedar went down to sheol I brought mourning to the earth. I covered the deep waters over it, and I held back the ocean waters. I kept back the great waters, and I brought mourning to Lebanon for him. So all the trees of the field mourned because of it. +\v 15 The Lord Yahweh says this: On the day when the cedar went down to Sheol I brought mourning to the earth. I covered the deep waters over it, and I held back the ocean waters. I kept back the great waters, and I brought mourning to Lebanon for him. So all the trees of the field mourned because of it. \s5 -\v 16 I brought shuddering to the nations at the sound of his downfall, when I threw him down to sheol with those who went down into the pit. And I comforted all the trees of Eden in the lowest parts of the earth. These had been the choicest and best trees of Lebanon, the trees that drank the waters. +\v 16 I brought shuddering to the nations at the sound of his downfall, when I threw him down to Sheol with those who went down into the pit. And I comforted all the trees of Eden in the lowest parts of the earth. These had been the choicest and best trees of Lebanon, the trees that drank the waters. \s5 -\v 17 For they also went down with it to sheol, to the ones who had been killed by the sword. These were its strong arm, those nations who had lived in its shade. +\v 17 For they also went down with it to Sheol, to the ones who had been killed by the sword. These were its strong arm, those nations who had lived in its shade. \v 18 Which of the trees in Eden was your equal in glory and greatness? For you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lowest parts of the earth among the uncircumcised; you will live with those who were killed by the sword.' \p This is Pharaoh and all of his servants—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration." diff --git a/26-EZK/32.usfm b/26-EZK/32.usfm index 1f169c85..a03431b8 100644 --- a/26-EZK/32.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/32.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \p \v 1 Then it happened in the twelfth month of the twelfth year, on the first of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me and said, \v 2 "Son of man, lift up a lament concerning Pharaoh the king of Egypt; say to him, 'You are like a young lion among the nations, -\q like a monster in the seas; you churn up the water, +\q but you are like a monster in the seas; you churn up the water, \q you stir up the waters with your feet and muddy their waters. \s5 @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ \q and I will put darkness over your land—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration. \s5 -\v 9 So I will terrify the heart of many peoples in lands that you do not know, when I bring your collapse among the nations. +\v 9 So I will terrify the heart of many peoples in lands that you do not know, when I bring about your collapse among the nations, among lands that you have not known. +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa when I bring about your collapse among the nations \fqa* , some ancient and modern versions have \fqa when I take you into captivity among the nations \fqa* . \f* \v 10 I will shock many peoples concerning you; their kings will shudder in horror concerning you when I swing my sword before them. Every moment each one will tremble because of you, on the day of your downfall. \s5 @@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ \q \v 20 They will fall among those who were killed by the sword. Egypt is given to the sword; her enemies will seize her and her servants. \q -\v 21 The strongest of the warriors in sheol will declare about Egypt and her allies, +\v 21 The strongest of the warriors in Sheol will declare about Egypt and her allies, \q 'They have come down here! They will lie with the uncircumcised who were killed by the sword.' \s5 @@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ \v 26 Meshech, Tubal, and all their servants are there! Their graves surround them. \q All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword, because they had brought their terrors on the land of the living. \q -\v 27 They do not lie with the fallen warriors of the uncircumcised who have gone down to sheol +\v 27 They do not lie with the fallen warriors of the uncircumcised who have gone down to Sheol \q with all their weapons of war, and with their swords placed under their heads \q and their shields placed over their bones. For they were the terror of warriors in the land of the living. diff --git a/26-EZK/34.usfm b/26-EZK/34.usfm index f5edc222..eda1f801 100644 --- a/26-EZK/34.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/34.usfm @@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 25 Then I will make a covenant of peace with them and remove the evil wild animals from the land, so my sheep will live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forests. -\v 26 I will also bring blessings on them and my surrounding hills, for I will send out showers in due season. These will be showers of blessing. +\v 25 Then I will make a covenant of peace with them and remove the evil wild animals from the land, so that they will live securely in the wilderness and safely sleep in the forests. +\v 26 I will also bring blessings on them and on the places around my hill, for I will send out showers in due season. These will be showers of blessing. \v 27 Then the trees of the field will produce their fruit, and the earth will yield its produce. My sheep will be secure in their land; then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I break the bars of their yoke, and when I rescue them from the hand of those who enslaved them. \s5 diff --git a/26-EZK/36.usfm b/26-EZK/36.usfm index 339dcadc..3fb7618c 100644 --- a/26-EZK/36.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/36.usfm @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 37 The Lord Yahweh says this: Again I will be asked by the house of Israel to do this for them, to increase them like a flock of people. -\v 38 Like the flocks that are dedicated to Yahweh, like the flocks in Jerusalem at her appointed feasts, the desolate cities will be filled with flocks of people, and they will know that I am Yahweh.'" +\v 38 Like the flock is set apart for sacrifices, like the flock in Jerusalem at her appointed feasts, so will be the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people and they will know that I am Yahweh.'" diff --git a/26-EZK/37.usfm b/26-EZK/37.usfm index 32f6e860..cff432e8 100644 --- a/26-EZK/37.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/37.usfm @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ \s5 \c 37 \p -\v 1 The hand of Yahweh came on me, sent me out by the Spirit of Yahweh, and set me down in the midst of a valley. It was full of bones. +\v 1 The hand of Yahweh was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of Yahweh and set me down in the midst of a valley; it was full of bones. \v 2 Then he made me pass through them round and round. Behold! A great many of them were in the valley. And behold! They were very dry. \v 3 He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live again?" So I said, "Lord Yahweh, you alone know." \s5 \v 4 Then he said to me, "Prophesy over these bones and say to them, 'Dry bones. Listen to the word of Yahweh. -\v 5 The Lord Yahweh says this to these bones: Behold! I am bringing a spirit into you, and you will live. -\v 6 I will place sinews over you and bring flesh onto you. I will cover you with skin and set breath within you so you will live. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.'" +\v 5 The Lord Yahweh says this to these bones: Behold! I am about to put breath into you, and you will live. +\v 6 I will place sinews over you and bring flesh onto you. I will cover you with skin and put breath within you so you will live. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.'" \s5 \p @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \s5 \v 18 When your people speak to you and say, 'Will you not tell us what these things of yours mean?' -\v 19 then say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am taking the branch of Joseph that is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel his companions and joining it to the branch of Judah, so that they will make one branch, and they will be one in my hand.' +\v 19 then say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am taking the branch of Joseph that is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel his companions and joining it to the branch of Judah, so that they will make one branch, and they will become one in my hand.' \v 20 Then hold in your hand the branches that you wrote on before their eyes. \s5 @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ \v 21 Then declare to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am about to take the people of Israel from among the nations where they went. I will gather them from the surrounding lands. For I will bring them to their land. \v 22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and there will be one king as king over all of them, and they will no longer be two nations; they will no longer be divided into two kingdoms. \v 23 Then they will no longer defile themselves with their idols, their disgusting things, or any of their other sins. For I will save them from all of their faithless actions with which they have sinned, and I will purify them, so they will be my people and I will be their God. +\f + \ft Some ancient and most modern versions read in this way: \fqa from all of their faithless actions \fqa* . However, the Hebrew text reads \fqa from their dwelling places \fqa* , which many think makes little sense in this context. \f* \s5 \p @@ -52,9 +53,9 @@ \v 25 They will live in the land that I have given to my servant Jacob, where your fathers had stayed. They will live in it forever—they, their children, and their grandchildren, for David my servant will be their chief forever. \s5 -\v 26 I will establish a covenant of peace with them. It will be an eternal covenant with them. I will establish them and multiply them and set my holy place in their midst forever. +\v 26 I will establish a covenant of peace with them. It will be an everlasting covenant with them. I will establish them and multiply them and set my holy place in their midst forever. \v 27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people. -\v 28 Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh, who dedicates Israel to myself, when my holy place is in their midst forever.'" +\v 28 Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh who sets Israel apart, when my holy place is among them forever.'" diff --git a/26-EZK/38.usfm b/26-EZK/38.usfm index eb97cbc4..6e1ebd60 100644 --- a/26-EZK/38.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/38.usfm @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ \c 38 \p \v 1 The word of Yahweh came to me and said, -\v 2 "Son of man, set your face toward Gog, the land of Magog, the chief of Meshech and Tubal; and prophesy against him! -\v 3 Say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am against you, Gog, chief of Meshech and Tubal. +\v 2 "Son of man, set your face toward Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal; and prophesy against him. +\v 3 Say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. \s5 \v 4 So I will turn you around and set hooks in your jaw; I will send you out with all your army, horses, and horsemen, all of them dressed in full armor, a great company with large shields and small shields, all of them holding swords! diff --git a/26-EZK/39.usfm b/26-EZK/39.usfm index 120be980..b5d47de1 100644 --- a/26-EZK/39.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/39.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 39 \p -\v 1 "Now you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am against you, Gog, chief of Meshech, and Tubal. +\v 1 "Now you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am against you, Gog, chief of Meshech and Tubal. \v 2 I will turn you and lead you on; I will bring you up from the far north and bring you to the mountains of Israel. \v 3 Then I will knock your bow out of your left hand and make the arrows fall from your right hand. @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ \v 22 The house of Israel will know that I am Yahweh their God from that day onward. \s5 -\v 23 And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into captivity because of their iniquity by which they betrayed me, so I hid my face from them and placed them in the hand of their adversaries so that all of them fell by the sword. +\v 23 And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into captivity because of their iniquity by which they betrayed me, so I hid my face from them and gave them into the hand of their adversaries so that all of them fell by the sword. \v 24 I did to them according to their uncleanness and their sins, when I hid my face from them. \s5 diff --git a/26-EZK/40.usfm b/26-EZK/40.usfm index da5ce152..fe39db45 100644 --- a/26-EZK/40.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/40.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 40 \p -\v 1 In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity at the beginning of the year on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was captured—on that same day, the hand of Yahweh was on me and took me there. +\v 1 In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity at the beginning of the year on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was captured—on that same day, the hand of Yahweh was upon me and he took me there. \v 2 In visions from God he brought me to the land of Israel. He brought me to rest on a very high mountain; to the south were what appeared to be buildings of a city. \s5 @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ \p \v 5 There was a wall surrounding the temple complex, and there was a measuring stick in the man's hand, six cubits in length—each "long" cubit equaling a cubit and a handbreadth. The man measured the width of the wall—one stick—and the height—one stick. \v 6 Then he went to the temple gate that faced east and up its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate—one stick in depth. +\f + \ft After \fqa one stick in depth \fqa* , the Hebrew text reads in addition: \fqa one threshold one stick in depth" \fqa* . Many modern versions, however, leave this expression out, because it seems to be a repetition of preceding text. \f* + \v 7 The guard chambers were each one stick long and one stick wide; there were five cubits between any two of the chambers, and the threshold of the temple gate by the temple portico was one stick deep. \s5 @@ -98,7 +100,10 @@ \s5 \p \v 48 Then the man brought me to the portico of the house and measured its doorposts—they were five cubits thick on either side. The entryway itself was fourteen cubits wide, and the walls on each side of it were three cubits wide. +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa the walls on each side of it were three cubits wide \fqa* , the Hebrew text reads \fqa the entrance was three cubits wide \fqa* , but this seems to be a mistake, judging from the preceding words in this verse. \f* \v 49 The sanctuary's portico was twenty cubits long, and its depth was eleven cubits. There were steps that went up to it and columns that stood on either side of it. +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa steps \fqa* , some ancient and modern versions read \fqa ten steps \fqa* . \f* +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa eleven cubits \fqa* , some ancient and modern versions read \fqa twelve cubits \fqa* . \f* diff --git a/26-EZK/41.usfm b/26-EZK/41.usfm index 891e264a..ba80dd98 100644 --- a/26-EZK/41.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/41.usfm @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ \c 41 \p \v 1 Then the man brought me into the temple's holy place and measured the doorposts—six cubits wide on either side. +\f + \ft After \fqa six cubits wide on either side \fqa* , most ancient copies and some modern versions add \fqa the width of the tent \fqa* . \f* \v 2 The width of the doorway was ten cubits; the wall on each side was five cubits long. Then the man measured the dimensions of the holy place—forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. \s5 diff --git a/26-EZK/42.usfm b/26-EZK/42.usfm index 4c83b687..7f7cb1ce 100644 --- a/26-EZK/42.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/42.usfm @@ -4,21 +4,23 @@ \p \v 1 Next the man sent me out to the outer courtyard on the north side, and he brought me to rooms in front of the outer courtyard and the northern outer wall. \v 2 Those rooms were one hundred cubits along their front and fifty cubits wide. -\v 3 Some of those rooms faced the inner courtyard and were twenty cubits away from the sanctuary. There were three levels of rooms, and the ones above looked down on the ones below and were open to them, having a walkway. And some of the rooms looked out onto the outer courtyard. +\v 3 Some of those rooms faced the inner courtyard and were twenty cubits away from the sanctuary. There were three levels of rooms, and the ones above looked down on the ones below and were open to them, having a walkway. Some of the rooms looked out onto the outer courtyard. \s5 \v 4 A passage ten cubits wide and one hundred cubits long ran in front of the rooms. The rooms' doors were toward the north. -\v 5 But the upper halls were smaller, for the walkways took away from them space more than the lower and the middle levels of the building. -\v 6 For they were in three stories, and there were no columns, unlike the courtyards, which had columns. So the upper levels were reduced in size compared to the lower and middle levels. +\f + \ft Some ancient versions and many modern versions read \fqa one hundred cubits \fqa* . Ancient Hebrew copies and some modern versions read read \fqa one cubit \fqa* . \f* +\v 5 But the upper halls were smaller, for the walkways took away from them more space than they did in the lowest and middle levels of the building. +\v 6 For the halls on the third story had no columns, unlike the courtyards, which did have columns. So the highest level's rooms were smaller in size compared to the rooms in the lowest and middle levels. \s5 -\v 7 And the outside wall ran along the rooms toward the outer courtyard, the courtyard that was in front of the rooms. That wall was fifty cubits long. +\v 7 The outside wall ran along the rooms toward the outer courtyard, the courtyard that was in front of the rooms. That wall was fifty cubits long. \v 8 The length of the rooms of the outer courtyard was fifty cubits, and the rooms facing the sanctuary were one hundred cubits long. \v 9 There was an entrance to the lowest rooms from the east side, coming from the outer courtyard. \s5 \p \v 10 Along the wall of the outer courtyard on the eastern side of the outer courtyard, in front of the sanctuary's inner courtyard, there were also rooms. +\f + \ft Hebrew and some modern versions read \fqa on the eastern side \fqa* . However, some ancient copies and most modern versions read \fqa on the southern side \fqa* . \f* \v 11 The walkway in front of them was the same in length and width as the rooms along the northern side. They also had the same number of entrances. \v 12 On the south side were doors into rooms that were just the same as on the north side. A passage on the inside had a door at its head, and the passage opened into the various rooms. On the east side there was a doorway into the passage at one end. @@ -33,9 +35,13 @@ \s5 \v 16 He measured the east side with a measuring stick—five hundred cubits with the measuring stick. +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa five hundred cubits \fqa* , which some ancient and most modern versions read, Hebrew reads \fqa five hundred measuring sticks \fqa* , which seems to be an error. \f* \v 17 He measured the north side—five hundred cubits with the measuring stick. +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa five hundred cubits \fqa* , which some ancient and most modern versions read, Hebrew reads \fqa five hundred measuring sticks \fqa* , which seems to be an error. \f* \v 18 He also measured the south side—five hundred cubits with the measuring stick. +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa five hundred cubits \fqa* , which some ancient and most modern versions read, Hebrew reads \fqa five hundred measuring sticks \fqa* , which seems to be an error. \f* \v 19 He also turned and measured the west side—five hundred cubits with the measuring stick. +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa five hundred cubits \fqa* , which some ancient and most modern versions read, Hebrew reads \fqa five hundred measuring sticks \fqa* , which seems to be an error. \f* \s5 \v 20 He measured it on four sides, its wall with it all around had a length of five hundred cubits and a width of five hundred cubits to separate between the holy and the not holy. diff --git a/26-EZK/43.usfm b/26-EZK/43.usfm index 7d32feae..57692555 100644 --- a/26-EZK/43.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/43.usfm @@ -7,22 +7,23 @@ \s5 \v 3 And it was like the vision that I saw when he had come to destroy the city, and like the vision that I saw at the Chebar Canal—and I fell to my face. +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa when he came \fqa* , which some Hebrew copies and some ancient and many modern versions read, Hebrew reads \fqa when I came \fqa* . \f* \v 4 So the glory of Yahweh came to the house by way of the gate that opened to the east. \v 5 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court. Behold! The glory of Yahweh was filling the house. \s5 \p \v 6 The man was standing beside me, and I heard someone else speaking to me from the house. -\v 7 He said to me, "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet, where I will live in the midst of the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name—they or their kings—with their faithlessness or with the 'corpses' of their kings at their high places. +\v 7 He said to me, "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet, where I will live in the midst of the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name—they or their kings—with their faithlessness or with the corpses of their kings at their high places. \v 8 They will no longer profane my holy name by putting their threshold next to my threshold, and their gateposts next to my gateposts, with nothing but a wall between me and them. They profaned my holy name with their disgusting actions, so I consumed them with my anger. \s5 -\v 9 Now let them remove their faithlessness and the 'corpses' of their kings from before me, and I will live in their midst forever. +\v 9 Now let them remove their faithlessness and the corpses of their kings from before me, and I will live in their midst forever. \s5 \p \v 10 Son of man, you yourself must tell the house of Israel about this house so they will be ashamed of their iniquities. They should think about this description. -\v 11 For if they are ashamed of all that they have done, then reveal to them the design of the house, its details, its exits, its entrances, and all its details, all its decrees and rules. Then write this down before their eyes so they will keep to all its design and all its rules, so as to obey them. +\v 11 For if they are ashamed of all that they have done, then reveal to them the design of the house, its details, its exits, its entrances, and all its designs, all its decrees and rules. Then write this down before their eyes so they will keep to all its design and all its rules, so as to obey them. \s5 \v 12 This is the regulation for the house: From the peak of the hill to all the surrounding border around it, it will be most holy. Behold! This is the regulation for the house. diff --git a/26-EZK/44.usfm b/26-EZK/44.usfm index 32ca906f..9c61d59c 100644 --- a/26-EZK/44.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/44.