פֶּ֧סֶל וּמַסֵּכָ֛ה

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-\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.' Then all the people must answer and say, 'Amen.'
+\v 15 'May the man be cursed who makes a a carved image or a cast metal figure, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of a craftsman, and who sets it up in secret.' Then all the people must answer and say, 'Amen.'
 
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 \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!"
 
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-\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.
+\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 image 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 into a carved image and a cast metal figure, and they were placed in the house of Micah.
 
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 \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.
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 \v 9 They said, "Come! Let us attack them! We have seen the land and it is very good. Are you doing nothing? Do not be slow to attack and conquer the land.
-\v 10 When you go, you will come to a people who think they are secure, and the land is wide! God has given it to you—a place that does not lack anything in the land."
+\v 10 When you go, you will come to a secure people, and the land is wide! God has given it to you—a place that does not lack anything in the land."
 
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 \v 13 They went away from there to the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.
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-\v 14 Then the five men who had gone to scout the country of Laish said to their relatives, "Do you know that in these houses there are an ephod, household gods, a carved figure, and a cast metal figure? Decide now what you will do."
+\v 14 Then the five men who had gone to scout the country of Laish said to their relatives, "Do you know that in these houses there are an ephod, household gods, a carved image, and a cast metal figure? Decide now what you will do."
 
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-\v 15 So they turned in there and came to the house of the young Levite, at the house of Micah, and they greeted him.
+\v 15 So they turned in there and came to the house of the young man, the Levite, at the house of Micah, and they greeted him.
 \v 16 Now the six hundred Danites, armed with weapons of war, stood at the entrance of the gate.
 
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 \v 17 The five men who had gone to scout out the land went there and they took the carved figure, the ephod, the household gods, and the cast metal figure, while the priest stood by the opening of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
-\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?"
+\v 18 When these went into Micah's house and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the cast metal figure, the priest said to them, "What are you doing?"
 
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 \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?"
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-\v 21 So they turned and went away, putting the little children, their livestock and their possessions in front of them.
+\v 21 So they turned and went away, putting the little children, their livestock and their valuable possessions in front of them.
 \v 22 When they were a good distance from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah's house were called together, and they caught up with the Danites.
 \v 23 They shouted to the Danites, and they turned and said to Micah, "Why have you been called together?"
 
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 \v 1 In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a man, a Levite, living for a while in the most remote area of the hill country of Ephraim. He took for himself a woman, a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
-\v 2 But his concubine was unfaithful to him; she left him and went back to her father's house in Bethlehem of Judah. She stayed there for four months.
+\v 2 But his concubine acted like a harlot against him; she left him and went back to her father's house in Bethlehem of Judah. She stayed there for four months.
 
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-\v 3 Then her husband got up and went after her in order to persuade her to come back. His servant was with him, and a pair of donkeys. She brought him into her father's house. When the girl's father saw him, he was glad.
+\v 3 Then her husband got up and went after her in order to persuade her to come back. His servant was with him, and a yoke of donkeys. She brought him into her father's house. When the girl's father saw him, he was glad to meet him.
 \v 4 His father-in-law, the girl's father, persuaded him to stay for three days. They ate and drank, and they spent the night there.
 
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 \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 know 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!
+\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 act of disgraceful folly!
 
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-\v 24 See, my virgin daughter and his concubine are here. Let me bring them out now. Violate them and do with them whatever you like. But do not do such a wicked thing to this man!"
+\v 24 See, my virgin daughter and his concubine are here. Let me bring them out now. Violate them and do with them whatever you like. But do not do such an act of disgraceful folly to this man!"
 \v 25 But the men would not listen to him, so the man seized his concubine and brought her out to them. They raped her and abused her all throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.
 \v 26 At dawn the woman came and she fell down at the door of the man's house where her master was, and she lay there until it was light.
 
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-\v 1 Then all the people of Israel came out as one man, from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead also, and they assembled together before Yahweh at Mizpah.
+\v 1 Then all the people of Israel—from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead also—came out, and the congregation assembled together as one man before Yahweh at Mizpah.
 \v 2 The leaders of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, took their places in the assembly of the people of God—400,000 men on foot, who were ready to fight with the sword.
 
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 \v 5 During the night, the leaders of Gibeah attacked me, surrounding the house, intending to kill me. They 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 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 wickedness and an act of disgraceful folly in Israel.
 \v 7 Now, all you Israelites, give your advice and counsel here."
 
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 \v 9 But now this is what we must do to Gibeah: We will attack it as the lot directs us.
 
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-\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 men of Israel assembled against the city, as one man.
+\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 act of disgraceful folly they committed in Israel."
+\v 11 So all the men of Israel assembled against the city, united as one man.
 