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \p \v 1 Then the man brought me back to the outer sanctuary gate that faced east; it was closed tightly. \v 2 Yahweh said to me, "This gate has been sealed shut; it will not be opened. No man will go through it, for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has come through it, so it has been closed tightly. -\v 3 The ruler of Israel will sit in it to eat food before Yahweh. He will enter by way of the gate's portico and go out the same way." +\v 3 The ruler of Israel will sit in it to eat food before Yahweh. He will enter by way of the gate's portico and go out the same way." \s5 \p @@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ \s5 \v 6 Then say to the rebellious ones, the house of Israel, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Let all of your disgusting actions be enough for you, house of Israel— -\v 7 that you brought foreigners with uncircumcised hearts and uncircumcised flesh to be in my sanctuary, profaning my house, while you were offering me food, fat and blood. You have broken my covenant with all your disgusting actions. +\v 7 that you brought foreigners with uncircumcised hearts and uncircumcised flesh to be in my sanctuary, profaning my house, while you were offering me food, fat and blood—you have broken my covenant by all your disgusting actions. \s5 -\v 8 You have not acted responsibly toward your obligations for me; instead, you gave others the duty to take care of my holy place. -\v 9 The Lord Yahweh says this: No foreigner from any of those who are in the midst of the people of Israel, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, may enter my sanctuary. +\v 8 You have not carried out your duties regarding my holy things, but you appointed others to take up your duties, and you assigned them to care for my holy place. +\v 9 The Lord Yahweh says this: No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, from any of those who live among the people of Israel, may enter my holy place. \s5 -\v 10 Yet the Levites who went far from me when Israel wandered away, who wandered away from me after their idols—now they will pay for their sin. +\v 10 Yet the Levites went far from me—they wandered away from me, going after their idols—but they will pay for their sin. \v 11 They are servants in my sanctuary, watching the gates of the house and serving in the house and they slaughter the burnt offerings and the people's sacrifices, and they will stand before the people and serve them. \v 12 But because they performed the sacrifices before their idols, they became stumbling blocks for sin for the house of Israel. Therefore I will lift up my hand to swear an oath against them—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—they will bear their punishment. diff --git a/26-EZK/45.usfm b/26-EZK/45.usfm index f863afa3..ecee1e20 100644 --- a/26-EZK/45.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/45.usfm @@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ \c 45 \p \v 1 When you cast lots to divide up the land as an inheritance, you must make an offering to Yahweh; this offering will be a holy part of the land, twenty-five thousand long cubits in length, and ten thousand long cubits wide. It will be holy, all its area round about. +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa ten thousand \fqa* , which the Hebrew text and some modern versions have, some ancient copies and many modern versions have \fqa twenty thousand \fqa* . \f* \v 2 From this there will be a five hundred cubits by five hundred cubits square surrounding the holy place, with a surrounding border fifty cubits wide. \s5 \v 3 From this area you will measure a portion that is twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide; it will be a holy place for you; a most holy place. \v 4 It will be a holy place in the land for the priests who serve Yahweh, who come near Yahweh to serve him. It will be a place for their houses and a holy area for the holy place. \v 5 So it will be twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide, and it will be for towns for the Levites who serve in the house. +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa and it will be for towns for the Levites who serve in the house \fqa* , which some ancient and many modern versions have, the Hebrew text and some modern versions have \fqa they will possess twenty rooms \fqa* . \s5 \v 6 You will designate an area for the city, five thousand cubits wide and twenty-five thousand long, that will be next to the area reserved for the holy place; this city will belong to all the house of Israel. diff --git a/26-EZK/46.usfm b/26-EZK/46.usfm index dfc04f9a..2cea94fd 100644 --- a/26-EZK/46.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/46.usfm @@ -40,11 +40,12 @@ \s5 \p \v 19 Next the man brought me through the entrance at the gate to the holy rooms for the priests, which faced north and behold! There was a place toward the west. -\v 20 He said to me, "This is the place where the priests must boil the guilt offering and the sin offering and where they must bake the grain offering. They must not bring them out to the outer courtyard, in order to dedicate the people to Yahweh." +\v 20 He said to me, "This is the place where the priests must boil the guilt offering and the sin offering and where they must bake the grain offering. They must not bring the offerings into the outer courtyard, for then the people would be consecrated." \s5 \v 21 Then he brought me to the outer courtyard and he led me past the four corners of that courtyard, and I saw that in at every corner of the courtyard there was a another court. -\v 22 In the four corners of the outer courtyard there were four corner courtyards, forty cubits long and thirty wide. There the same dimensions for all four of the corner courtyards. +\v 22 In the four corners of the outer courtyard there were four small courtyards, forty cubits long and thirty wide. There the same dimensions for all four of the courtyards. +\f + \ft The Hebrew word translated here as \fqa small \fqa* is unclear. It is translated in this way by some ancient and some modern versions. However, other modern versions translate it differently. \f* \v 23 There was a row made of stone all around the four of them, and cooking hearths were under the stone row. \v 24 The man said to me, "These are the places where the temple servants will boil the people's sacrifices." diff --git a/26-EZK/47.usfm b/26-EZK/47.usfm index 9fe7fd14..1e90aee5 100644 --- a/26-EZK/47.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/47.usfm @@ -32,12 +32,16 @@ \s5 \p -\v 15 This will be the boundary of the land on the north side from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon and on to Lebo Hamath to Zedad. -\v 16 Then the boundary will go to Berothah, to Sibraim—which is between Damascus and Hamath, to Hazer Hatticon—which is beside the boundary of Hauran. +\v 15 This will be the boundary of the land on the north side from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon, and then to Zedad. +\f + \ft The Hebrew text reads \fqa by way of Hethlon, and then to Zedad \fqa* , but some modern versions imitate 48:1 and add \fqa Lebo Hamath \fqa* . \f* +\v 16 Then the boundary will go to Berothah, to Sibraim, which is between Damascus and Hamath, and then to Hazer Hatticon, which is beside the boundary of Hauran. \v 17 So the boundary will go from the sea to Hazar Enon on the border with Damascus and Hamath to the north. This will be the north side. \s5 -\v 18 On the east side, between Hauran and Damascus and between Gilead and the land of Israel will be the Jordan River. This boundary will run as far as Tamar. +\v 18 On the east side, between Hauran and Damascus and between Gilead and the land of Israel will be the Jordan River. You must measure from the border to the eastern sea; all of this will be the eastern border. +\f + \ft The Hebrew text reads \fqa You must measure from the border to the eastern sea \fqa* . However, some ancient and modern versions read \fqa to the eastern sea as far as Tamar \fqa* . \f* + + \v 19 Then the south side: south of Tamar to the waters of Meribah Kadesh, the brook of Egypt to the Great Sea, and the southern side toward the south. \v 20 Then the western boundary will be the Great Sea to where it goes opposite Hamath. This will be the western side. diff --git a/26-EZK/48.usfm b/26-EZK/48.usfm index ad579e5b..4b9c59e6 100644 --- a/26-EZK/48.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/48.usfm @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \s5 \v 10 These will be the assignments of this holy portion of land: the priests will have land assigned to them measuring twenty-five thousand cubits in width on the north side; ten thousand cubits in width on the west side; ten thousand cubits in width on the east side; and twenty-five thousand cubits in length on the south side, with the holy place of Yahweh in the middle of it. -\v 11 This shall be for those who are dedicated to Yahweh; the priests of the line of Zadok who have served me faithfully, who did not go astray when the people of Israel went astray, as the Levites did. +\v 11 This will be for the consecration of the priests of the line of Zadok, who have served me faithfully and who did not go astray when the people of Israel went astray, as the Levites did. \v 12 The offering for them will be a portion of this most holy land, extending to the border of the Levites. \s5 diff --git a/27-DAN/02.usfm b/27-DAN/02.usfm index 3507f646..a6669281 100644 --- a/27-DAN/02.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/02.usfm @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ what we requested from you; \s5 \v 27 Daniel answered the king and said, "The mystery that the king has demanded cannot be revealed by those who have wisdom, nor by those who claim to speak with the dead, nor by magicians, and not by astrologers. -\v 28 Nevertheless, there is a God who lives in the heavens, who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, what will happen in the days to come. Your dream and the visions of your mind as you lay on your bed were these: +\v 28 Nevertheless, there is a God who lives in the heavens, who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, what will happen in the days to come. These were your dream and the visions of your mind as you lay on your bed. \s5 \v 29 As for you, king, your thoughts on your bed were about things to come, and the one who reveals mysteries has made known to you what is about to happen. diff --git a/27-DAN/05.usfm b/27-DAN/05.usfm index 8a790257..8e26b1c8 100644 --- a/27-DAN/05.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/05.usfm @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 10 Now the queen mother came into the banquet house because of what the king and his nobles had said. The queen mother said, "King, live forever! Do not let your thoughts trouble you. Do not let the look on your face change. +\v 10 Now the queen came into the banquet house because of what the king and his nobles had said. The queen said, "King, live forever! Do not let your thoughts trouble you. Do not let the look on your face change. \s5 \v 11 There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods was found in him. King Nebuchadnezzar, your father the king, made him chief of the magicians, as well as chief of those who speak with the dead, of the wise men, and of the astrologers. diff --git a/27-DAN/06.usfm b/27-DAN/06.usfm index ffbf0d87..b3441ab1 100644 --- a/27-DAN/06.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/06.usfm @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ He makes us safe and rescues us, \q and he does signs and wonders \q in heaven and in earth; -\q he has kept Daniel safe from the power of the lions." +\q he has kept Daniel safe from the strength of the lions." \s5 \v 28 So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and during the reign of Cyrus the Persian. diff --git a/27-DAN/07.usfm b/27-DAN/07.usfm index e761c52e..7bb50e12 100644 --- a/27-DAN/07.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/07.usfm @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \q and the books were opened. \s5 -\v 11 I continued to look because of the boastful words spoken by the horn. I watched while the animal was killed, and its body was destroyed, and it was handed over to be burned up. +\v 11 I continued to look because of the boastful words spoken by the horn. I watched while the animal was killed, and its body was destroyed, and it was given over to be burned up. \v 12 As for the rest of the four animals, their authority to rule was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a period of time. \s5 diff --git a/27-DAN/11.usfm b/27-DAN/11.usfm index de8fbd9f..7e57943a 100644 --- a/27-DAN/11.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/11.usfm @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ \s5 \p \v 5 The king of the South will become strong, but one of his commanders will become stronger than he and will rule an even greater kingdom. -\v 6 After a few years, when the time is right, they will make an alliance. The daughter of the king of the South will come to the king of the North to confirm the agreement. But she will lose her power, and she will be abandoned—she and those who brought her, and her father, and the one who supported her in those times. +\v 6 After a few years, when the time is right, they will make an alliance. The daughter of the king of the South will come to the king of the North to confirm the agreement. But she will not keep her arm's strength, nor will he stand, or his arm. She will be abandoned—she and those who brought her, and her father, and the one who supported her in those times. +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa his arm \fqb , which the Hebrew text has, some ancient and many modern versions read \fqa his seed \fqb , that is, \fqa his children \fqb . \f* \s5 \p @@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ \v 10 His sons will wage war and assemble a great army, which will keep coming and will overflow like a flood, pass through, and repeat the assault all the way to his fortress. \s5 -\v 11 The king of the South will march out in a rage and will fight against the king of the North. The king of the North will raise up a great army, but it will be handed over to the king of the South. +\v 11 The king of the South will march out in a rage and will fight against the king of the North. The king of the North will raise up a great army, but it will delivered over into the hand of the king of the South. \v 12 When the army is carried off, the king of the South will be filled with pride, and will have many thousands of his enemies killed. But he will not succeed. \s5 @@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ \s5 \v 31 His forces will rise up and profane the sanctuary and the fortress; they will take away the regular burnt offering, and they will set up the abomination that causes complete desolation. -\v 32 He will flatter those who have violated the covenant and will seduce them, but the people who know their God will be strong and will take action. +\v 32 He will flatter those who broke the covenant and will seduce them, but the people who know their God will be strong and will take action. \s5 \v 33 The wise among the people will give understanding to many. But for days they will fall by the sword and by flame, they will be taken as prisoners and robbed of their possessions. @@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ \s5 \v 38 Instead of them, he will honor the god of fortresses. He will honor a god whom his ancestors did not know with gold and silver, with precious stones and costly gifts. -\v 39 He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of people who belong to a foreign god. He will give honor to whoever acknowledges him. He will make them rulers over many people and he will divide up the land for a price. +\v 39 He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of people who belong to a foreign god. He will give honor to whoever acknowledges him. He will make them rulers over many people, and he will divide up the land as a reward. \s5 \p @@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ \s5 \v 44 But reports from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will go out with great rage to destroy and to set many apart for destruction. -\v 45 He will set up the tents of his palace between the seas, at the beautiful, holy mountain. He will come to his end, and there will be no one to help him." +\v 45 He will set up the tents of his palace between the seas and the beautiful holy mountain. He will come to his end, and there will be no one to help him. diff --git a/27-DAN/12.usfm b/27-DAN/12.usfm index 216da6b9..80564d18 100644 --- a/27-DAN/12.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/12.usfm @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \v 6 One of them said to the man clothed in linen, the one who was upstream along the river, "How long will it be to the end of these amazing events?" \s5 -\v 7 I heard the man clothed in linen, who was upstream along the river—he raised his right hand and his left hand to heaven and swore by the one who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time. When the shattering of the power of the holy people comes to an end, all these things will be completed. +\v 7 I heard the man clothed in linen, who was upstream along the river—he raised his right hand and his left hand to heaven and swore by the one who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed. \s5 \v 8 I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, "My master, what will be the outcome of all these things?" diff --git a/28-HOS/04.usfm b/28-HOS/04.usfm index 5b02d546..14ba90f3 100644 --- a/28-HOS/04.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/04.usfm @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \q \v 7 The more the priests multiplied, \q the more they sinned against me. -\q I will change their honor into shame. +\q They exchanged their honor for shame. \s5 \q diff --git a/28-HOS/05.usfm b/28-HOS/05.usfm index 40f7aa13..7a63d68c 100644 --- a/28-HOS/05.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/05.usfm @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ \q \v 11 Ephraim is crushed; \q he is crushed in judgment, -\q because he was determined to bow down to idols. +\q because he has willingly walked after idols. \s5 \q diff --git a/28-HOS/07.usfm b/28-HOS/07.usfm index c3e14934..21ee7234 100644 --- a/28-HOS/07.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/07.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 7 \p \q -\v 1 Whenever I want to heal Israel, +\v 1 Whenever I want to heal Israel, \q the sin of Ephraim is exposed, \q as well as the evil deeds of Samaria, \q for they practice deceit; @@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ \q \v 14 They have not cried to me with all their heart, \q but they wail on their beds. -\q They cut themselves to obtain grain and new wine, +\q They gather together for grain and new wine, \q and they turn away from me. +\f + \ft Instead of \fqa They gather together \fqa* , which the Hebrew text has, some ancient copies and many modern versions have \fqa They cut themselves \fqa* , an allusion to the pagan custom of idol worshipers wounding themselves in the frenzy of prayer. \f* \q \v 15 Though I trained them and strengthened their arms, \q they are now plotting evil against me. diff --git a/28-HOS/08.usfm b/28-HOS/08.usfm index 44082533..dd485ce2 100644 --- a/28-HOS/08.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/08.usfm @@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ \c 8 \p \q -\v 1 "Place a trumpet at your lips. -\q An eagle is coming over the house of Yahweh. -\q This is happening because the people have broken my covenant +\v 1 "Place a trumpet at your lips! +\q An eagle is coming over the house of Yahweh +\q because the people have broken my covenant \q and rebelled against my law. \q \v 2 They cry out to me, diff --git a/28-HOS/09.usfm b/28-HOS/09.usfm index 968c3cee..aa6b2427 100644 --- a/28-HOS/09.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/09.usfm @@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ \s5 \q -\v 8 The prophet who is with my God is the watchman for Ephraim, -\q but a bird snare is on all of his paths, +\v 8 The prophet is the watchman for my God over Ephraim. +\q But a bird snare is on all of his paths, \q and hostility toward him is in the house of his God. \q \v 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ \v 10 Yahweh says, "When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. \q Like the firstfruit of the season on the fig tree, I found your fathers. \q But they went to Baal Peor, -\q and they dedicated themselves to that shameful idol. +\q and they devoted themselves to that shameful idol. \q They became as detestable as the idol they loved. \s5 diff --git a/28-HOS/11.usfm b/28-HOS/11.usfm index c8760e08..6584dab1 100644 --- a/28-HOS/11.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/11.usfm @@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ \q and I called my son out of Egypt. \q \v 2 The more they were called, -\q the more they turned away. +\q the more they went away from me. \q They sacrificed to the Baals \q and burned incense to idols. +\f + \ft Some ancient and most modern versions have \fqa they went away from me \fqa* . The Hebrew text has \fqa they went away from them \fqa* . \f* \s5 \q diff --git a/28-HOS/13.usfm b/28-HOS/13.usfm index 28d20fb3..f1b0ba7f 100644 --- a/28-HOS/13.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/13.usfm @@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ \s5 \q -\v 14 Will I really rescue them from the power of sheol? -\q Will I really rescue them from death? -\q Death, where are your plagues? Bring them here. -\q Sheol, where is your destruction? Bring it here. +\v 14 Will I rescue them from the hand of Sheol? +\q Will I rescue them from death? +\q Where, death, are your plagues? +\q Where, Sheol, is your destruction? \q Compassion is hidden from my eyes." \s5 diff --git a/29-JOL/01.usfm b/29-JOL/01.usfm index 2953b367..35a82160 100644 --- a/29-JOL/01.usfm +++ b/29-JOL/01.usfm @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ \v 14 Call for a holy fast, \q and call a holy assembly. \q Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land -\q to the house of Yahweh, your God, +\q to the house of Yahweh your God, \q and cry to Yahweh. \s5 diff --git a/29-JOL/03.usfm b/29-JOL/03.usfm index c3dde7e6..c07b9908 100644 --- a/29-JOL/03.usfm +++ b/29-JOL/03.usfm @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ \p \q \v 9 Proclaim this among the nations, -\q 'Dedicate yourselves for war, +\q 'Prepare yourselves for war, \q rouse the mighty men, \q let them come near, \q let all the men of battle come up. diff --git a/30-AMO/01.usfm b/30-AMO/01.usfm index 46fd8846..8a23126d 100644 --- a/30-AMO/01.usfm +++ b/30-AMO/01.usfm @@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ Judah, and also in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, two years b \q "For three sins of Tyre, \q even for four, \q I will not turn away punishment, -\q because they handed over whole people groups to Edom, -\q and they broke their treaty of brotherhood. +\q because they had delivered up a whole people to Edom, +\q and they broke their covenant of brotherhood. \q \v 10 I will send fire on the walls of Tyre, \q and it will devour her fortresses." diff --git a/30-AMO/09.usfm b/30-AMO/09.usfm index 5b950566..35e40a29 100644 --- a/30-AMO/09.usfm +++ b/30-AMO/09.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \q Not one of them will get away, \q not one of them will escape. \q -\v 2 Though they dig into sheol, +\v 2 Though they dig into Sheol, \q there my hand will take them. \q Though they climb up to heaven, \q there I will bring them down. diff --git a/32-JON/01.usfm b/32-JON/01.usfm index 3b6f97a0..418e7478 100644 --- a/32-JON/01.usfm +++ b/32-JON/01.usfm @@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ \s5 \p -\v 17 Now Yahweh had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. +\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. diff --git a/32-JON/02.usfm b/32-JON/02.usfm index 9d274c26..71245461 100644 --- a/32-JON/02.usfm +++ b/32-JON/02.usfm @@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ \s5 \c 2 \nb -\v 1 Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the fish's belly. +\v 1 Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the fish's stomach. \v 2 He said, \q "I called out to Yahweh about my distress \q and he answered me; -\q from the belly of sheol I cried out for help! +\q from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help! \q You heard my voice. \s5 diff --git a/33-MIC/01.usfm b/33-MIC/01.usfm index 0e10a758..f6cf63ee 100644 --- a/33-MIC/01.usfm +++ b/33-MIC/01.usfm @@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ \s5 \q -\v 15 I will bring to you, inhabitants of Mareshah, -\q one who will take possession of you. -\q The leaders of Israel will go to Adullam's cave. +\v 15 I will again bring a conqueror to you, +\q inhabitants of Mareshah; +\q the splendor of Israel will come to Adullam. \q \v 16 Shave your head \q and cut off your hair diff --git a/33-MIC/03.usfm b/33-MIC/03.usfm index 6dc26593..ac7f451f 100644 --- a/33-MIC/03.usfm +++ b/33-MIC/03.usfm @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ \q \v 12 Therefore, because of you, \q Zion will be plowed like a field, -\q Jerusalem will be a heap of ruins, +\q Jerusalem will be a heap of rubble, \q and the hill of the temple will be like a forested hill. diff --git a/33-MIC/04.usfm b/33-MIC/04.usfm index 7c3a3f90..83cb93c6 100644 --- a/33-MIC/04.usfm +++ b/33-MIC/04.usfm @@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ \v 3 He will judge among many peoples \q and will decide concerning numerous nations far away. \q They will beat their swords into plowshares -\q and their spears into pruning knives. +\q and their spears into pruning hooks. \q Nation will not lift up sword against nation, -\q neither will they learn how to wage war any more. +\q nor will they train for war any longer. \s5 \q diff --git a/33-MIC/05.usfm b/33-MIC/05.usfm index d363b622..e389c948 100644 --- a/33-MIC/05.usfm +++ b/33-MIC/05.usfm @@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ \p \q \v 1 Now come together in battle ranks, -\q people of Jerusalem. -\q A wall is around your city, -\q but they will strike the leader of Israel -\q with a rod on the cheek. +\q daughter of soldiers; +\q the soldiers have set up a siege around city, +\q with a rod they will strike the judge of Israel +\q on the cheek. \s5 \p @@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ \q when they come into our land, \q when they march inside our borders. \q -\v 7 The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples, +\v 7 The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples, \q like dew from Yahweh, \q like showers on the grass, -\q that do not wait for man, -\q not for human beings. +\q that do not wait for a man, +\q and they do not wait for the children of mankind. \s5 \q @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ \p \q \v 10 "It will happen in that day," says Yahweh, -\q "that I will destroy your horses among you +\q "that I will destroy your horses from among you \q and will demolish your chariots. \q \v 11 I will destroy the cities in your land @@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ \q and you will no longer have any diviners. \q \v 13 I will destroy your carved figures -\q and your stone pillars among you. +\q and your stone pillars from among you. \q You will no longer worship the workmanship of your hands. \q -\v 14 I will uproot your Asherah poles among you, +\v 14 I will uproot your Asherah poles from among you, \q and I will destroy your cities. \q \v 15 I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath diff --git a/33-MIC/07.usfm b/33-MIC/07.usfm index e952f25e..7d650a0b 100644 --- a/33-MIC/07.usfm +++ b/33-MIC/07.usfm @@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ \q \v 1 Woe is me! \q For me it is like when the harvest of summer fruit is over, -\q and also even the gleaning of the left-over grapes in the vineyards: +\q and also even the gleaning of the leftover grapes in the vineyards: \q There are no more clusters of fruit to be found, \q none of the early figs that I crave. \q \v 2 Faithful people have disappeared from the land, -\q there is no upright person within the human race. +\q there is no upright person in all mankind. \q They all lie in wait to shed blood; \q each one hunts his own brother with a net. @@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ \q \v 14 Shepherd your people with your rod, \q the flock of your inheritance. -\q Even though they are living alone -\q in a forest by Mount Carmel, -\q let them feed in Bashan and Gilead -\q as in ancient days. +\q They live alone in a forest, +\q in the midst of a plantation. +\q Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead +\q like in the old days. \q \v 15 As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt, \q I will show them wonders. diff --git a/35-HAB/01.usfm b/35-HAB/01.usfm index 57cd9e99..ad961fca 100644 --- a/35-HAB/01.usfm +++ b/35-HAB/01.usfm @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ \q \v 13 Your eyes are too pure to gaze upon evil, and you are not able to look on wrongdoing with favor; \q why then have you looked favorably on those who betray? -\q Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves? +\q Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than they are? \q \v 14 You make men like fish in the sea, like creeping things without a ruler over them. @@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ \v 15 They bring up all of them with fishhooks; they drag men away in fishnets \q and gather them in their net. This is why they rejoice and shout exuberantly! \q -\v 16 Therefore they sacrifice to their fishing net and burn incense to their net, +\v 16 Therefore they sacrifice to their fishing nets and burn incense to their net, \q for fattened beasts are their portion, and the fatty meat is their food! \q -\v 17 Will they therefore empty their net and continue to slaughter the nations, feeling no compassion?" +\v 17 Will they therefore empty their fishing nets and continue to slaughter the nations, feeling no compassion?" diff --git a/35-HAB/02.usfm b/35-HAB/02.usfm index 7fde1a15..1cb76fc2 100644 --- a/35-HAB/02.usfm +++ b/35-HAB/02.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 2 \p \q -\v 1 I will stand at my guardpost and station myself on the watchtower, and I will watch carefully +\v 1 I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the watchtower, and I will watch carefully \q to see what he will say to me and how I should turn from my complaint. \s5 @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \v 13 Is it not from Yahweh of hosts \q2 that peoples labor for fire and all the other nations weary themselves for nothing? \q2 -\v 14 Yet the land will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh like the waters cover the sea. +\v 14 Yet the land will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh as the waters cover the sea. \s5 \p diff --git a/35-HAB/03.usfm b/35-HAB/03.usfm index 2da7f139..a87a10c1 100644 --- a/35-HAB/03.usfm +++ b/35-HAB/03.usfm @@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ \s5 \q -\v 4 The rays of his hand were gleaming like the light, -\q and there he kept his power. +\v 4 The two rays of his hand were as bright as lightning, +\q where his strength was hidden. \q -\v 5 Pestilence went before his face, and plague after his feet. +\v 5 Deadly disease went before him, and plague went after his feet. \s5 \q @@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ \q \v 7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction, and the fabric of the tents in the land of Midian trembling. \q -\v 8 Was Yahweh angry with the rivers? Was your wrath against the rivers, or your fury against the sea -\q when you rode upon your horses, your chariot of salvation? +\v 8 Was Yahweh angry at the rivers? Was your wrath against the rivers, +\q or your fury against the sea, +\q when you rode upon your horses and your victorious chariots? \s5 \q @@ -48,8 +49,8 @@ \s5 \q -\v 11 The sun and moon stood still in their lofty places, -\q then went away at the light of your arrows and the gleaming lightning of your spear! +\v 11 The sun and moon stood still above in their high places +\q at the light of your arrows and they flew, at the brightness of the lightning flash of your spear! \q \v 12 You have marched over the earth with indignation. In wrath you have threshed the nations. @@ -76,15 +77,16 @@ \s5 \q2 \v 17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there is no produce from the vines; -\q2 though the produce of the olive tree disappoints, and the fields yield no food; -\q2 though the flock is cut off from the fold, and there is no cattle in the stalls— +\q2 and though the produce of the olive tree disappoints and the fields yield no food; +\q2 and thought the flock is cut off from the fold and there is no cattle in the stalls, this is what I will do. \s5 \q -\v 18 Still, I will rejoice in Yahweh! I will be happy because the God of my salvation! +\v 18 Still, I will rejoice in Yahweh! I will be joyful because of the God of my salvation! \q -\v 19 The Lord Yahweh is my strength, -\q and he makes my feet like hinds' feet and leads me upon my high places! +\v 19 The Lord Yahweh is my strength +\q and he makes my feet like the deer's. +\q He makes me go forward on my high places! \q3 —To the music director, on my stringed instruments. diff --git a/36-ZEP/01.usfm b/36-ZEP/01.usfm index 3128a546..f834a3b0 100644 --- a/36-ZEP/01.usfm +++ b/36-ZEP/01.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah. \v 2 "I will utterly destroy everything from off the face of the earth!—this is Yahweh's declaration. \q \v 3 I will destroy man and beast; I will destroy the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, -\q the ruins along with the wicked! +\q the ruins along with the wicked. \q For I will cut off man from the face of the earth!—this is Yahweh's declaration. \s5 @@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah. \s5 \p \q2 -\v 7 Be silent in the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is approaching; -\q2 for Yahweh has prepared the sacrifice and dedicated his guests. +\v 7 Be silent before the Lord Yahweh! For the day of Yahweh is near; +\q2 Yahweh has prepared the sacrifice and set apart his guests. \q \v 8 "It will come about on the day of Yahweh's sacrifice, \q that I will punish the princes and the king's sons, \q and everyone dressed in foreign clothes. \q -\v 9 On that day I will punish all those who leap over the doorsill, -\q those who fill their master's house with violence and deceit! +\v 9 On that day I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, +\q those who fill their master's house with violence and deceit. \s5 \p @@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah. \v 12 It will come about at that time that \q I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men \q who have settled into their wine and say in their heart, -\q 'Yahweh will not do anything, either good or evil!' +\q 'Yahweh will not do anything, either good or evil.' \q \v 13 Their wealth will become plunder, and their houses will be an abandoned devastation! -\q They will build houses but not live in them, and plant vineyards but not drink their wine! +\q They will build houses but not live in them, and plant vineyards but not drink their wine. \s5 \p @@ -63,17 +63,17 @@ Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah. \q \v 15 That day will be a day of fury, a day of distress and anguish, \q a day of storm and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, -\q a day of clouds and billowing darkness! +\q a day of clouds and thick darkness. \q \v 16 It will be a day of trumpets and alarms -\q against the fortified cities and the high battlements! +\q against the fortified cities and the high battlements. \s5 \q2 \v 17 For I will bring distress upon mankind, so that they will walk about like blind men -\q2 since they have sinned against Yahweh! -\q2 Their blood will be poured out like dust, and their inner parts like dung! +\q2 since they have sinned against Yahweh. +\q2 Their blood will be poured out like dust, and their inner parts like dung. \q2 \v 18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them -\q2 on the day of Yahweh's fury! The fire of Yahweh's wrath will consume the whole land, -\q2 for the annihilation that he will bring against all the inhabitants of the land will be terrifying!" +\q2 on the day of Yahweh's fury. In the fire of his jealousy the whole earth will be consumed, +\q2 for he will bring a complete, a terrible end of all the inhabitants of the earth." diff --git a/36-ZEP/02.usfm b/36-ZEP/02.usfm index 06496005..ec29df64 100644 --- a/36-ZEP/02.usfm +++ b/36-ZEP/02.usfm @@ -6,21 +6,21 @@ \q \v 1 Rally yourselves together and gather, unashamed nation— \q -\v 2 before the decree enacts a result, before the day passes like the chaff, -\q before the fierce anger of Yahweh's wrath comes upon you! Before the day of Yahweh's wrath comes upon you! +\v 2 before the decree takes effect and that day passes like the chaff, +\q before the fierce anger of Yahweh's wrath comes upon you, before the day of the wrath of Yahweh comes upon you. \q \v 3 Seek Yahweh, all you humble people on earth who obey his decrees! -\q Seek righteousness! Seek humility, -\q and perhaps you will be protected in the day of Yahweh's wrath! +\q Seek righteousness. Seek humility, +\q and perhaps you will be protected in the day of Yahweh's wrath. \s5 \p \q -\v 4 For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon will turn into a devastation! +\v 4 For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon will turn into a devastation. \q They will drive out Ashdod at noon, and they will uproot Ekron! \q2 \v 5 Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, the nation of the Cherethites! Yahweh has spoken against you, -\q2 Canaan, land of the Philistines! I will destroy you until no inhabitant remains! +\q2 Canaan, land of the Philistines. I will destroy you until no inhabitant remains. \s5 \q2 @@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ \q \v 9 Therefore, as I live—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel,— \q Moab will become like Sodom, and the people of Ammon like Gomorrah; -\q a weedy place and a salt pit, deserted forever! -\q But the remnant of my people will plunder them, and the remainder of my nation will inherit from them!" +\q a a place of nettles and a salt pit, deserted forever. +\q But the remnant of my people will plunder them, and the remainder of my nation will take possession of them." \s5 \p -\v 10 This will happen to Moab and Ammon because of their pride, since they taunted and mocked the people of Yahweh of hosts! +\v 10 This will happen to Moab and Ammon because of their pride, since they taunted and mocked the people of Yahweh of hosts. \v 11 Then they will fear Yahweh, for he will taunt all the gods of the earth. Everyone will worship him, everyone -from his own place, from every seashore! +from his own place, from every seashore. \s5 \p @@ -55,16 +55,16 @@ from his own place, from every seashore! \v 13 and God's hand will attack the north and destroy Assyria, \q so that Nineveh will become an abandoned devastation, as dry as the desert. \q -\v 14 Then herds will lie down in the middle of Assyria, every beast of the nations, -\q and birds and owls will nest in the tops of her pillars. -\q There will be a chirping sound in the windows and ravens will call on their doorsteps, for he has exposed the cedar beams. +\v 14 Then herds will lie down there, every animal of the nations, +\q both the desert owl and the hedgehog will rest in the top of her columns. +\q A call will sing out from the windows; rubble will be in the doorways; her carved cedar beams will be exposed. \s5 \q \v 15 This is the exultant city that lived without fear, -\q that said in her heart, "I am, and nothing is my equal!" -\q How she has become a horror, a place for beasts to lie down in! -\q Every one that passes by her will hiss and shake his fist at her! +\q that said in her heart, "I am, and nothing is my equal." +\q How she has become a horror, a place for beasts to lie down in. +\q Every one that passes by her will hiss and shake his fist at her. diff --git a/36-ZEP/03.usfm b/36-ZEP/03.usfm index a65678de..f781c18d 100644 --- a/36-ZEP/03.usfm +++ b/36-ZEP/03.usfm @@ -4,23 +4,23 @@ \c 3 \p \q -\v 1 Woe to the rebellious city! The violent city is defiled! +\v 1 Woe to the rebellious city! The violent city is defiled. \q -\v 2 She has not listened to the voice of God, nor accepted correction from Yahweh! +\v 2 She has not listened to the voice of God, nor accepted correction from Yahweh. \q She does not trust in Yahweh and will not approach her God. \s5 \q -\v 3 Her princes are roaring lions in her midst! -\q Her judges are evening wolves who leave nothing to be gnawed upon in the morning! +\v 3 Her princes are roaring lions in her midst. +\q Her judges are evening wolves who leave nothing to be gnawed upon in the morning. \q -\v 4 Her prophets are insolent and treasonous men! -\q Her priests have profaned what is holy and have done violence to the law! +\v 4 Her prophets are insolent and treasonous men. +\q Her priests have profaned what is holy and have done violence to the law. \s5 \q2 -\v 5 Yahweh is righteous in her midst! He can do no wrong! -\q2 Morning by morning he will dispense his justice! It will not be hidden in the light, yet criminals know no shame! +\v 5 Yahweh is righteous in her midst. He can do no wrong. +\q2 Morning by morning he will dispense his justice! It will not be hidden in the light, yet unrighteous people know no shame. \s5 \q @@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ \q I have made their streets ruins, so that no one passes over them. \q Their cities are destroyed so that there is no man inhabiting them. \q -\v 7 I said, 'Surely you will fear me! Accept correction -\q and do not be cut off from your homes by all that I have planned to do to you!' +\v 7 I said, 'Surely you will fear me. Accept correction +\q and do not be cut off from your homes by all that I have planned to do to you.' \q But they were eager to begin each morning by corrupting all their deeds. \s5 \q -\v 8 Therefore wait for me—this is Yahweh's declaration—until the day that I rise up to plunder! +\v 8 Therefore wait for me—this is Yahweh's declaration—until the day that I rise up to plunder. \q For my decision is to gather the nations, to assemble the kingdoms, \q and to pour out upon them my anger, all my fierce wrath, \q so that all the land will be devoured by the fire of my anger. @@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ \s5 \p \q -\v 14 Sing, daughter of Zion! Cheer, Israel! -\q Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem! +\v 14 Sing, daughter of Zion! Shout, Israel. +\q Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem. \q \v 15 Yahweh has taken away your punishment; he has driven out your enemies! \q Yahweh is the king of Israel among you. You will never again fear evil! @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ \q \v 17 Yahweh your God is among you, a mighty one to save you. \q He will celebrate over you and with joy he will be silent over you in his love. -\q He will be glad over you and he will shout of joy. +\q He will be glad over you and he will shout for joy. \q \v 18 Those grieved by the appointed feast—I have gathered them together from you, they became a burden and a reason for shame among you. diff --git a/37-HAG/01.usfm b/37-HAG/01.usfm index a332fa07..4660769f 100644 --- a/37-HAG/01.usfm +++ b/37-HAG/01.usfm @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ \s5 \c 1 \p -\v 1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of Yahweh came by -the hand of Haggai the prophet to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and said, +\v 1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and said, \v 2 "Yahweh of hosts says this: These people say, 'It is not time for us to come or to build Yahweh's house.'" \s5 @@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ the hand of Haggai the prophet to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel son of Sheal \q then I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified!—says Yahweh. \q \v 9 You looked for much, but behold! you have brought little home, for I blew it away! -\q Why?—this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration! +\q Why?—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts! \q Because my house lies in ruins, while every man takes pleasure in his own house. \s5 diff --git a/37-HAG/02.usfm b/37-HAG/02.usfm index d62e6497..1e0dfb22 100644 --- a/37-HAG/02.usfm +++ b/37-HAG/02.usfm @@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ \v 4 Now, be strong, Zerubbabel!—this is Yahweh's declaration— \q and be strong, high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak; \q and be strong, all you people in the land!—this is Yahweh's declaration— -\q and work, for I am with you!—this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration. +\q and work, for I am with you!—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts. \q \v 5 By the promises contained in the covenant that I established with you when you came out of Egypt -\q and my Spirit stood among you, do not fear! +\q and my Spirit standing among you, do not fear! \s5 \q @@ -29,17 +29,16 @@ \s5 \q -\v 8 The silver and gold are mine!—this is Yahweh of Host's declaration. +\v 8 The silver and gold are mine!—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts. \q \v 9 The glory of this house will be greater in the future than at the beginning, says Yahweh of hosts, -\q and I will give peace in this place!—this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration." +\q and I will give peace in this place!—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts." \s5 \p \v 10 In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet and said, \v 11 "Yahweh of hosts says this: Ask the priests concerning the law, and say, -\v 12 'If a man carries meat that is dedicated to Yahweh in the folds of his garment, and if he touches the fold to bread or stew, wine or oil, or -any other food, does that food become holy?'" The priests answered and said, "No." +\v 12 'If a man carries meat that is set apart to Yahweh in the folds of his garment, and if he touches bread or stew, wine or oil, or any other food with his fold, does that food become holy?'" The priests answered and said, "No." \s5 \v 13 Then Haggai said, "If someone who is unclean because of death touches any of these things, do they become unclean?" The @@ -47,9 +46,8 @@ priests answered and said, "Yes, they become unclean." \v 14 So Haggai answered and said, "So it is with this people and this nation before me!—this is Yahweh's declaration—and so it is with everything done by their hands: what they offer to me is unclean. \s5 -\v 15 So now, consider from this day forward, before any stone was laid on another stone in the temple of Yahweh, -\v 16 whenever anyone came to the grainery for twenty measures of grain, there were only ten, and whenever someone came to the -wine vat to draw out fifty measures of wine, there were only twenty. +\v 15 So now, consider from this day forward. Before a stone was laid in the temple of Yahweh, +\v 16 how was it then? When one came to a heap of grain expecting twenty measures, but there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty measures, but there were only twenty? \v 17 I afflicted you and all the work of your hands with blight and mildew, but you still did not turn to me—this is Yahweh's declaration. \s5 @@ -62,11 +60,11 @@ wine vat to draw out fifty measures of wine, there were only twenty. \v 21 "Speak to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel, and say, \q 'I will shake the heavens and the earth. \q -\v 22 for I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms and destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations! +\v 22 For I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms and destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations! \q I will overthrow the chariots and their riders; the horses and their riders will fall down, each one because of his brother's sword. \s5 \q2 -\v 23 On that day—this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration—I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, as my servant—this is Yahweh's declaration. +\v 23 On that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, as my servant—this is Yahweh's declaration. \q2 I will set you like the seal on my ring, for it is you that I have chosen! -\q2 —this is Yahweh of Host's declaration!'" +\q2 —this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts!'" diff --git a/38-ZEC/01.usfm b/38-ZEC/01.usfm index 233a4560..728d76f7 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/01.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/01.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ of Iddo, the prophet, saying, \v 2 "Yahweh was exceedingly angry with your fathers! \v 3 Say to them, 'Yahweh of hosts says this: -\q Turn to me!—this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration— +\q Turn to me!