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 \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 35 Yahweh defeated Benjamin before Israel. On that day, the people of Israel killed 25,100 people of Benjamin. All these who died were those who had been trained to fight with the sword.
+\v 35 Yahweh defeated Benjamin before Israel. On that day, the people of Israel destroyed 25,100 men of Benjamin. All these who died were those who had been trained to fight with the sword.
 
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-\v 36 So the people 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 they struck all the city with the edge of the sword.
+\v 36 So the people of Benjamin saw they were defeated. The men of Israel had given ground to Benjamin, because they were trusting in 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 they struck all the city with the edge of the sword.
 \v 38 The arranged signal between the men of Israel and the men hiding in secret would be that a great cloud of smoke would rise up out of the city.
 
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 \v 41 Then the men of Israel turned against them. The men of Benjamin were terrified, for they saw that disaster had come on them.
 
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-\v 42 So they ran away from the men of Israel, escaping on the way to the wilderness. But the fighting overtook them. The men of Israel came out of the cities and killed them where they stood.
+\v 42 So they ran away from the men of Israel, escaping on the way to the wilderness. But the fighting overtook them. The men of Israel came out of the cities and destroyed them where they stood.
 
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 \v 43 They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them and trampled them down at Nohah, all the way to the east side of Gibeah.
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-\v 1 Now the men of Israel had made a promise at Mizpah, "None of us will give his daughter to marry a Benjamite."
+\v 1 Now the men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, "None of us will give his daughter to marry a Benjamite."
 \v 2 Then the people went to Bethel and sat there before God until the evening, and with loud voices they wept bitterly.
 \v 3 They called out, "Why, Yahweh, God of Israel, has this happened to Israel, that one of our tribes should be missing today?"
 
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 \v 4 The next day the people got up early and built an altar there and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
-\v 5 The people of Israel said, "Which of all the tribes of Israel did not come up in the assembly to Yahweh?" For they had made an important promise concerning anyone who did not come up to Yahweh at Mizpah. They said, "He would certainly be put to death."
+\v 5 The people of Israel said, "Which of all the tribes of Israel did not come up in the assembly to Yahweh?" For they had made an important oath concerning anyone who did not come up to Yahweh at Mizpah. They said, "He would certainly be put to death."
 
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 \v 6 The people of Israel had compassion for their brother Benjamin. They said, "Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.
-\v 7 Who will provide wives for those who are left, since we have made a promise to Yahweh that we will not let any of them marry our daughters?"
+\v 7 Who will provide wives for those who are left, since we have made an oath to Yahweh that we will not let any of them marry our daughters?"
 
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 \v 11 "Do this: Every male and every woman who has known a man by lying with him you will devote to destruction."
-\v 12 The men found among those living in Jabesh Gilead four hundred young women who had not known a man by lying with him, and they took them to the camp at Shiloh in Canaan.
+\v 12 The men found among those living in Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known a man by lying with him, and they took them to the camp at Shiloh in Canaan.
 
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 \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 15 The people were sorry for what happened to Benjamin, because Yahweh made a division between the tribes of Israel.
+\v 14 The Benjamites returned at that time and they were given the women of Jabesh Gilead who had been kept alive, but there were not enough women for all of them.
+\v 15 The people had compassion on Benjamin, because Yahweh had made a division between the tribes of Israel.
 
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-\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 elders of the assembly said, "How will we arrange wives for the Benjamites 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.
 
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-\v 18 We cannot give them wives from our daughters, for the people of Israel had made a promise, 'Cursed be anyone who gives a wife to Benjamin.'"
+\v 18 We cannot give them wives from our daughters, for the people of Israel had sworn, saying, 'Cursed be anyone who gives a wife to Benjamin.'"
 \v 19 So they said, "You know there is a feast for Yahweh every year at Shiloh (which is north of Bethel, east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah)."
 
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 \v 14 Yahweh has given a command about you, Nineveh:
 \q "There will be no more descendants bearing your name.
-\q I will cut off the carved figures and the cast metal figures from the houses of your gods.
+\q I will cut off the carved images and the cast metal figures from the houses of your gods.
 \q I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible."
 
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-\v 18 What does the carved figure profit you? For the one who has carved it, or who casts a figure from molten metal, is a teacher of lies;
-\q for he trusts his own handiwork when he makes these useless things.
+\v 18 What profit is there in a carved image, for a carver has carved it?
+\q Or a cast metal figure, a teacher of lies?
+\q For the maker trusts in what he has made
+\q when he makes these worthless idols.
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 \v 19 'Woe to the one saying to the wood, Wake up! Or to the silent stone, Arise!' Do these things teach?
 \q See, it is overlaid with gold and silver, but there is no breath at all within it.