—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts— \q and I will return to you, says Yahweh of hosts. \s5 @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Turn from your evil ways and wicked practices!" But they would not hear and did \v 6 But my words and my decrees that I commanded my servants the prophets, \q have they not overtaken your fathers? \m -So they repented and said, 'Just as Yahweh of hosts has planned to do to us because of our ways and acts, so he has done to us.'" +So they repented and said, 'Just as Yahweh of hosts planned to do to us what our ways and actions deserved, so he has dealt with us.'" \s5 \p @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ and for Zion with a great passion! \q \v 16 Therefore Yahweh of hosts says this: \q I have returned to Jerusalem with mercies. My house will be built within her -\q —this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration—and +\q —this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—and the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem!' \q \v 17 Again call out, saying, @@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ comfort Zion, and he will once again choose Jerusalem.'" scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem." \s5 -\v 20 Then Yahweh showed me four blacksmiths. -\v 21 I said, "What are these people coming to do?" He answered, and said, "These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no man would -lift up his head. But these people are coming to drive them out, to cast down the horns of the nations that lifted up any horn against +\v 20 Then Yahweh showed me four craftsmen. +\v 21 I said, "What are these people coming to do?" He answered, and said, "These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no man would lift up his head. But these people are coming to drive them out, to cast down the horns of the nations that lifted up any horn against the land of Judah to scatter her." diff --git a/38-ZEC/02.usfm b/38-ZEC/02.usfm index 90f0b239..1fb1c825 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/02.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/02.usfm @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ \q \s5 -\v 8 For after Yahweh of hosts honored me and sent me against the nations that plundered you, -\q for whoever touches you, touches the apple of God's eye! After Yahweh did this, he said, +\v 8 For after Yahweh of hosts honored me and sent me against the nations that plundered you— +\q for whoever touches you, touches the apple of God's eye!—after Yahweh did this, he said, \q \v 9 "I myself will shake my hand over them, and they will be plunder for their slaves." \q Then you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me. diff --git a/38-ZEC/03.usfm b/38-ZEC/03.usfm index 387956d4..3e695f5d 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/03.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/03.usfm @@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ \p \v 1 Then Yahweh showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Yahweh and Satan was standing at his right hand to accuse him of sin. \v 2 The angel of Yahweh said to Satan, "May Yahweh rebuke you, Satan; may Yahweh, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is this not a brand pulled from the fire?" -\v 3 Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel, +\v 3 Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel. \s5 -\v 4 so the angel spoke and said to those who stood before him, "Remove the filthy garments from upon him." Then he +\v 4 And so the angel spoke and said to those who stood before him, "Remove the filthy garments from upon him." Then he said to Joshua, "Look! I have caused your iniquity to pass from you and I will dress you in fine clothing." \v 5 He said, "Let them put a clean turban on his head!" So they set a clean turban on Joshua's head and clothed him with clean garments while the angel of Yahweh was standing by. @@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ said to Joshua, "Look! I have caused your iniquity to pass from you and I will d \v 8 Listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your companions who live with you! \q For these men are a sign, for I myself will bring up my servant the Branch. \q -\v 9 Now look at the stone that I have set before Joshua. There are seven sides to this single stone, -\q and I will engrave an inscription—this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration— +\v 9 Now look at the stone that I have set before Joshua. There are seven eyes on this single stone, +\q and I will engrave an inscription—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts— \q and I will remove the sin from this land in one day. \m \s5 -\v 10 In that day—this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration—each man will invite his neighbor to relax under his vine and under his fig tree." +\v 10 In that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—each man will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and under his fig tree." diff --git a/38-ZEC/06.usfm b/38-ZEC/06.usfm index afd73607..5f53a9dc 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/06.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/06.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \s5 \v 5 The angel answered and said to me, "These are the four winds of heaven that go out from the place where they were standing before the Lord of all the earth. -\v 6 The chariot with the black horses is going out to the north country; the white horses are going out to the west country; and the spotted gray horses are going out to the south country." +\v 6 The one with the black horses is going out to the north country; the white horses are going out to the west country; and the spotted gray horses are going out to the south country." \s5 \v 7 These strong horses went out and sought to go and roam over the earth, so the angel said, "Go and roam over the earth!" and they left for all the earth. diff --git a/38-ZEC/07.usfm b/38-ZEC/07.usfm index f1f935ec..47a248af 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/07.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/07.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 7 \p \v 1 When King Darius had been ruler for four years, on the fourth day of Kislev (which was the ninth month), the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah. -\v 2 The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem Melech and their men to beg for Yahweh's favor. +\v 2 The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem Melech and their men to beg before the face of Yahweh. \v 3 They spoke to the priests who were at the house of Yahweh of hosts and to the prophets; they said, "Should I mourn in the fifth month by means of a fast, as I have done these many years?" \s5 @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ \v 9 "Yahweh of hosts says this, 'Judge with true justice, covenant faithfulness, \q and mercy. Let each man do this for his brother. \q -\v 10 About the widow and orphan, the foreigner, and the poor person—do not oppress them. -\q And as doing any evil to one another—you must not plot any harm in your heart.' +\v 10 About the widow and orphan, the foreigner, and the poor person—do not oppress them, +\q and let none of you plot any harm against another in your heart.' \s5 \v 11 But they refused to pay attention and set their shoulders stubbornly. They stopped up their ears so they would not hear. diff --git a/38-ZEC/08.usfm b/38-ZEC/08.usfm index 7b83d4a3..a14c218d 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/08.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/08.usfm @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ City of Truth and the mountain of Yahweh of hosts will be called The Holy Mounta \q \v 11 But now it will not be as in former days, \q I will be with the remnant of this people -\q —this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration. +\q —this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts. \q \v 12 For seeds of peace will be sown; \q the climbing vine will give its fruit and the earth will give its produce; @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ and the tenth month will become times of joy, gladness, and happy festivals for \s5 \v 20 Yahweh of hosts says this: People will come again, even those who are living in many different cities. -\v 21 The inhabitants of one city will go to another city and say, "Let us quickly go to beg for the favor of Yahweh and to seek Yahweh of hosts! We ourselves are also going. +\v 21 The inhabitants of one city will go to another city and say, "Let us quickly go to beg before the face of Yahweh and to seek Yahweh of hosts! We ourselves are also going. \v 22 Many people and mighty nations will come to seek Yahweh of hosts in Jerusalem and beg for the favor of Yahweh! \s5 diff --git a/38-ZEC/09.usfm b/38-ZEC/09.usfm index 8166a467..ebb4bb1a 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/09.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/09.usfm @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ he will speak peace to the nations, and his dominion will be from sea to sea, an \s5 \p -\v 11 And you—because of the blood of my covenant with you—I have set free your prisoners from the pit where there is no water. +\v 11 As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the pit where there is no water. \v 12 Return to the stronghold, prisoners of hope! Even today I am declaring that I will return double to you, \v 13 for I have bent Judah as my bow. I have filled my quiver with Ephraim. I have roused your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and have made you, Zion, like a warrior's sword! diff --git a/38-ZEC/10.usfm b/38-ZEC/10.usfm index 67d9868c..19650c87 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/10.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/10.usfm @@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ \s5 \m -\v 3 My wrath burns against the shepherds; it is the male goats—the leaders—that I will punish. -Yahweh of hosts will also attend to his flock, the house of Judah, and make them like his war horse in battle! +\v 3 My wrath burns against the shepherds; it is the male goats—the leaders—that I will punish. Yahweh of hosts will also attend to his flock, the house of Judah, and make them like his warhorse in battle! \s5 diff --git a/38-ZEC/11.usfm b/38-ZEC/11.usfm index e7d09a17..5c210407 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/11.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/11.usfm @@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ \v 4 This is what Yahweh my God says, "Like a shepherd, watch over the flock destined for slaughter! \v 5 (The ones who buy them slaughter them and are not punished, and the ones who sell them say, 'Blessed be Yahweh! I have become rich!' for the shepherds working for the flocks' owners have no pity on them.) -\v 6 For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land!—this is Yahweh's declaration. See! I myself am about to turn over every person into his neighbor's hands and into his king's hands. They will crush the land. I will not rescue Judah from their hand." +\v 6 For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land!—this is Yahweh's declaration. See! I myself am about to turn over every person into the hand of his neighbor and into the hand of his king, and they will destroy the land and none of them will I deliver them from their hand." \s5 \v 7 So I became the shepherd of the flock destined for slaughter, for those who dealt in sheep. I took two staffs; one staff I called "Favor" and the other I called "Unity." In this way I shepherded the flock. -\v 8 I killed the three shepherds in one month. And I grew tired of the sheep owners, for they also hated me. +\v 8 In one month I destroyed the three shepherds, for I ran out of patience with them, and they hated me as well. \v 9 Then I said to the owners, "I will not work as a shepherd for you any longer. The sheep that are dying—let them die; the sheep that are being destroyed—let them be destroyed. Let the sheep that remain each eat the flesh of its neighbor." \s5 diff --git a/38-ZEC/12.usfm b/38-ZEC/12.usfm index 43634517..4e943c4e 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/12.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/12.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \v 1 This is a declaration of Yahweh's word concerning Israel—a declaration of Yahweh, \p who stretched out the skies and laid the foundation of the earth, who fashions the spirit of mankind within man, \v 2 "See, I am about to make Jerusalem into a cup causing all the peoples surrounding her to stagger about. It will also be like that for Judah during the siege against Jerusalem. -\v 3 It will come about on that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. Anyone trying to lift that stone will hurt himself very much, and all the nations of the earth will gather against that city. +\v 3 On that day that, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. Anyone trying to lift that stone will hurt himself very much, and all the nations of the earth will gather against that city. \s5 \v 4 On that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will strike every horse with terror and every rider with madness. I will look with favor on the house of Judah @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ and will strike every horse of the armies blind. \s5 \v 7 Yahweh will save the tents of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and the honor of those who live in Jerusalem may not be greater than the rest of Judah. \v 8 On that day Yahweh will be the defender of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on that day those who are weak among them will be like David, while the house of David will be like God, like the angel of Yahweh in front of them. -\v 9 "It will come about on that day that I will begin to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. +\v 9 "On that day that I will begin to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. \s5 \p diff --git a/38-ZEC/13.usfm b/38-ZEC/13.usfm index 30222f80..e1e072b6 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/13.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/13.usfm @@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ \c 13 \p \v 1 "On that day a spring will be opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for their sin and impurity. -\v 2 Then it will be on that day—this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration—that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land so that they will no longer be called to mind. I will also cause the false prophets and their unclean spirit to go out of the land. +\v 2 On that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land so that they will no longer be called to mind. I will also cause the false prophets and their unclean spirit to go out of the land. \s5 \v 3 If any man continues to prophesy, his father and mother who bore him will tell him, 'You will not live, for you speak lies in the name of Yahweh!' Then the father and mother who bore him will pierce him when he prophesies. \s5 -\v 4 Then it will happen on that day that each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he is about to prophesy. These prophets will no longer wear a hairy cloak, in order to deceive the people. +\v 4 On that day that each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he is about to prophesy. These prophets will no longer wear a hairy cloak, in order to deceive the people. \v 5 For each will say, 'I am not a prophet! I am a man who works the soil, for the land became my work while I was still a young man!' \v 6 But someone will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' and he will answer, 'I was wounded with those in my friends' house.'" @@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ Then the father and mother who bore him will pierce him when he prophesies. \q \v 7 "Sword! Rouse yourself against my shepherd, \q the man who stands close to me— -\q this is Yahweh of hosts' declaration. -\q Kill the shepherd, +\q this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts. +\q Strike the shepherd, \q and the flock will scatter! \q For I will turn my hand against the lowly ones. @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Then the father and mother who bore him will pierce him when he prophesies. \q \v 8 Then it will come about that throughout all the land—this is Yahweh's declaration— \q that two thirds of it will be cut off! Those people will perish; -\q only one third will remain there. +\q only one-third will remain there. \q \v 9 I will bring that third through the fire \q and refine them as silver is refined; diff --git a/38-ZEC/14.usfm b/38-ZEC/14.usfm index 2c4ec36c..ea010d1d 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/14.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/14.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 14 \p \v 1 Behold! A day for Yahweh is coming when your plunder will be divided in your midst. -\v 2 For I will gather every nation against Jerusalem for battle and the city will be captured. The houses will be plundered and the women violated. Half of the city will go out into captivity, but the remainder of the people will not be cut off from the city. +\v 2 For I will gather every nation against Jerusalem for battle and the city will be captured. The houses will be plundered and the women raped. Half of the city will go out into captivity, but the remainder of the people will not be cut off from the city. \s5 \v 3 But Yahweh will go out and wage war against those nations as when he wages war on the day of battle. @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ \v 5 Then you will flee down the valley between Yahweh's mountains, for the valley between those mountains will reach to Azal. You will flee just as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah. Then Yahweh my God will come and all the holy ones will be with him. \s5 -\v 6 It will happen that on that day that there will be no light, but no cold or frost either. +\v 6 On that day that there will be no light, but no cold or frost either. \v 7 On that day, a day known only to Yahweh, there will no longer be day or night, for the evening will be a time of light. -\v 8 And on that day living waters will flow out of Jerusalem. Half of them will flow to the eastern sea and half to the western sea, in summer and in winter. +\v 8 On that day living waters will flow out of Jerusalem. Half of them will flow to the eastern sea and half to the western sea, in summer and in winter. \s5 \p @@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ \s5 \p \v 12 This will be the plague with which Yahweh will attack all the peoples that waged war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot away even as they are standing on their feet. Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouths. -\v 13 It will happen on that day that great fear from Yahweh will come among them. Each man will seize his neigbor's hand. Each hand will be raised against its neighbor's hand. +\v 13 On that day that great fear from Yahweh will come among them. Each one will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will be raised up against the hand of another. \s5 \v 14 Judah will also fight against Jerusalem. They will gather the wealth of all the surrounding nations—gold, silver, and fine clothes in great abundance. -\v 15 A plague will also be on the horses and the mules, the camels and donkeys, and on every animal in those camps they will also suffer that same plague. +\v 15 A plague will also be on the horses and the mules, the camels and the donkeys, and on every animal in those camps will also suffer that same plague. \s5 \p @@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ \v 19 This will be the punishment for Egypt and the punishment for every nation that does not go up to keep the Festival of Shelters. \s5 -\v 20 But on that day, the bells of the horses will say, "Dedicated to Yahweh," and the basins in Yahweh's house will be like the bowls before the altar. -\v 21 For every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be dedicated to Yahweh of hosts, and everyone who brings a sacrifice will eat from them and boil in them. Traders will no longer be in the house of Yahweh of hosts on that day. +\v 20 But on that day, the bells of the horses will say, "Set apart to Yahweh," and the basins in Yahweh's house will be like the bowls before the altar. +\v 21 For every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be set apart to Yahweh of hosts and everyone who brings a sacrifice will eat from them and boil in them. On that day traders will no longer be in the house of Yahweh of hosts. diff --git a/39-MAL/01.usfm b/39-MAL/01.usfm index 8e0acac9..fca9844a 100644 --- a/39-MAL/01.usfm +++ b/39-MAL/01.usfm @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ may rebuild, but I will throw down again. Others will call them 'The country of \s5 \p -\v 6 "A son honors his father, and a servant honors his master. If I, then, am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the reverence for me?" says Yahweh of hosts to you priests, "who despise my name. But you say, 'How have we despised your name?' +\v 6 "A son honors his father, and a servant honors his master. If I, then, am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the reverence for me?" says Yahweh of hosts to you priests, who despise my name. "But you say, 'How have we despised your name?' \v 7 By offering polluted bread upon my altar. And you say, 'How have we polluted you?' By saying that Yahweh's table is contemptible. \s5 @@ -24,14 +24,11 @@ may rebuild, but I will throw down again. Others will call them 'The country of \s5 \v 10 "Oh, if only there were one of you who would shut the temple gates, so that you might not light fires on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you," says Yahweh of hosts, "and I will not accept any offering from your hand. \v 11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name -will be great among the nations; in every place incense -will be offered to my name, and also a pure offering. For my name -will be great among the nations," says Yahweh of hosts. +will be great among the nations and in every place incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name. For my name will be great among the nations," says Yahweh of hosts. \v 12 "But you are profaning it when you say the Lord's table is polluted, and that its fruit, its food, is to be despised. \s5 -\v 13 You also say, 'How tiresome this is,' and you disdainfully snort at it," says Yahweh of hosts. "You bring what has been -taken by a wild animal or is lame or sick; and this you bring as your offering. Should I accept this from your hand?" says Yahweh. +\v 13 You also say, 'How tiresome this is,' and you snort at it," says Yahweh of hosts. "You bring what has been taken by a wild animal or is lame or sick; and this you bring as your offering. Should I accept this from your hand?" says Yahweh. \v 14 "May the deceiver be cursed who has a male animal in his flock and vows to give it to me, and yet sacrifices to me, the Lord, what is flawed! For I am a great king," says Yahweh of hosts, "and my name will be honored among the nations." diff --git a/39-MAL/02.usfm b/39-MAL/02.usfm index 844b6509..a39ab83d 100644 --- a/39-MAL/02.usfm +++ b/39-MAL/02.usfm @@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ \s5 \v 3 See, I am about to rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the dung from your festivals, and you will be taken away with it. -\v 4 And you will know that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant may be with Levi," says Yahweh of hosts. +\v 4 And you will know that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant may continue to be with Levi," says Yahweh of hosts. \s5 -\v 5 "My covenant with him was life and peace, and I gave them to him; honor, and he honored me and stood in awe before my name. -\v 6 Instruction of truth was in his mouth, and perversity was not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many away from sin. -\v 7 For a priest's lips should keep knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is a messenger of Yahweh of hosts. +\v 5 "My covenant with him was life and peace, and I gave them to him; I gave him fear, and he feared me, and he stood in awe of my name. +\v 6 True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness and he turned many away from sin. +\v 7 For a priest's lips should keep knowledge and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is a messenger of Yahweh of hosts. \s5 -\v 8 But you have turned away from the true path. You have caused many to stumble with respect to the law. You have violated the covenant of Levi," says Yahweh of hosts. +\v 8 But you have turned away from the true path. You have caused many to stumble with respect to the law. You have broken the covenant of Levi," says Yahweh of hosts. \v 9 "So I also, I have made you contemptible and vile before all the people, because you have not kept my ways, but have instead shown partiality with regard to the instruction." \s5 @@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ \v 13 And you also do this: You cover the altar of Yahweh with tears, with weeping and sighing, because he still does not turn toward the offering or accept it with favor from your hand. \s5 -\v 14 But you say, "Why does he not?" Because Yahweh was a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have been faithless, even though she was your companion and your wife by your covenant. -\v 15 Did he not make one, with a portion of his spirit? And why did he make you one? Because he was hoping to have offspring of God. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let no one be faithless to the wife of your youth. +\v 14 But you say, "Why does he not?" Because Yahweh was a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have been faithless, even though she was your companion and your wife by covenant. +\v 15 Did he not make them one, with a portion of his spirit? And why did he make you one? Because he was seeking an offspring from God. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth. \v 16 "For I hate divorce," says Yahweh, the God of Israel, "and the one who covers his garment with violence," says Yahweh of hosts. "So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not be faithless." \s5 \p -\v 17 You have wearied Yahweh with your words. But you say, "How have we wearied him?" By saying, "Every one who does evil is good in the eyes of Yahweh, and he delights in them," or "Where is the God of justice?" +\v 17 You have wearied Yahweh with your words. But you say, "How have we wearied him?" By saying, "Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of Yahweh, and he delights in them," or "Where is the God of justice?" diff --git a/39-MAL/03.usfm b/39-MAL/03.usfm index 547ba9b7..213a8750 100644 --- a/39-MAL/03.usfm +++ b/39-MAL/03.usfm @@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 3 \p -\v 1 "See, I am about to send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his -temple. And the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, see, he is about to come," says Yahweh of hosts. +\v 1 "See, I am about to send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. And the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, see, he will come," says Yahweh of hosts. \p \v 2 But who will be able to endure the day of his coming? And who will be able to stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire and like laundry soap. @@ -27,8 +26,7 @@ will return to you," says Yahweh of hosts. "But you say, 'How will we return?' \s5 \v 10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house. And test me now in this," says Yahweh of hosts, "if I do not open to you the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing on you, until there is no more room for it. -\v 11 I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it does not destroy the harvest of your land. Your -vines in the fields will not lose their fruit before the right time," says Yahweh of hosts. +\v 11 I will speak against those who destroy your crops, so that they do not destroy the harvest of your land. Your vines in the fields will not lose their fruit," says Yahweh of hosts. \v 12 "All the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight," says Yahweh of hosts. \s5 diff --git a/39-MAL/04.usfm b/39-MAL/04.usfm index 5a3445bd..9a815c0a 100644 --- a/39-MAL/04.usfm +++ b/39-MAL/04.usfm @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ The day that is coming will burn them up," says Yahweh of hosts, "so that it wil \v 2 But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and you will leap like calves from the stall. \v 3 And you will trample down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I act," says Yahweh of hosts. -\s5 +\s5 \p -\v 4 "Remember the teaching of my servant Moses that I gave him at Horeb in front of all Israel, the statutes and the rulings. +\v 4 "Remember the teaching of my servant Moses that I gave him at Horeb for all Israel, the statutes and the rulings. \v 5 See, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and fearful day of Yahweh. \v 6 He will turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, so that I do not come and attack the land with complete destruction." diff --git a/41-MAT/01.usfm b/41-MAT/01.usfm index 8137086c..db08167f 100644 --- a/41-MAT/01.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/01.usfm @@ -7,18 +7,18 @@ \s5 \v 4 Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon. -\v 5 Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, -\v 6 Jesse was the father of David the king. -\p David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah. +\v 5 Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse. +\v 6 Jesse was the father of David the king, +\p David the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah. \s5 \v 7 Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa. -\v 8 Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah. +\v 8 Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram an ancestor of Uzziah. \s5 \v 9 Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah. \v 10 Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, and Amon the father of Josiah. -\v 11 Josiah was the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon. +\v 11 Josiah was an ancestor of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon. \s5 \p @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 18 The birth of Jesus Christ happened in the following way. His mother, Mary, was engaged to marry Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit. -\v 19 Her husband, Joseph, was a righteous man, but he did not want to disgrace her publicly. So he decided to secretly end his engagement with her. +\v 19 Her husband, Joseph, was a righteous man, and he did not want to disgrace her publicly. So he decided to secretly end his engagement with her. \s5 \v 20 As he thought about these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, because the one who is conceived in her is conceived by the Holy Spirit. diff --git a/41-MAT/03.usfm b/41-MAT/03.usfm index cc336930..7268edc5 100644 --- a/41-MAT/03.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/03.usfm @@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ \v 15 Jesus responded and said to him, "Permit it now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then John permitted him. \s5 -\v 16 After he was baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and alighting on him. +\v 16 After he was baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and resting upon him. \v 17 Behold, a voice came out of the heavens saying, "This is my beloved Son. I am very pleased with him." diff --git a/41-MAT/04.usfm b/41-MAT/04.usfm index 39641dcc..26c9f6ac 100644 --- a/41-MAT/04.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/04.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \v 10 Then Jesus said to him, "Go away from here, Satan! For it is written, \q 'You will worship the Lord your God, -\q and you will serve him only.'" +\q and you will serve only him.'" \p \v 11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him. diff --git a/41-MAT/05.usfm b/41-MAT/05.usfm index 7f8a82f1..9159f756 100644 --- a/41-MAT/05.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/05.usfm @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 11 Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, or say all kinds of evil things against you falsely for my sake. +\v 11 Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil things against you falsely for my sake. \v 12 Rejoice and be very glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For in this way people persecuted the prophets who lived before you. \s5 @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 17 Do not think that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets. I have come not to destroy them, but to fulfill them. -\v 18 For truly I say to you that until heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things shall have been accomplished. +\v 18 For truly I say to you that until heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things have been accomplished. \s5 \v 19 Therefore whoever breaks the least one of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever keeps them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. @@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ says to his brother, 'You worthless person!' will be in danger of the council. A \s5 \p -\v 43 You have heard that it was said, 'You will love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' +\v 43 You have heard that it was said, 'You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' \v 44 But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, -\f + The best ancient copies omit \fqa "Bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you."\f* +\f + \ft The best ancient copies omit \fqa "Bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you." \f* \v 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. diff --git a/41-MAT/06.usfm b/41-MAT/06.usfm index 4c3fb3bb..67cea25e 100644 --- a/41-MAT/06.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/06.usfm @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \p \v 5 And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners, so that they may be seen by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward. \v 6 But you, when you pray, enter your inner chamber. Shut the door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. Then your Father who sees in secret will reward you. -\v 7 And when you pray, do not make useless repetitions as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard because of their much speaking. +\v 7 And when you pray, do not make useless repetitions as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. \s5 \v 8 Therefore, do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him. @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ \q2 \v 13 And do not bring us into temptation, \q2 but deliver us from the evil one.' -\f + The best ancient copies omit \fqa "For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen"\f* +\f + \ft The best ancient copies omit \fqa "For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen"\f* \m \s5 diff --git a/41-MAT/07.usfm b/41-MAT/07.usfm index fcec790b..80362a3a 100644 --- a/41-MAT/07.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/07.usfm @@ -18,17 +18,17 @@ \p \v 7 Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you. \v 8 For everyone who asks, receives. And everyone who seeks, finds. And to the person who knocks, it will be opened. -\v 9 Or is there any man among you who, if his son will ask him for a loaf of bread, will he give him a stone? +\v 9 Or is there any man among you who, if his son will ask him for a loaf of bread, will give him a stone? \v 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? \s5 -\v 11 Therefore, if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give good things to those who ask him? +\v 11 Therefore, if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him? \v 12 Therefore, whatever things you want people to do to you, you should also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets. \s5 \p \v 13 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many people who go through it. -\v 14 For narrow is the gate and narrow is the way that lead to life, and there are few who find it. +\v 14 But the gate is narrow and the way is difficult that leads to life, and there are few who find it. \s5 \p @@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ \s5 \v 18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. \v 19 Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. -\v 20 So then, you will recognized them by their fruits. +\v 20 So then, you will recognize them by their fruits. \s5 -\v 21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but only whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven. +\v 21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but only those who do the will of my Fathefr who is in heaven. +\v 21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father who is in heaven. \v 22 Many people will say to me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, in your name drive out demons, and in your name do many mighty deeds?' \v 23 Then will I openly declare to them, 'I never knew you! Get away from me, you evildoers!' diff --git a/41-MAT/10.usfm b/41-MAT/10.usfm index 5dc88c32..7ffdfa07 100644 --- a/41-MAT/10.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/10.usfm @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \s5 \v 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. -\v 9 Do not carry any gold, silver, or brass in your purses. +\v 9 Do not carry any gold, silver, or copper in your purses. \v 10 Do not take a traveling bag for your journey, or an extra tunic, or sandals, or a staff, for a laborer deserves his food. \s5 @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 24 A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a servant above his master. -\v 25 It is enough for the disciple that he should be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more would they defame his household! +\v 25 It is enough for the disciple that he should be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much worse would be the names they call the members of his household! \s5 \v 26 Therefore do not fear them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, and nothing hidden that will not be known. diff --git a/41-MAT/11.usfm b/41-MAT/11.usfm index 7c9e1d13..264ed1b2 100644 --- a/41-MAT/11.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/11.usfm @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ \v 22 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you. \s5 -\v 23 You, Capernaum, do you think you will be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to hades. For if in Sodom there had been done the mighty deeds that were done in you, it would still have remained until today. +\v 23 You, Capernaum, do you think you will be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades. For if in Sodom there had been done the mighty deeds that were done in you, it would still have remained until today. \v 24 But I say to you that it shall be easier for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you." \s5 diff --git a/41-MAT/12.usfm b/41-MAT/12.usfm index 68446aef..4b304b91 100644 --- a/41-MAT/12.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/12.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 But Jesus said to them, "Have you never read what David did, when he was hungry, and the men who were with him? -\v 4 How he went into the house of God and ate the bread of the presence, which was unlawful for him to eat, and unlawful for those who were with him, but lawful only for the priests? +\v 4 He went into the house of God and ate the bread of the presence, which was unlawful for him to eat and unlawful for those who were with him, but lawful only for the priests. \s5 \v 5 And have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath but are guiltless? @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \v 11 Jesus said to them, "What man would there be among you, who, if he had just one sheep, and if this sheep fell into a deep hole on the Sabbath, would not grasp hold of it and lift it out? -\v 12 How much more of value, then, is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath." +\v 12 How much more valuable, then, is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath." \s5 \v 13 Then Jesus said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and it was restored to health, just like the other hand. @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ \v 23 All the crowds were amazed and said, "Can this man be the son of David?" \s5 -\v 24 But when the Pharisees heard of this miracle, they said, "This man does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, the prince of the demons." +\v 24 But when the Pharisees heard of this miracle, they said, "This man does not cast out demons except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons." \v 25 But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is made desolate, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. \s5 @@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ \v 32 And whoever speaks any word against the Son of Man, that will be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, that will not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come. \s5 -\v 33 Either make a tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt, for a tree is known by its fruit. -\v 34 You offspring of vipers, since you are evil, how can you say good things? For out of the content of the heart the mouth speaks. -\v 35 The good man from the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man from the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil. +\v 33 Make a tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. +\v 34 You offspring of vipers, since you are evil, how can you say good things? For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. +\v 35 The good man from the good treasure of his heart produces what is good, and the evil man from the evil treasure of his heart produces what is evil. \s5 \v 36 And I say to you that in the day of judgment people will give an account for every idle word they will have said. @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ \p \v 38 Then certain scribes and Pharisees answered Jesus and said, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you." \v 39 But Jesus answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign. But no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet. -\v 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the big fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. +\v 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the big fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. \s5 \v 41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation of people and will condemn it. For they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and see, someone greater than Jonah is here. diff --git a/41-MAT/13.usfm b/41-MAT/13.usfm index e178a9f4..e99d8b6c 100644 --- a/41-MAT/13.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/13.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \c 13 \p \v 1 On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. -\v 2 A very large crowd gathered around him, so he got into a boat and sat in it. All the crowd stood on the beach. +\v 2 A very large crowd gathered around him, so he got into a boat and sat in it, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. \s5 \v 3 Then Jesus said many things to them in parables. He said, "Behold, a sower went out to sow. @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \p \v 10 The disciples came and said to Jesus, "Why do you talk to the crowd in parables?" \v 11 Jesus answered and said to them, "You have been given the privilege of understanding mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. -\v 12 Because whoever has, to him will be given more, and he will have a great deal. But whoever has not, from him will be taken away even what he has. +\v 12 Because whoever has, even more will be given. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. \s5 \v 13 So I talk to them in parables, because although they see, they do not really see. And although they hear, they do not really hear, neither do they understand. @@ -45,15 +45,15 @@ \s5 \v 18 Listen then to the parable of the sower. -\v 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom but does not understand it, then the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the seed that was sown beside the road. +\v 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the seed that was sown beside the road. \s5 -\v 20 He who was sown on the rocky ground is he who hears the word and receives it with joy immediately. -\v 21 Yet he has no root in himself but endures for only a little while. When tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, he stumbles immediately. +\v 20 What was sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, +\v 21 yet he has no root in himself and he endures for a while. When tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, he quickly falls away. \s5 -\v 22 He who was sown among the thorn plants, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. -\v 23 He who was sown on the good soil, this is he who hears the word and understands it. This is he who truly produces fruit and cultivates it; some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty." +\v 22 What was sown among the thorn plants, this is the person who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. +\v 23 What was sown on the good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands it. He bears fruit and makes a crop, yielding one hundred times as much as was planted, some sixty, and some thirty times as much." \s5 \p @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ \v 28 He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'So do you want us to go and pull them out?' \s5 -\v 29 The landowner said, 'No, or when you pull out the weeds, you might uproot the wheat with them. +\v 29 The landowner said, 'No. Because while you are pulling out the weeds, you might uproot the wheat with them. \v 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, "First pull out the weeds and tie them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn."'" \s5 @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ \v 32 This seed is indeed the smallest of all other seeds. But when it has grown, it is greater than the garden plants. It becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches." \s5 -\v 33 Jesus then told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until it rose." +\v 33 Jesus then told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen." \s5 \p @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 51 Have you understood all these things?" The disciples said to him, "Yes." -\v 52 Then Jesus said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is the owner of a house, who withdraws old and new things from his treasure." +\v 52 Then Jesus said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is the owner of a house, who draws out old and new things from his treasure." \v 53 Then it came about that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from that place. \s5 diff --git a/41-MAT/14.usfm b/41-MAT/14.usfm index 91ac0d0a..a128d5fe 100644 --- a/41-MAT/14.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/14.usfm @@ -44,16 +44,16 @@ \p \v 22 Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he himself would send the crowd away. \v 23 After he had sent the crowd away, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had fully come, he was there alone. -\v 24 But the boat was now in the midst of the sea, almost uncontrollable because of the waves, for the wind was contrary. +\v 24 But the boat was now a long way from land, being tossed about by the waves, for the wind was blowing against them. \s5 \v 25 In the fourth watch of the night Jesus approached them, walking on the sea. \v 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified and said, "It is a ghost," and they cried out in fear. -\v 27 But Jesus spoke to them right away and said, "Be brave! It is I! Be not afraid." +\v 27 But Jesus spoke to them right away and said, "Be brave! It is I! Do not be afraid." \s5 \v 28 Peter answered him and said, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water." -\v 29 Jesus said, "Come." So Peter got out from the boat and walked on the waters to go to Jesus. +\v 29 Jesus said, "Come." So Peter got out from the boat and walked on the water to go to Jesus. \v 30 But when Peter saw the wind, he became afraid. As he began to sink, he cried out and said, "Lord, save me!" \s5 @@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ \p \v 34 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret. \v 35 When the men in that place recognized Jesus, they sent messages everywhere into the surrounding area, and they brought to him everyone who was sick. -\v 36 They begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment, and as many as touched it were healed. +\v 36 They begged him that they might just touch the edge of his garment, and as many as touched it were healed. diff --git a/41-MAT/15.usfm b/41-MAT/15.usfm index 6e81a094..b20ca5dc 100644 --- a/41-MAT/15.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/15.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'He who speaks evil of his father or mother, will surely die.' -\v 5 But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or mother, "Whatever help you would have received from me is now a gift given to God,"' +\v 5 But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or mother "Whatever help you would have received from me is now a gift given to God,"' \v 6 that person does not need to honor his father. In this way you have made void the word of God for the sake of your traditions. \s5 @@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ \s5 \v 15 Peter responded and said to Jesus, "Explain this parable to us." \v 16 Jesus said, "Are you also still without understanding? -\v 17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and is then passed out into the latrine? +\v 17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is then passed out into the latrine? \s5 \v 18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart. They are the things that defile a person. -\v 19 For from the heart proceed evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, and insults. +\v 19 For from the heart proceed evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, and slander. \v 20 These are the things that defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a person." \s5 diff --git a/41-MAT/16.usfm b/41-MAT/16.usfm index e5d79821..75d94c03 100644 --- a/41-MAT/16.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/16.usfm @@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ \s5 \p -\v 13 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" +\v 13 Now when Jesus came to the regions near Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" \v 14 They said, "Some say John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets." \v 15 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" \v 16 Answering, Simon Peter said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." \s5 \v 17 Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood have not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. -\v 18 I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church. The gates of hades will not prevail against it. +\v 18 I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church. The gates of Hades will not prevail against it. \s5 \v 19 I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ \v 23 But Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you do not care for the things of God, but for the things of people." \s5 -\v 24 Then said Jesus to his disciples, "If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. +\v 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. \v 25 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. \v 26 For what does it profit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? What can a person give in exchange for his life? diff --git a/41-MAT/17.usfm b/41-MAT/17.usfm index dd851ea6..2d7f7ff6 100644 --- a/41-MAT/17.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/17.usfm @@ -40,18 +40,18 @@ \p \v 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?" \v 20 Jesus said to them, "Because of your small faith. For I truly say to you, if you have faith even as small as a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move and nothing will be impossible for you. -\v 21 \f + The best ancient copies omit v. 21. \fqa But this kind of demon does not go out except with prayer and fasting."\f* +\v 21 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit v. 21. \fqa But this kind of demon does not go out except with prayer and fasting."\f* \s5 \p \v 22 While they stayed in Galilee, Jesus said to his disciples, "The Son of Man will be delivered over into the hands of people. -\v 23 And they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up." The disciples became very sad. +\v 23 And they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up." The disciples became very upset. \s5 \p \v 24 When they had come to Capernaum, the men who collected the half-shekel tax came to Peter and said, "Does not your teacher pay the half-shekel tax?" -\v 25 He said, "Yes." But when Peter went into the house, Jesus spoke first to him and said, "What do you think, Simon? The kings on earth, from whom do they receive tax or tribute? From their subjects or from foreigners?" +\v 25 He said, "Yes." But when Peter went into the house, Jesus spoke to him first and said, "What do you think, Simon? The kings on earth, from whom do they receive tax or tribute? From their subjects or from foreigners?" \s5 \v 26 When Peter said, "From foreigners," Jesus said to him, "Then the subjects are exempt from paying. diff --git a/41-MAT/18.usfm b/41-MAT/18.usfm index 0bd1a025..00cca01c 100644 --- a/41-MAT/18.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/18.usfm @@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ \s5 \p \v 7 Woe to the world because of times of stumbling! For it is necessary that those times come, but woe to the person through whom those times come! -\v 8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or lame than to be thrown into the eternal fire having both hands or both feet. +\v 8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or lame than to be thrown into the eternal fire having two hands or two feet. \s5 \v 9 If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to be thrown into the eternal fire having both eyes. \s5 \v 10 See that you do not despise any of these little ones. For I say to you that in heaven their angels always look on the face of my Father who is in heaven. -\v 11 \f + The best ancient copies omit the phrase that appears as v. 11. \fqa For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.\f* +\v 11 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit the phrase that appears as v. 11. \fqa For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.\f* \s5 \v 12 What do you think? If any person has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go off seeking the one that went astray? @@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ \v 17 And if he refuses to listen to them, tell the matter to the church. If he also refuses to listen to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. \s5 -\v 18 Truly I say to you, whatever things you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. And whatever things you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. -\v 19 Moreover I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven. -\v 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in their midst." +\v 18 Truly I say to you, whatever things you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. And whatever things you release on earth will be released in heaven. +\v 19 Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven. +\v 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst." \s5 \p \v 21 Then Peter came and said to Jesus, "Lord, how often will my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Until seven times?" -\v 22 Jesus said to him, " I do not tell you seven times, but until seventy times seven. +\v 22 Jesus said to him, "I do not tell you seven times, but until seventy times seven. \s5 \v 23 Therefore the kingdom of heaven is similar to a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. diff --git a/41-MAT/20.usfm b/41-MAT/20.usfm index 0ae708f6..fb9709ea 100644 --- a/41-MAT/20.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/20.usfm @@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ \v 14 Take what belongs to you and go your way. I choose to give to these last hired workers just the same as to you. \s5 -\v 15 Is it not legitimate for me to do what I wish with my own possessions? Or is your eye evil because I am good?' +\v 15 Do I not have the right to do as I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?' \v 16 So the last will be first, and the first last." -\f + The best ancient copies omit \fqa "Many are called, but few are chosen." \f* +\f + \ft The best ancient copies omit \fqa "Many are called, but few are chosen." \f* \s5 \p @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ \s5 \v 22 But Jesus answered and said, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They said to him, "We are able." \v 23 He said to them, "My cup you will indeed drink. But to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father." -\v 24 When the other ten disciples heard this, they were very displeased with the two brothers. +\v 24 When the other ten disciples heard this, they were very angry with the two brothers. \s5 \v 25 But Jesus called them to himself and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles subjugate them, and their important men exercise authority over them. @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ \p \v 29 As they went out from Jericho, a great crowd followed him. \v 30 And two blind men were sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us." -\v 31 The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be quiet, but they cried out all the more and said, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us." +\v 31 The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be quiet, but they cried out even more loudly, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us." \s5 \v 32 Then Jesus stood still and called to them and said, "What do you wish me to do for you?" diff --git a/41-MAT/21.usfm b/41-MAT/21.usfm index 3c8b2be0..7bb60254 100644 --- a/41-MAT/21.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/21.usfm @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \v 8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them in the road. \s5 -\v 9 The crowds that went before Jesus and those that followed, shouted out, saying, +\v 9 And the crowds that went before Jesus and those that followed shouted, \q "Hosanna to the son of David! \q Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! \q Hosanna in the highest!" @@ -35,18 +35,18 @@ \v 14 Then the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. \s5 -\v 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the marvelous things that he did, and when they heard the children shouting in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the son of David," they were moved with resentment. +\v 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the marvelous things that he did, and when they heard the children shouting in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the son of David," and they became very angry. \v 16 They said to him, "Do you hear what these people are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes! But have you never read, 'Out of the mouths of babes and nursing infants you have perfected praise'?" \v 17 Then Jesus left them and went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there. \s5 \p \v 18 Now in the morning as he returned to the city, he was hungry. -\v 19 Seeing a fig tree along the roadside, he went to it and found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, "May there be no fruit from you ever again." And immediately the fig tree dried up. +\v 19 Seeing a fig tree along the roadside, he went to it and found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, "May there be no fruit from you ever again." And immediately the fig tree withered. \s5 \v 20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled and said, "How did the fig tree immediately wither away?" -\v 21 Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to this fig tree, but you will even say to this hill, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and it will be done. +\v 21 Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to this fig tree, but you will even say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and it will be done. \v 22 Whatever you ask for in prayer, believing, you will receive." \s5 @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ \s5 \v 25 The baptism of John—from where did it come? From heaven or from men?" They discussed among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' \v 26 But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the crowd, because they all view John as a prophet." -\v 27 Then they answered Jesus and said, " We do not know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. +\v 27 Then they answered Jesus and said, "We do not know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. \s5 \v 28 But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.' @@ -70,21 +70,21 @@ \s5 \p -\v 33 Listen to another parable. There was a man, a landowner. He planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a watchtower, and rented it out to tenant farmers. Then he went into another country. +\v 33 Listen to another parable. There was a man, a landowner. He planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a watchtower, and rented it out to vine growers. Then he went into another country. \v 34 When the time of the fruit harvest approached, he sent some servants to the vine growers to get his fruit. \s5 -\v 35 But the tenant farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned still another. +\v 35 But the vine growers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned still another. \v 36 Again, the owner sent other servants, more than the first, but the vine growers treated them in the same way. \v 37 After that, the owner sent his own son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' \s5 -\v 38 But when the vine growers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and possess the inheritance.' -\v 39 So they took him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. +\v 38 But when the vine growers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take over the inheritance.' +\v 39 So they took him, threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. \s5 \v 40 Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine growers?" -\v 41 They said to him, "He will destroy those miserable men in the most severe way, and will then rent out the vineyard to other vine growers, men who will pay for the grapes when they become ripe." +\v 41 They said to him, "He will destroy those miserable men in the most severe way, and will then rent out the vineyard to other vine growers, men who will give him his share of crops at the harvest time." \s5 \v 42 Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the scriptures, @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ \s5 \v 43 Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and will be given to a nation that produces its fruits. -\v 44 Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces. But anyone on whom it falls, will be crushed." +\v 44 Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces. But anyone on whom it falls will be crushed." \s5 \v 45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they understood he was speaking about them. diff --git a/41-MAT/22.usfm b/41-MAT/22.usfm index 60667e52..b39c0610 100644 --- a/41-MAT/22.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/22.usfm @@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ \v 4 Again the king sent other servants, saying, 'Tell them who are invited, "See, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened calves have been killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast."' \s5 -\v 5 But those did not pay any attention seriously and they went away, one to his farm, another to his business. -\v 6 The rest seized the king's servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them. -\v 7 But the king was angry. He sent his armies, killed those murderers, and burned their city. +\v 5 But they paid no attention and went away, one to his farm, another to his business. +\v 6 The others seized the king's servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them. +\v 7 The king was angry and he sent his soldiers, and they killed those murderers, and burned their city. \s5 \v 8 Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees , they gathered themselves together. +\v 34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together. \v 35 One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him— \v 36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?" @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ \q \v 44 'The Lord said to my Lord, \q "Sit at my right hand, -\q until I make your enemies your footstool."'? +\q until I make your enemies your footstool"'? \m \s5 diff --git a/41-MAT/23.usfm b/41-MAT/23.usfm index 3dfd0e98..02672ba3 100644 --- a/41-MAT/23.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/23.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 Yes, they bind heavy burdens that are difficult to carry, and then they put them on people's shoulders. But they themselves will not move a finger to carry them. -\v 5 They do all their deeds to be seen by people. For they make their phylacteries wide, and they enlarge the borders of their garments. +\v 5 They do all their deeds to be seen by people. For they make their phylacteries wide, and they enlarge the edges of their garments. \s5 \v 6 They love the chief places at feasts and the chief seats in the synagogues, @@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ \p \v 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven against people. For you do not enter it yourselves, and neither do you allow those about to enter to do so. \v 14 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit verse 14 (some copies add the verse after verse 12). \fqa Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, while you make a show of long prayers. You will therefore receive greater condemnation. \f* -\v 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you go over sea and land to make one convert. And when he has become one, you make him twice a son of hell as you yourselves are. +\v 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you go over sea and land to make one convert. And when he has become one, you make him twice as much the son of hell as you. \s5 \p \v 16 Woe to you, you blind guides, you who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound to his oath.' -\v 17 You blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that has dedicated the gold to God? +\v 17 You blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold holy? \s5 \v 18 And, 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing. But whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is bound to his oath.' -\v 19 You blind people! Which is greater, the gift or the altar that dedicates the gift to God? +\v 19 You blind people! Which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy? \s5 \v 20 Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. diff --git a/41-MAT/24.usfm b/41-MAT/24.usfm index 8f424ea6..82d0278e 100644 --- a/41-MAT/24.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/24.usfm @@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ \s5 \v 9 Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you. You will be hated by all the nations for my name's sake. \v 10 Then many will stumble, and betray one another and hate one another. -\v 11 Many false prophets will rise up and lead many astray. +\v 11 Many false prophets will rise up and lead many astray. \s5 -\v 12 Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold. -\v 13 But he who endures to the end, he will be saved. +\v 12 Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold. +\v 13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved. \v 14 This gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations. And then the end will come. -\s5 +\s5 \p \v 15 Therefore, when you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), \v 16 let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \s5 \v 19 But woe to those who are with child and to those who are nursing infants in those days! -\v 20 Pray that your flight not occur in the winter or on a Sabbath. +\v 20 Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on a Sabbath. \v 21 For there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be again. \v 22 Unless those days are shortened, no flesh would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened. @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ \v 35 Heaven and the earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. \s5 -\v 36 But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, or the Son, but only the Father. +\v 36 But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. \s5 \v 37 As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. @@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ \v 39 and they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away—so will be the coming of the Son of Man. \s5 -\v 40 Then two men will be in a field—one will be taken, and one will be left behind. +\v 40 Then two men will be in a field—one will be taken, and one will be left. \v 41 Two women will be grinding with a mill—one will be taken, and one will be left. -\v 42 Therefore be on your guard, for you do not know on what day your Lord will come. +\v 42 Therefore be on your guard, for you do not know on what day your Lord will come. \s5 \v 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been on guard and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. @@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ \s5 \v 48 But if an evil servant says in his heart, 'My master has been delayed,' -\v 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eats and drinks with drunkards. -\v 50 The master of that servant will come on a day that the servant does not expect and at an hour that he does not know. -\v 51 His master will cut him in two and make his fate the same as that of the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. +\v 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eats and drinks with drunkards; +\v 50 then the master of that servant will come on a day that the servant does not expect and at an hour that he does not know. +\v 51 His master will cut him in pieces and make his fate the same as that of the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. diff --git a/41-MAT/25.usfm b/41-MAT/25.usfm index f44b70e6..3be889d9 100644 --- a/41-MAT/25.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/25.usfm @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ \s5 \p \v 14 For it is like when a man was about to go into another country. He called his own servants and gave over to them his wealth. -\v 15 To one of them he gave five talents, to another he gave two, and to yet another he gave one talent. Each one received an amount according to his own ability, and that man went on his journey -\v 16 Immediately the one who received the five talents went and invested them, and made another five talents. +\v 15 To one of them he gave five talents, to another he gave two, and to yet another he gave one talent. Each one received an amount according to his own ability, and that man went on his journey. +\v 16 The one who received the five talents went at once and invested them and made another five talents. \s5 \v 17 Likewise the one who had received two talents made another two. @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ \s5 \v 19 Now after a long time the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them. -\v 20 The servant who had received five talents came and he brought another five talents. He said, 'Master, you gave me five talents, see, I have made five talents more.' +\v 20 The servant who had received five talents came and he brought another five talents. He said, 'Master, you gave me five talents. See, I have made five talents more.' \v 21 His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful over a few things. I will put you in charge over many things. Enter into the joy of your master.' \s5 diff --git a/41-MAT/26.usfm b/41-MAT/26.usfm index 56ce8b26..359e2df3 100644 --- a/41-MAT/26.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/26.usfm @@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ \v 31 Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will fall away tonight because of me, for it is written, \q 'I will strike the shepherd \q and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.' +\m \v 32 But after I am raised up, I will go ahead of you into Galilee." +\m \s5 \v 33 But Peter said to him, "Even if all fall away because of you, I will never fall away." @@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ \p \v 36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane and said to his disciples, "Sit here while I go over there and pray." \v 37 He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him and began to become sorrowful and troubled. -\v 38 Then he said to them, "My soul is deeply sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch with me." +\v 38 Then he said to them, "My soul is deeply sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch with me." \s5 \v 39 He went a little farther, fell on his face, and prayed. He said, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet, not as I will, but as you will." @@ -81,9 +83,9 @@ \v 41 Watch and pray that you do not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." \s5 -\v 42 He went away a second time and prayed, he said, "My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, your will be done." +\v 42 He went away a second time and prayed. He said, "My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, your will be done." \v 43 He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. -\v 44 Then he left them again and went away. He prayed a third time and said the same words. +\v 44 So leaving them again, he went away and prayed a third time, saying the same words. \s5 \v 45 Then Jesus came to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Look, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. @@ -141,6 +143,6 @@ \v 72 And he denied again with an oath, "I do not know the man." \s5 -\v 73 After a little while those who were standing by came and said to Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for your accent gives you away." +\v 73 After a little while those who were standing by came and said to Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for the way you speak gives you away." \v 74 Then he began to curse and swear, "I do not know the man," and immediately a rooster crowed. \v 75 Peter remembered the words that Jesus had said, "Before the rooster crows you will deny me three times." Then he went outside and wept bitterly. diff --git a/41-MAT/27.usfm b/41-MAT/27.usfm index 12aaa860..aa7efdae 100644 --- a/41-MAT/27.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/27.usfm @@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ \s5 \v 17 So when they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Who do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?" -\v 18 Because he knew that they had handed him over because of envy. -\v 19 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him and said, "Have nothing to do with that innocent man. For I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him." +\v 18 He knew that they had handed Jesus over to him because of envy. +\v 19 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him and said, "Have nothing to do with that innocent man. For I have suffered much today because of a dream I had about him." \s5 \v 20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas, and have Jesus killed. @@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ \v 34 They gave him wine to drink mixed with gall. But when he tasted it, he would not drink. \s5 -\v 35 When they had crucified him, they divided up his garments by casting lots. -\v 36 And they sat and watched him. +\v 35 When they had crucified him, they divided up his garments by casting lots, +\v 36 and they sat and kept guard over him. \v 37 Above his head they put the charge against him, which read "This is Jesus, the king of the Jews." \s5 diff --git a/41-MAT/28.usfm b/41-MAT/28.usfm index 5b916240..a9a63df9 100644 --- a/41-MAT/28.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/28.usfm @@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ \v 4 The guards shook with fear and became like dead men. \s5 -\v 5 The angel addressed the women and said to them, "Do not be in terror, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified. +\v 5 The angel addressed the women and said to them, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified. \v 6 He is not here, but is risen, just as he said. Come see the place where the Lord lay. \v 7 Go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead ones. See, he is going ahead of you to Galilee. There you will see him.' See, I have told you." \s5 \v 8 The women quickly left the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. -\v 9 Behold, Jesus met them and said, "All hail." The women came, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him. +\v 9 Behold, Jesus met them and said, "Greetings!" The women came, took hold of his feet and worshiped him. \v 10 Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go tell my brothers to leave for Galilee. There they will see me." \s5 diff --git a/42-MRK/06.usfm b/42-MRK/06.usfm index e815e0b8..254be0c4 100644 --- a/42-MRK/06.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/06.usfm @@ -103,4 +103,4 @@ \v 55 And they ran through the whole region and began to bring the sick to him on mattresses, wherever they heard he was coming. \s5 -\v 56 Wherever he entered into villages, or cities, or into the country, they would put the sick in the marketplaces, and they begged him to just let them touch the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched him were healed. +\v 56 Wherever he entered into villages, or cities, or into the country, they would put the sick in the marketplaces, and they begged him to just let them touch the edge of his garment. And as many as touched him were healed. diff --git a/42-MRK/07.usfm b/42-MRK/07.usfm index 058b5653..1263e3dc 100644 --- a/42-MRK/07.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/07.usfm @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ \s5 \v 8 You abandon the commandment of God and hold fast to the tradition of men." -\v 9 And he said to them, "You conveniently reject the commandment of God so you may keep your tradition! +\v 9 And he said to them, "How well you reject the commandment of God so you may keep your tradition! \v 10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of his father or mother will surely die.' \s5 diff --git a/42-MRK/10.usfm b/42-MRK/10.usfm index 8d137c56..585925c7 100644 --- a/42-MRK/10.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/10.usfm @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ \s5 \v 41 When the other ten disciples heard about this, they began to be very angry with James and John. -\v 42 Jesus called them to himself and said, "You know those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles dominate them, and their important people exercise authority over them. +\v 42 Jesus called them to himself and said, "You know those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles dominate them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. \s5 \v 43 But it shall not be this way among you. Whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, diff --git a/42-MRK/12.usfm b/42-MRK/12.usfm index d2ab0b0a..36e99b51 100644 --- a/42-MRK/12.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/12.usfm @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ \s5 \c 12 \p -\v 1 Then Jesus began to teach them in parables. He said, "A man planted a vineyard, set a fence around it, and dug a pit for a winepress. He built a watchtower and then leased the vineyard to vine growers. Then he went away on a journey. +\v 1 Then Jesus began to teach them in parables. He said, "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, and dug a pit for a winepress. He built a watchtower and then leased the vineyard to vine growers. Then he went away on a journey. \v 2 At the right time, he sent a servant to the vine growers to receive from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. \v 3 But they took him, beat him, and sent him away with nothing. \s5 \v 4 Again he sent to them another servant, and they wounded him in the head and treated him shamefully. -\v 5 He sent yet another, and this one they killed. They treated many others in the same way, beating some and and killing others. +\v 5 He sent yet another, and this one they killed. They treated many others in the same way, beating some and killing others. \s5 \v 6 He had still one more person to send, a beloved son. He was the last one he sent to them. He said, "They will respect my son." diff --git a/43-LUK/01.usfm b/43-LUK/01.usfm index 019c51e4..94694e5b 100644 --- a/43-LUK/01.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/01.usfm @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 18 Zechariah said to the angel, "How can I know this? For I am an old man and my wife is well advanced in years." +\v 18 Zechariah said to the angel, "How can I know this? For I am an old man and my wife is very old." \v 19 The angel answered and said to him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, to bring you this good news. \v 20 And behold, you will be silent, unable to speak, until the day these things take place. This is because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at the right time." diff --git a/43-LUK/02.usfm b/43-LUK/02.usfm index 89bd0f2d..ee0fe7eb 100644 --- a/43-LUK/02.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/02.usfm @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 22 When the required number of days for their purification had passed, according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary brought him up to the temple in Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. -\v 23 As it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb will be dedicated to the Lord." +\v 23 As it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb will be set apart to the Lord." \v 24 So they offered a sacrifice according to what was said in the law of the Lord, "a pair of doves or two young pigeons." \s5 @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ \v 35 and a sword will pierce your own soul—so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed." \s5 -\v 36 A prophetess named Anna was there. She was the daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher. She was very advanced in years. She had lived with her husband for seven years after her virginity, +\v 36 A prophetess named Anna was there. She was the daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher. She was very old. She had lived with her husband for seven years after her virginity, \v 37 and was a widow for eighty-four years. She never left the temple but was serving with fastings and prayers, night and day. \v 38 At that very hour, she came up to them and began thanking, and she spoke about the child to everyone who had been waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem. diff --git a/43-LUK/03.usfm b/43-LUK/03.usfm index 28270b22..246042b3 100644 --- a/43-LUK/03.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/03.usfm @@ -65,29 +65,29 @@ \s5 \p \v 23 When Jesus began his ministry, he was about thirty years of age. He was the son (as it was assumed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, -\v 24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, +\v 24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph. \s5 -\v 25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, -\v 26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, +\v 25 Joseph was the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, +\v 26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda. \s5 -\v 27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, +\v 27 Joda was the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Salathiel, the son of Neri, \v 28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, -\v 29 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, +\v 29 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi. \s5 -\v 30 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, +\v 30 Levi was the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, \v 31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, -\v 32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, +\v 32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon. \s5 -\v 33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, +\v 33 Nahshon was the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, \v 34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, -\v 35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, +\v 35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah. \s5 -\v 36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, +\v 36 Shelah was the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, \v 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, \v 38 the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God. diff --git a/43-LUK/04.usfm b/43-LUK/04.usfm index 21ec6799..e5ef1b2a 100644 --- a/43-LUK/04.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/04.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \s5 \v 5 Then the devil was leading Jesus up to a high place and he showed him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant of time. -\v 6 The devil said to him, "I will give to you all this authority—along with their splendor—because they have been handed over to me to rule over, and to anyone I give it to. +\v 6 The devil said to him, "I will give to you all this authority and all their splendor, for they have been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want. \v 7 So then, if you will bow down and worship me, it will be yours." \s5 diff --git a/43-LUK/06.usfm b/43-LUK/06.usfm index cf102fec..24b9c3cf 100644 --- a/43-LUK/06.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/06.usfm @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ \v 44 For each tree is known by the kind of fruit it produces. For people do not gather figs from a thornbush, nor do they gather grapes from a briar bush. \s5 -\v 45 The good man from the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man from the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil. For from the abundance of his heart his mouth speaks. +\v 45 The good man from the good treasure of his heart produces what is good, and the evil man from the evil treasure of his heart produces what is evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. \s5 \p diff --git a/43-LUK/08.usfm b/43-LUK/08.usfm index 0c5caec0..07c86e22 100644 --- a/43-LUK/08.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/08.usfm @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 43 A woman was there who had been bleeding for twelve years and had spent all her money on physicians \f + \ft Scholars are divided whether the phrase: "[she] had spent all her money on physicians," should be included here. \fqa \f*, but could not be healed by any of them. -\v 44 She came behind Jesus and touched the border of his garment, and immediately her bleeding stopped. +\v 44 She came behind Jesus and touched the edge of his garment, and immediately her bleeding stopped. \s5 \v 45 Jesus said, "Who is it that touched me?" When all denied it, Peter said, "Master, the crowds of people are pressing in on you and crowding you." diff --git a/43-LUK/10.usfm b/43-LUK/10.usfm index 1be4d5f1..5821f091 100644 --- a/43-LUK/10.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/10.usfm @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \s5 \v 13 Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. \v 14 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. -\v 15 You, Capernaum, do you think you will be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to hades. +\v 15 You, Capernaum, do you think you will be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades. \s5 \v 16 The one who listens to you listens to me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me." diff --git a/43-LUK/13.usfm b/43-LUK/13.usfm index c4850228..a72e3cf7 100644 --- a/43-LUK/13.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/13.usfm @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 18 Then Jesus said, "What is the kingdom of God like, and what can I compare it to? -\v 19 It is like a mustard seed which a man took and threw into his garden, and it grew into a big tree, and the birds of heaven built their nests in its branches." +\v 19 It is like a mustard seed that a man took and threw into his garden, and it grew into a big tree, and the birds of heaven built their nests in its branches." \s5 \p diff --git a/43-LUK/16.usfm b/43-LUK/16.usfm index 241b1eff..58b43f7f 100644 --- a/43-LUK/16.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/16.usfm @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ \s5 \v 16 The law and the prophets were in effect until John came. From that time on, the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone tries to force their way into it. +\v 16 The law and the prophets were in effect until John came. From that time on, the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone tries to force their way into it. \v 17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the law to become invalid. \s5 @@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ \s5 \v 22 It came about that the beggar died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, -\v 23 and in hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus against his chest. +\v 23 and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus against his chest. \s5 \v 24 So he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.' diff --git a/44-JHN/07.usfm b/44-JHN/07.usfm index 2d69e3ba..0765bd32 100644 --- a/44-JHN/07.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/07.usfm @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 37 Now on the last, great day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. -\v 38 He who believes in me, just as the scripture says, rivers of living water will flow from his belly." +\v 38 He who believes in me, just as the scripture says, rivers of living water will flow from his stomach." \s5 \v 39 But he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him would receive; the Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus was not yet glorified. diff --git a/44-JHN/17.usfm b/44-JHN/17.usfm index 31a4f414..6c7e87a4 100644 --- a/44-JHN/17.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/17.usfm @@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ \s5 \v 15 I do not ask for you to take them away from the world but for you to keep them from the evil one. \v 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. -\v 17 Dedicate them to yourself in the truth. Your word is truth. +\v 17 Set them apart by the truth. Your word is truth. \s5 \v 18 Just as you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. -\v 19 I dedicate myself to you for them, so that they themselves will also be dedicated to you in truth. +\v 19 For their sakes I have set myself apart, so that they themselves may also be set apart in truth. \s5 \v 20 I pray not only for these, but also for those who will believe in me through their word diff --git a/45-ACT/02.usfm b/45-ACT/02.usfm index e0375cc1..5abf61ee 100644 --- a/45-ACT/02.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/02.usfm @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ \s5 \q -\v 27 For you will not abandon my soul to hades, +\v 27 For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, \q neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay. \q \v 28 You revealed to me the ways of life; @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ \v 29 Brothers, I can speak to you confidently about the patriarch David: he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. \v 30 Therefore, he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn with an oath to him, that he would set one of the fruit of his body upon his throne. \v 31 He foresaw this and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, -\q 'He was neither abandoned to hades, nor did his flesh see decay.' +\q 'He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see decay.' \m \s5 diff --git a/45-ACT/20.usfm b/45-ACT/20.usfm index 21ec574c..3ef28266 100644 --- a/45-ACT/20.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/20.usfm @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ \s5 \v 31 So be on guard. Remember that for three years I did not stop instructing every one of you with tears night and day. -\v 32 And now I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are dedicated to God. +\v 32 And now I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are consecrated. \s5 \v 33 I coveted no man's silver, gold, or clothing. diff --git a/45-ACT/27.usfm b/45-ACT/27.usfm index 23eb68c6..70ec771a 100644 --- a/45-ACT/27.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/27.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 27 \p -\v 1 When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan Regiment. +\v 1 When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they put Paul and some other prisoners under the charge of a centurion named Julius of the Augustan Regiment. \v 2 We boarded a ship from Adramyttium, which was about to sail along the coast of Asia. So we went to sea. Aristarchus from Thessalonica in Macedonia went with us. \s5 diff --git a/46-ROM/15.usfm b/46-ROM/15.usfm index b51747e3..0c6cb4c1 100644 --- a/46-ROM/15.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/15.usfm @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ \s5 \v 15 But I am writing more boldly to you about some things in order to remind you again, because of the gift that was given me by God. -\v 16 This gift was that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus sent to the Gentiles, to offer as a priest the gospel of God. I should do this so that the offering of the Gentiles might become acceptable, dedicated to God by the Holy Spirit. +\v 16 This gift was that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus sent to the Gentiles, to offer as a priest the gospel of God. I should do this so that the offering of the Gentiles might become acceptable, consecrated by the Holy Spirit. \s5 \v 17 So my delight is in Christ Jesus and in the things of God. diff --git a/46-ROM/16.usfm b/46-ROM/16.usfm index 4bcda943..baf77722 100644 --- a/46-ROM/16.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/16.usfm @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 17 Now I urge you, brothers, to think about those who are causing the divisions and stumbling. They are going beyond the teaching that you have learned. Turn away from them. -\v 18 For people such as these do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own belly. By their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the innocent. +\v 18 For people such as these do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own stomach. By their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the innocent. \s5 \v 19 For your example of obedience reaches everyone. I rejoice, therefore, over you, but I want you to be wise as to that which is good, and innocent to that which is evil. @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 25 Now to him who is able to make you stand according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that has been kept secret from long ago, -\v 26 but that now has been revealed and made known by the prophetic scriptures according to the command of the eternal God, for the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles, +\v 26 but that now has been revealed and made known by the prophetic scriptures according to the command of the eternal God, for the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles. \s5 -\v 27 to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever. Amen. +\v 27 To the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever. Amen. diff --git a/47-1CO/01.usfm b/47-1CO/01.usfm index 7dc7c56b..225005d2 100644 --- a/47-1CO/01.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/01.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \c 1 \p \v 1 Paul, called by Christ Jesus to be an apostle by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, -\v 2 to the church of God at Corinth, to those who have been dedicated in Christ Jesus, who are called to be holy people. We are also writing to all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their Lord and ours. +\v 2 to the church of God at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, who are called to be holy people. We are also writing to all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their Lord and ours. \v 3 May grace and peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. \s5 diff --git a/47-1CO/06.usfm b/47-1CO/06.usfm index 6e93c882..94102e10 100644 --- a/47-1CO/06.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/06.usfm @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \s5 \v 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not believe lies. The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, those who practice homosexuality, \v 10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, slanderers, and swindlers—none of them will inherit the kingdom of God. -\v 11 And such were some of you. But you have been cleansed, but you have been dedicated to God, but you have been made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. +\v 11 And such were some of you. But you have been cleansed, you have been sanctified, you have been made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. \s5 \p diff --git a/47-1CO/14.usfm b/47-1CO/14.usfm index f3c5edf2..e0a8d375 100644 --- a/47-1CO/14.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/14.usfm @@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ \s5 \p -As in all the churches of the believers, -\v 34 the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak. Instead, they should be in submission, as also the law says. +This is the rule in all the churches of the believers. +\v 34 The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak. Instead, they should be in submission, as also the law says. \v 35 If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church. \v 36 Did the word of God come from you? Are you the only ones it has reached? diff --git a/48-2CO/04.usfm b/48-2CO/04.usfm index d91c876b..3ce5d4a3 100644 --- a/48-2CO/04.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/04.usfm @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ \v 10 We always carry in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be shown in our bodies. \s5 -\v 11 We who are alive are always being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be shown in our human bodies. -\v 12 For this reason, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. +\v 11 We who are alive are always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be shown in our human bodies. +\v 12 So death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. \s5 \v 13 But we have the same spirit of faith according to that which was written: "I believed, and so I spoke." We also believe, and so we also speak. diff --git a/48-2CO/13.usfm b/48-2CO/13.usfm index 96bc4c0a..be3ed6ee 100644 --- a/48-2CO/13.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/13.usfm @@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ \s5 \p \v 13 All of the believers greet you. -\f + Some translations combine verse 13 with verse 12 and number verse 14 as verse 13.\f* +\f + \ft Some translations combine verse 13 with verse 12 and number verse 14 as verse 13.\f* \p \v 14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you. diff --git a/51-PHP/03.usfm b/51-PHP/03.usfm index b02cd496..3351b821 100644 --- a/51-PHP/03.usfm +++ b/51-PHP/03.usfm @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \p \v 17 Be imitators of me, brothers. Closely watch those who are walking by the example that you have in us. \v 18 Many are walking—those about whom I have often told you, and now I am telling you with tears—as enemies of the cross of Christ. -\v 19 Their destiny is destruction. For their god is their belly, and their pride is in their shame. They think about earthly things. +\v 19 Their destiny is destruction. For their god is their stomach, and their pride is in their shame. They think about earthly things. \s5 \v 20 But our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. diff --git a/51-PHP/04.usfm b/51-PHP/04.usfm index 478c6410..74dff82e 100644 --- a/51-PHP/04.usfm +++ b/51-PHP/04.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \v 1 Therefore, my beloved brothers whom I long for, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord, beloved friends. \p \v 2 I am pleading with Euodia, and I am pleading with Syntyche, be of the same mind in the Lord. -\v 3 Indeed, I am entreating you also, my true yokefellow: help these women. For they labored with me in spreading the gospel along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life. +\v 3 Indeed, I am entreating you also, my true yokefellow: help these women. For they labored with me in spreading the gospel along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in The Book of Life. \s5 \p diff --git a/55-1TI/04.usfm b/55-1TI/04.usfm index a75ddbd7..301f33f1 100644 --- a/55-1TI/04.usfm +++ b/55-1TI/04.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 They will forbid to marry and to receive foods that God created for sharing with thanksgiving among those who believe and who know the truth. \v 4 For everything created by God is good. Nothing that we take with thanksgiving is to be rejected. -\v 5 For it is dedicated through the word of God and prayer. +\v 5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. \s5 \p diff --git a/59-HEB/02.usfm b/59-HEB/02.usfm index 1ae88059..86c18565 100644 --- a/59-HEB/02.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/02.usfm @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \v 10 For it was proper for God, because everything exists for him and through him, to bring many sons to glory. It was proper for him to make the leader of their salvation complete through his sufferings. \s5 -\v 11 For both the one who dedicates and those who are dedicated come from one source. For this reason he is not ashamed to call them brothers. +\v 11 For both the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified have one source. So he is not ashamed to call them brothers. \v 12 He says, \q "I will proclaim your name to my brothers, \q I will sing about you from inside the assembly." diff --git a/59-HEB/09.usfm b/59-HEB/09.usfm index 271092a6..588e3797 100644 --- a/59-HEB/09.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/09.usfm @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \v 12 It was not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood that he entered into the most holy place once for all and secured our eternal redemption. \s5 -\v 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of a heifer's ashes on those who have become unclean, dedicates them to God for the cleansing of their flesh, +\v 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of a heifer's ashes on those who have become unclean sets them apart to God for the cleansing of their flesh, \v 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works to serve the living God? \v 15 For this reason, he is the mediator of a new covenant. This is so that, since a death has taken place to free those under the first covenant from their sins, those who are called will receive the promise of an eternal inheritance. diff --git a/59-HEB/10.usfm b/59-HEB/10.usfm index de71ac65..f4af0a50 100644 --- a/59-HEB/10.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/10.usfm @@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ \p \v 8 First he said, "It was neither sacrifices, nor offerings, nor whole burnt offerings, nor sacrifices for sin that you desired. Nor did you take pleasure in them." These are sacrifices that are offered according to the law. \v 9 Then he said, "See, here I am to do your will." He takes away the first practice in order to establish the second practice. -\v 10 In the second practice, we have been dedicated to God by his will through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. +\v 10 And by that will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. \s5 \v 11 On the one hand, every priest stands day by day to serve God. He is always offering the same sacrifices, although they can never take away sins. \v 12 On the other hand, Christ offered one sacrifice for sins forever, he sat down at the right hand of God. \v 13 He is waiting until his enemies are made a stool for his feet. -\v 14 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are dedicated to God. +\v 14 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. \s5 \v 15 And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us. For first he said, @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ \s5 \v 28 Anyone who has rejected the law of Moses dies without mercy at the testimony of two or three witnesses. -\v 29 How much more punishment do you think anyone deserves who has trampled on the Son of God, anyone who has treated the blood of the covenant as something unholy, the blood by which he was dedicated to God—anyone who has insulted the Spirit of grace? +\v 29 How much worse punishment do you think one deserves who has trampled under foot the Son of God, who treated the blood of the covenant as unholy—the blood by which he was sanctified—and insulted the Spirit of grace? \s5 \v 30 For we know the one who said, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will pay back." And again, "The Lord will judge his people." diff --git a/59-HEB/13.usfm b/59-HEB/13.usfm index 081afda5..129e60c7 100644 --- a/59-HEB/13.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/13.usfm @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \v 11 For the blood of the animals killed for sins is brought by the high priest into the holy place, while their bodies are burned outside the camp. \s5 -\v 12 So Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, in order to dedicate the people through his own blood. +\v 12 So Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. \v 13 Let us therefore go to him outside the camp, bearing his shame. \v 14 For we do not have any permanent city here. Instead, we are looking for one that is to come. @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 20 Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead ones the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus, by the blood of an eternal covenant, +\v 20 Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead ones the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus, by the blood of an everlasting covenant, \v 21 perfect you with every good thing to do his will. May he work in us what is well pleasing before him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever. Amen. \b diff --git a/67-REV/01.usfm b/67-REV/01.usfm index b236589b..3ef402e2 100644 --- a/67-REV/01.usfm +++ b/67-REV/01.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \p \v 1 This is the revelation of Jesus Christ that God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John. \v 2 John testified about the word of God and about the testimony given about Jesus Christ, all the things that he saw. -\v 3 Blessed are the one who reads aloud, and those who listen to the words of this prophecy, and who obey what is written in it, because the time is near. +\v 3 Blessed are the one who reads aloud, and who listen to the words of this prophecy, and who obey what is written in it, because the time is near. \b \s5 @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Yes, Amen. \s5 \v 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He placed his right hand on me and said, "Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last, -\v 18 and the one who lives. I was dead, but look, I live forever! And I have the keys of death and of hades. +\v 18 and the one who lives. I was dead, but look, I live forever! And I have the keys of death and of Hades. \s5 \v 19 Therefore write down what you have seen, what is now, and what will take place after this. diff --git a/67-REV/02.usfm b/67-REV/02.usfm index 864d0421..ccb8b912 100644 --- a/67-REV/02.usfm +++ b/67-REV/02.usfm @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \v 15 In the same way, you even have some who hold tightly to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. \s5 -\v 16 Repent, therefore! If you do not, I will quickly come to you, and I will make war against them with the sword in my mouth. +\v 16 Repent, therefore! If you do not, I will quickly come to you, and I will wage war against them with the sword in my mouth. \v 17 Let the one who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give a white stone with a new name written on the stone, a name which no one knows but the one who receives it."'" \s5 diff --git a/67-REV/03.usfm b/67-REV/03.usfm index 283f70ec..e8653560 100644 --- a/67-REV/03.usfm +++ b/67-REV/03.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \v 4 But there are a few names of the people in Sardis who did not make their clothes dirty. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. \s5 -\v 5 The one who conquers will be clothed in white garments, and I will never wipe his name out of the Book of Life, and I will speak his name before my Father, and before his angels. +\v 5 The one who conquers will be clothed in white garments, and I will never wipe his name out of The Book of Life, and I will speak his name before my Father, and before his angels. \v 6 Let the one who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches."'" \s5 diff --git a/67-REV/06.usfm b/67-REV/06.usfm index 4cd030b9..631f8dca 100644 --- a/67-REV/06.usfm +++ b/67-REV/06.usfm @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 7 When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!" -\v 8 Then I saw a pale horse. The rider on it was named Death, and hades was following him. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, famine and disease, and with the wild animals of the earth. +\v 8 Then I saw a pale horse. The rider on it was named Death, and Hades was following him. They were given authority over one-fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, famine and disease, and with the wild animals of the earth. \s5 \p diff --git a/67-REV/11.usfm b/67-REV/11.usfm index 9d8689f8..8128cd13 100644 --- a/67-REV/11.usfm +++ b/67-REV/11.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \s5 \v 6 These witnesses have authority to close up the sky so that no rain will fall during the time that they prophesy. They have power to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they wish. -\v 7 When they will have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the bottomless pit will make war against them. He will conquer them and kill them. +\v 7 When they will have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the bottomless pit will wage war against them. He will conquer them and kill them. \s5 \v 8 Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city (which is symbolically called Sodom and Egypt) where their Lord was crucified. diff --git a/67-REV/12.usfm b/67-REV/12.usfm index 392f0be6..96ecd9c4 100644 --- a/67-REV/12.usfm +++ b/67-REV/12.usfm @@ -48,5 +48,5 @@ \s5 \v 15 The serpent poured water out of his mouth like a river, that he would make a flood to sweep her away. \v 16 But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon was pouring out of his mouth. -\v 17 Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war with the rest of her descendants, those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony about Jesus. +\v 17 Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war with the rest of her descendants, those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony about Jesus. \v 18 Then the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. diff --git a/67-REV/13.usfm b/67-REV/13.usfm index 942c0a40..2b1f59a5 100644 --- a/67-REV/13.usfm +++ b/67-REV/13.usfm @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ \v 6 So the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God: blaspheming his name, the place where he lives, and those who live in heaven. \s5 -\v 7 The beast was permitted to make war with the believers and to conquer them. Also, authority was given to it over every tribe, people, language, and nation. -\v 8 All who live on the earth will worship it, everyone whose name was not written, since the creation of the world, in the book of life, which belongs to the Lamb, who had been slaughtered. +\v 7 The beast was permitted to wage war with the believers and to conquer them. Also, authority was given to it over every tribe, people, language, and nation. +\v 8 All who live on the earth will worship it, everyone whose name was not written, since the creation of the world, in The Book of Life, which belongs to the Lamb, who had been slaughtered. \s5 \v 9 If anyone has an ear, let him listen. diff --git a/67-REV/14.usfm b/67-REV/14.usfm index 91909e42..0203bb4b 100644 --- a/67-REV/14.usfm +++ b/67-REV/14.usfm @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 9 Another angel—a third angel— followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, -\v 10 he also will drink some of the wine of God's wrath, the wine that has been poured undiluted into the cup of his anger. The person who drinks it will be tormented with fire and sulfur before God's holy angels and before the Lamb. +\v 10 he will also drink some of the wine of God's wrath, the wine that has been poured undiluted into the cup of his anger. The person who drinks it will be tormented with fire and sulfur before God's holy angels and before the Lamb. \s5 \v 11 The smoke from their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest day or night—these worshipers of the beast and his image, and everyone who receives the mark of his name. diff --git a/67-REV/16.usfm b/67-REV/16.usfm index 6956f27a..acc65fc8 100644 --- a/67-REV/16.usfm +++ b/67-REV/16.usfm @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \p \v 4 The third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood. \v 5 I heard the angel of the waters say, -\q "You are righteous—the one who is and who was, the Holy One, +\q "You are righteous—the one who is and who was, the Holy One— \q2 because you have judged these things. \f + \ft Some older copies read, \fqa You are righteous, Lord—the one who is and who was and who is to be, because you have judged these things. \fqb \f* \q diff --git a/67-REV/17.usfm b/67-REV/17.usfm index 9c9e4617..0ebec395 100644 --- a/67-REV/17.usfm +++ b/67-REV/17.usfm @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \v 7 But the angel said to me, "Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the meaning of the woman and of the beast that is carrying her, the beast that has the seven heads and the ten horns. \s5 -\v 8 The beast you saw existed, does not exist now, but is about to come up from the bottomless pit. Then it will go on to destruction. Those who live on the earth, those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world—they will be astounded when they see the beast that existed, does not exist now, but is about to come. +\v 8 The beast you saw existed, does not exist now, but is about to come up from the bottomless pit. Then it will go on to destruction. Those who live on the earth, those whose names have not been written in The Book of Life since the foundation of the world—they will be astounded when they see the beast that existed, does not exist now, but is about to come. \s5 \v 9 This calls for a mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman is seated. @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \s5 \v 12 The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they will receive authority as kings for one hour together with the beast. \v 13 These are of one mind, and they give over their power and authority to the beast. -\v 14 They will make war against the Lamb. But the Lamb will conquer them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him are the called ones, the chosen ones, the faithful ones." +\v 14 They will wage war against the Lamb. But the Lamb will conquer them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him are the called ones, the chosen ones, and the faithful ones." \s5 \v 15 The angel said to me, "The waters you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages. diff --git a/67-REV/19.usfm b/67-REV/19.usfm index 89e055e2..62db0ae6 100644 --- a/67-REV/19.usfm +++ b/67-REV/19.usfm @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ \m \v 6 Then I heard what sounded like the voice of a great number of people, like the roar of many waters, and like loud crashes of thunder, saying, \q "Hallelujah! -\q For the Lord reigns, the almighty God. +\q For the Lord reigns, the God who rules over all. \s5 \q @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 11 Then I saw heaven open, and I looked and there was a white horse. The one riding it is called faithful and true. It is with justice that he judges and makes war. +\v 11 Then I saw heaven open, and I looked and there was a white horse. The one riding it is called faithful and true. It is with justice that he judges and wages war. \v 12 His eyes are like a fiery flame, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. \v 13 He wears a robe that was dipped in blood, and his name is called the Word of God. @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 19 I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies. They were gathering in order to make war with the one who rode the horse and with his army. +\v 19 I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies. They were gathering in order to wage war with the one who rode the horse and with his army. \v 20 The beast was captured and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence. With these signs he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. \s5 diff --git a/67-REV/20.usfm b/67-REV/20.usfm index 55ee77ea..6d4e67f6 100644 --- a/67-REV/20.usfm +++ b/67-REV/20.usfm @@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ \s5 \p \v 11 Then I saw a great white throne and the one who is seated on it. The earth and the heaven fled away from his presence, but there was no place for them to go. -\v 12 I saw the dead—the mighty and the unimportant—standing before the throne, and the books were opened. Then another book was opened—the book of life. The dead were judged by what was recorded in the books, according to their deeds. +\v 12 I saw the dead—the mighty and the unimportant—standing before the throne, and the books were opened. Then another book was opened—The Book of Life. The dead were judged by what was recorded in the books, according to their deeds. \s5 -\v 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and hades gave up the dead who were in them, and the dead were judged according to what they had done. -\v 14 Death and hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire. -\v 15 If anyone's name was not found written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. +\v 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and the dead were judged according to what they had done. +\v 14 Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire. +\v 15 If anyone's name was not found written in The Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. diff --git a/67-REV/21.usfm b/67-REV/21.usfm index 5a74694c..10316dca 100644 --- a/67-REV/21.usfm +++ b/67-REV/21.usfm @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ \v 20 the fifth was onyx, the sixth was carnelian, the seventh was chrysolite, the eighth was beryl, the ninth was topaz, the tenth was chrysoprase, the eleventh was jacinth, and the twelfth was amethyst. \s5 -\v 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls; each of the gates was made from a single pearl. The streets of the city were pure gold, appearing like clear glass. +\v 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls; each of the gates was made from a single pearl. The streets of the city were pure gold, like transparent glass. \v 22 I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. \s5 diff --git a/67-REV/22.usfm b/67-REV/22.usfm index 0a098ceb..d6e31897 100644 --- a/67-REV/22.usfm +++ b/67-REV/22.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 22 \p -\v 1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, water as clear as crystal. It was flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb +\v 1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal. It was flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb \v 2 through the middle of the city's street. On each side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, and it bears its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. \s5 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \p \v 18 I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written about in this book. \v 19 If anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are written about in this book. -\f + \ft Some older copies read, \fqa God will take away his share in the Book of Life and in the holy city that are written about in this book. \fqb \f* +\f + \ft Some older copies read, \fqa God will take away his share in The Book of Life and in the holy city that are written about in this book. \fqb \f* \s5 \p